Starting with Visual Studio IDE
Visual Studio IDE (VS) is an IDE available for Windows developed by Microsoft. VS was available for macOS but is being deprecated in August 2024. It's important to distinguish it from VSC, the other IDE by Microsoft.
VS comes in a few flavors: Community, Professional, and Enterprise. The Community version is free, allowing up to 5 users in a company. More mature companies will need to pay licensing fees, which start from $45 per user monthly.
Figure 3.5 shows what it looks like:
Like other IDEs discussed in this chapter, you can choose a dark mode if you prefer. Moving on to the note-worthy features of this IDE.
Why you might like it
This IDE shares many features with VSC, and offers an experience of similar flavor, however in a much more refined form. The suite is full of features, many of which utilize GUIs, wizards, and visual elements. Most of these features are available straight from the box...
