Downloading and installing Visual Studio
For this book, I will be using Visual Studio 2012 Express Edition. It can be downloaded from the Microsoft Download Center at http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=34673. The following are the steps to download and install Visual Studio:
- Click on Download, as shown in the following screenshot, and select
VS2012_WDX_ENU.iso
: - Click on Next and your download should begin.
- Once downloading is complete, double-click on the ISO file; Windows will mount it as a disk drive. Double-click on
winexpress_full.exe
. This should start the installation of Visual Studio. - Once installed, move on to the next step in which we will be installing the Windows Phone SDK.