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 in Chapters 10–14, 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.
A version of Visual Studio Enterprise is required to generate code maps in Chapter 8, Web Tools and Hot Reload.
To perform the tests suggested in Chapter 11, 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 knowledge about software development and web development (HTML, JavaScript, and CSS).