Visual Studio resources

Visual Studio is a suite of component-based software development tools and other technologies for building powerful, high-performance applications. In addition, Visual Studio is optimized for team-based design, development, and deployment using Team Foundation Service or Team Foundation Server.

Announcements

	Download Visual Studio 2013 Get the great new features in Visual Studio 2013, including innovative editor enhancements such as Peek and CodeLens, diagnostics tools for UI responsiveness and energy consumption, major updates for ASP.NET web development, expanded ALM capabilities with Git support and agile portfolio management, and much more.
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Get started

	New to Visual Studio? Start here Find the tutorials, walkthroughs, and samples you need to quickly begin developing applications.
	Explore the Visual Studio IDE This walkthrough will familiarize you with the tools, dialog boxes and designers available as you create and debug a simple, “Hello, world!” application.
	Learn the Visual Studio languages Get started with the Visual Studio languages: Visual C#, Visual Basic, Visual C++, and Visual F#.
	Discover Visual Studio LightSwitch Discover the resources you need for learning and using Visual Studio LightSwitch.
	What’s new in Visual Studio 2013 Learn about the many new features and enhancements that range from support for creating Windows Store apps to code editing for C++.

Extend Visual Studio

	Develop Visual Studio extensions Create your own tools, controls and templates for your own use or share them in the Visual Studio Extensions Gallery.
	The Visual Studio SDK Learn about the SDK for the IDE.
	Get started with editor extensions Customize the appearance and behavior of the editor.

Get Visual Studio

	Visual Studio 2013 downloads
	MSDN Subscriber Downloads
	2013 Express versions
	Visual Studio 2012 SDK
	Previous Visual Studio versions and service packs
	.NET Framework
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More resources

	Visual Studio "How Do I?" videos
	Get the sample browser app
	Events, virtual labs, and webcasts
	Channel 9 videos
	ALM Rangers solutions
	Developer Tools blogs
	Training and certification
	Scrum.org professional trainers

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	File a bug
	Create an open source project

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