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Introduction to Visual Studio

Overview

Visual Studio An IDE (Integrated development environment) by Microsoft for Windows
Used for C#, C++, etc
There's a free Community edition
Multiple versions released
- First version: 1997
- 2017, 2019, 2022...
Not to be confused with Visual Studio Code, a separate code editor by Microsoft

In Visual Studio, there are two key concepts, projects and solutions
- Here's Microsoft's documents for what they are and how to create them
A project contains all files that are compiled into an executable application
- Source code, images, data files, etc
- Compiler settings, configuration files
- In C#, handled by the project file .csproj by MSBuild
- Creating a new project
A solution contains one or multiple projects
- Build information, Visual Studio window settings
- Files that aren't associated with a particular project
- .sln is the solution file, .suo contains Solution User Options

Default view in Visual Studio consists of three panels.

Code editor
Solution Explorer (CTRL+ALT+L) shows the files in the project
Terminal (CTRL+Ö) for entering command line commands (e.g., for using Git)

Drag and hold windows to move them around
- Snap to layout window appears
After moving a window to the right, you can pin it to see its title on the right

Some actions are unavailable when your app is running
- Deleting files
- Adding new controllers