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The Only Way to Download Visual Studio From Official Website (Free)


Introduction:

Visual Studio is one of the best IDEs for making Windows Apps or Apps that can be run on various platforms. Visual Studio is always free to download from the official website of Visual Studio. You can only install the Visual Studio Community or the Visual Studio Express for free. Visual Studio Professional and Enterprise are premium. There are several editions of Visual Studio, for example, Visual Studio Express For Desktop can build only Windows Forms, WPF and C++ applications. It depends on you which one to choose. So, in this post, I shall describe how to install the latest versions of Visual Studio or older versions of Visual Studio.

Note: Visual Studio can never be upgraded, they can only be installed. That means if you have an older version Visual Studio, you can't upgrade it, you have to install the newer version side by side. Both versions will work simultaneously.

Download and Install Instructions for Visual Studio 2017:

Downloading and Installing Visual Studio 2017 is quite an easy stuff. You have to perform few clicks the setup will do rest of it for you.

System Requirements:

  • Operating system: Windows 10 version 1507 or higher, Windows Server 2016, Windows 8.1 with Update 2919355, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 7 SP1 with latest updates, macOS Sierra 10.12, MAC OS X El Capitan 10.11.
  • 1.8 GHz processor with Dual-Core or better.
  • 2 GB of RAM, 4 GB recommended.
  • 20-50 GB of space on Hard Disk Drive. (Solid State drive will improve performance)
  • 1280 x 720p or 1366 x 768p resolution display.
  • 64-bit system is recommended, the 32-bit system lacks some features such as XAMARIN.

Prerequisites:

  • Active Internet Connection is required. Download size will be approximately 3 GB for 32-bit users and 4 GB for 64-bit users.
  • At least 20 GB of free space on your drive where you will install. (Size depends on the number of features you install)

Steps:

  1. Go to the official website of Visual Studio to download the web installer.
  2. After downloading open the setup, grant access if prompt.
  3. Setup will start. Accept the Terms and Conditions and read them carefully.
  4. Install now or customize your installation to select which features you need.
  5. The setup will download the required files, these may take several minutes.
  6. After downloading, reboot your computer.
  7. Now you are all set.
  8. Open it using the Start Menu.

Download and Install Instructions For Visual Studio 2015 or Older:

  1. Go to official website of visual studio. Scroll Down and look for Older Versions. Open the link and choose from the versions of Visual Studio that you want.
  2. You have to sign in to your Microsoft Account or Create a new Microsoft account to proceed.
  3. After signing in, you will get a whole list of editions to that subsequent versions.
  4. Choose, from the editions you want as per your development requirements.
  5. Choose '.exe' file or '.ISO' file from the drop-down menu.
  6. Then Download it by clicking the download button.
  7. After downloaded, open the setup and follow the installation procedure. If you have downloaded the ISO file then you have to burn it to external disk drive then install it on your computer.
  8. Wait, until it downloads and setup all files.
  9. You are done. You have successfully installed visual studio on your computer.

Conclusion:

In this blog post, you came to know how you can install Visual Studio in your Windows Computer. In the next post, we will be creating a Simple C# Web Browser Application with integrated Chromium. So, stay tuned and subscribe to stay updated.

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