To get the most out of this book

You need to have a laptop or desktop computer with Windows 10 or later installed. To install Visual Studio and complete the exercises, you will need an internet connection.

To obtain a Visual Studio Community license, you must have a Microsoft account, either belonging to the Hotmail domain or the Outlook domain.

Software/hardware covered in the book	Operating system requirements
ARM64 or x64 processor; quad-core or better recommended. ARM 32 processors are not supported. Minimum of 4 GB of RAM. Many factors impact the resources used; we recommend 16 GB RAM for typical professional solutions. Hard disk space: Minimum of 850 MB up to 210 GB of available space, depending on features installed; typical installations require 20-50 GB of free space. We recommend installing Windows and Visual Studio on a solid-state drive (SSD) to increase performance.	Windows 10 or later
Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition	Windows 10 or later

A version of Visual Studio Enterprise is required to generate code maps in Chapter 5, Coding Efficiently with AI and Code Views.

A GitHub Copilot license is required to perform the AI completion tests in Chapter 5, Coding Efficiently with AI and Code Views.

To perform the tests suggested in Chapter 9, Implementing Git Integration, a GitHub account is required.

If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code from the book’s GitHub repository (a link is available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.

To complete and understand all the activities throughout this book, it’s important to have basic knowledge about software development with .NET.