<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
is	O
an	O
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
(	O
IDE	B-Application
)	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
develop	O
computer	B-Application
programs	I-Application
including	O
websites	O
,	O
web	B-Application
apps	I-Application
,	O
web	O
services	O
and	O
mobile	B-Application
apps	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
uses	O
Microsoft	O
software	B-Application
development	I-Application
platforms	I-Application
such	O
as	O
Windows	B-Library
API	I-Library
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Device
Presentation	I-Device
Foundation	I-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Store	I-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Silverlight	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
produce	O
both	O
native	B-Language
code	I-Language
and	O
managed	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
includes	O
a	O
code	B-Application
editor	I-Application
supporting	O
IntelliSense	B-Application
(	O
the	O
code	O
completion	O
component	O
)	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
code	O
refactoring	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
integrated	O
debugger	B-Application
works	O
as	O
both	O
a	O
source-level	B-Application
debugger	I-Application
and	O
as	O
a	O
machine-level	O
debugger	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
built-in	O
tools	O
include	O
a	O
code	O
profiler	O
,	O
designer	O
for	O
building	O
GUI	B-Application
applications	O
,	O
web	O
designer	O
,	O
class	O
designer	O
,	O
and	O
database	B-Application
schema	I-Application
designer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
accepts	O
plug-ins	B-Application
that	O
expand	O
the	O
functionality	O
at	O
almost	O
every	O
level	O
—	O
including	O
adding	O
support	O
for	O
source	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
systems	O
(	O
like	O
Subversion	B-Application
and	O
Git	B-Application
)	O
and	O
adding	O
new	O
toolsets	O
like	O
editors	O
and	O
visual	O
designers	O
for	O
domain-specific	B-Language
languages	I-Language
or	O
toolsets	O
for	O
other	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
development	O
lifecycle	O
(	O
like	O
the	O
Azure	B-Application
DevOps	I-Application
client	O
:	O
Team	O
Explorer	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
supports	O
36	O
different	O
programming	O
languages	O
and	O
allows	O
the	O
code	B-Application
editor	I-Application
and	O
debugger	B-Application
to	O
support	O
(	O
to	O
varying	O
degrees	O
)	O
nearly	O
any	O
programming	O
language	O
,	O
provided	O
a	O
language-specific	O
service	O
exists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Built-in	O
languages	O
include	O
C	B-Language
,	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
C++	B-Language
/CLI	I-Language
,	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
.NET	I-Language
,	O
C#	B-Application
,	O
F#	B-Operating_System
,	O
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
TypeScript	B-Language
,	O
XML	B-Protocol
,	O
XSLT	B-Application
,	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
and	O
CSS	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
other	O
languages	O
such	O
as	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
Ruby	B-Language
,	O
Node.js	B-Language
,	O
and	O
M	B-Language
among	O
others	O
is	O
available	O
via	O
plug-ins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Java	B-Language
(	O
and	O
J#	B-Language
)	O
were	O
supported	O
in	O
the	O
past	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
basic	O
edition	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Community	O
edition	O
,	O
is	O
available	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
slogan	O
for	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Community	O
edition	O
is	O
"	O
Free	O
,	O
fully-featured	O
IDE	B-Application
for	O
students	O
,	O
open-source	B-Application
and	O
individual	O
developers	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2022	O
is	O
a	O
current	O
production-ready	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2013	O
,	O
2015	O
and	O
2017	O
are	O
on	O
Extended	O
Support	O
,	O
while	O
2019	O
is	O
on	O
Mainstream	O
Support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
does	O
not	O
support	O
any	O
programming	O
language	O
,	O
solution	O
or	O
tool	O
intrinsically	O
;	O
instead	O
,	O
it	O
allows	O
the	O
plugging	O
of	O
functionality	O
coded	O
as	O
a	O
VSPackage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IDE	B-Application
provides	O
three	O
services	O
:	O
SVsSolution	O
,	O
which	O
provides	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
enumerate	O
projects	O
and	O
solutions	O
;	O
SVsUIShell	O
,	O
which	O
provides	O
windowing	O
and	O
UI	O
functionality	O
(	O
including	O
tabs	O
,	O
toolbars	O
,	O
and	O
tool	O
windows	O
)	O
;	O
and	O
SVsShell	O
,	O
which	O
deals	O
with	O
registration	O
of	O
VSPackages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
IDE	B-Application
is	O
also	O
responsible	O
for	O
coordinating	O
and	O
enabling	O
communication	O
between	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
uses	O
COM	B-Application
to	O
access	O
the	O
VSPackages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
SDK	B-Application
also	O
includes	O
the	O
Managed	O
Package	O
Framework	O
(	O
MPF	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
managed	O
wrappers	O
around	O
the	O
COM-interfaces	O
that	O
allow	O
the	O
Packages	O
to	O
be	O
written	O
in	O
any	O
CLI	B-Language
compliant	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
MPF	O
does	O
not	O
provide	O
all	O
the	O
functionality	O
exposed	O
by	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
COM	B-Application
interfaces	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
services	O
can	O
then	O
be	O
consumed	O
for	O
creation	O
of	O
other	O
packages	O
,	O
which	O
add	O
functionality	O
to	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
IDE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
language	O
service	O
defines	O
various	O
interfaces	B-Application
which	O
the	O
VSPackage	O
implementation	O
can	O
implement	O
to	O
add	O
support	O
for	O
various	O
functionalities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Functionalities	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
added	O
this	O
way	O
include	O
syntax	O
coloring	O
,	O
statement	O
completion	O
,	O
brace	O
matching	O
,	O
parameter	O
information	O
tooltips	O
,	O
member	O
lists	O
,	O
and	O
error	O
markers	O
for	O
background	O
compilation	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
interface	B-Application
is	O
implemented	O
,	O
the	O
functionality	O
will	O
be	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
implementations	O
can	O
reuse	O
code	O
from	O
the	O
parser	O
or	O
the	O
compiler	B-Language
for	O
the	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Language	O
services	O
can	O
be	O
implemented	O
either	O
in	O
native	B-Language
code	I-Language
or	O
managed	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
native	B-Language
code	I-Language
,	O
either	O
the	O
native	B-Language
COM	B-Application
interfaces	B-Application
or	O
the	O
Babel	O
Framework	O
(	O
part	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
SDK	B-Application
)	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
does	O
not	O
include	O
any	O
source	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
support	O
built	O
in	O
but	O
it	O
defines	O
two	O
alternative	O
ways	O
for	O
source	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
systems	O
to	O
integrate	O
with	O
the	O
IDE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Source	B-Architecture
Control	I-Architecture
VSPackage	O
can	O
provide	O
its	O
own	O
customised	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
,	O
a	O
source	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
plugin	B-Application
using	O
the	O
MSSCCI	O
(	O
Microsoft	O
Source	O
Code	O
Control	O
Interface	B-Application
)	O
provides	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
functions	O
that	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
implement	O
various	O
source	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
functionality	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
standard	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MSSCCI	O
was	O
first	O
used	O
to	O
integrate	O
Visual	B-Protocol
SourceSafe	I-Protocol
with	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
6.0	O
but	O
was	O
later	O
opened	O
up	O
via	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
SDK	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.NET	I-Application
2002	I-Application
used	O
MSSCCI	O
1.1	O
,	O
and	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.NET	B-Application
2003	O
used	O
MSSCCI	O
1.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2005	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
and	O
2010	O
use	O
MSSCCI	O
Version	O
1.3	O
,	O
which	O
adds	O
support	O
for	O
rename	O
and	O
delete	O
propagation	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
asynchronous	O
opening	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
supports	O
running	O
multiple	O
instances	O
of	O
the	O
environment	O
(	O
each	O
with	O
its	O
own	O
set	O
of	O
VSPackages	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
instances	O
use	O
different	O
registry	B-Protocol
hives	I-Protocol
(	O
see	O
MSDN	O
's	O
of	O
the	O
term	O
"	O
registry	O
hive	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
sense	O
used	O
here	O
)	O
to	O
store	O
their	O
configuration	O
state	O
and	O
are	O
differentiated	O
by	O
their	O
AppId	O
(	O
Application	O
ID	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
instances	O
are	O
launched	O
by	O
an	O
AppId-specific	O
.exe	O
that	O
selects	O
the	O
AppId	O
,	O
sets	O
the	O
root	O
hive	O
,	O
and	O
launches	O
the	O
IDE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
various	O
product	O
editions	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
are	O
created	O
using	O
the	O
different	O
AppIds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Express	I-Application
edition	I-Application
products	O
are	O
installed	O
with	O
their	O
own	O
AppIds	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
Standard	O
,	O
Professional	O
,	O
and	O
Team	B-Application
Suite	I-Application
products	O
share	O
the	O
same	O
AppId	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Consequently	O
,	O
one	O
can	O
install	O
the	O
Express	B-Application
editions	I-Application
side-by-side	O
with	O
other	O
editions	O
,	O
unlike	O
the	O
other	O
editions	O
which	O
update	O
the	O
same	O
installation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
professional	O
edition	O
includes	O
a	O
superset	O
of	O
the	O
VSPackages	O
in	O
the	O
standard	O
edition	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
team	B-Application
suite	I-Application
includes	O
a	O
superset	O
of	O
the	O
VSPackages	O
in	O
both	O
other	O
editions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AppId	O
system	O
is	O
leveraged	O
by	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Shell	O
in	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2008	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
includes	O
a	O
code	B-Application
editor	I-Application
that	O
supports	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
and	O
code	O
completion	O
using	O
IntelliSense	B-Application
for	O
variables	O
,	O
functions	O
,	O
methods	B-Language
,	O
loops	O
,	O
and	O
LINQ	B-Language
queries	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
IntelliSense	B-Application
is	O
supported	O
for	O
the	O
included	O
languages	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
for	O
XML	B-Protocol
,	O
Cascading	B-Language
Style	I-Language
Sheets	I-Language
,	O
and	O
JavaScript	B-Language
when	O
developing	O
web	O
sites	O
and	O
web	B-Application
applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Autocomplete	O
suggestions	O
appear	O
in	O
a	O
modeless	B-General_Concept
list	O
box	O
over	O
the	O
code	B-Application
editor	I-Application
window	O
,	O
in	O
proximity	O
of	O
the	O
editing	O
cursor	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2008	I-Application
onwards	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
made	O
temporarily	O
semi-transparent	O
to	O
see	O
the	O
code	O
obstructed	O
by	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
code	B-Application
editor	I-Application
is	O
used	O
for	O
all	O
supported	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Visual	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Code	I-Language
Editor	O
also	O
supports	O
setting	O
bookmarks	O
in	O
code	O
for	O
quick	O
navigation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
navigational	O
aids	O
include	O
collapsing	B-Application
code	I-Application
blocks	I-Application
and	O
incremental	B-Application
search	I-Application
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
normal	O
text	O
search	O
and	O
regex	B-Language
search	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
code	B-Application
editor	I-Application
also	O
includes	O
a	O
multi-item	O
clipboard	O
and	O
a	O
task	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
code	B-Application
editor	I-Application
supports	O
code	O
snippets	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
saved	O
templates	O
for	O
repetitive	O
code	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
inserted	O
into	O
code	O
and	O
customized	O
for	O
the	O
project	O
being	O
worked	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Visual	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
code	I-Language
editor	O
also	O
supports	O
code	O
refactoring	O
including	O
parameter	O
reordering	O
,	O
variable	O
and	O
method	O
renaming	O
,	O
interface	B-Application
extraction	O
,	O
and	O
encapsulation	O
of	O
class	O
members	O
inside	O
properties	O
,	O
among	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
includes	O
a	O
debugger	B-Application
that	O
works	O
both	O
as	O
a	O
source-level	B-Application
debugger	I-Application
and	O
as	O
a	O
machine-level	O
debugger	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
works	O
with	O
both	O
managed	O
code	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
native	B-Language
code	I-Language
and	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
debugging	O
applications	O
written	O
in	O
any	O
language	O
supported	O
by	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
debugger	B-Application
can	O
also	O
create	O
memory	B-Error_Name
dumps	I-Error_Name
as	O
well	O
as	O
load	O
them	O
later	O
for	O
debugging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multi-threaded	B-Operating_System
programs	O
are	O
also	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
debugger	B-Application
can	O
be	O
configured	O
to	O
be	O
launched	O
when	O
an	O
application	O
running	O
outside	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
environment	O
crashes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Debugger	B-Application
allows	O
setting	O
breakpoints	O
(	O
which	O
allow	O
execution	O
to	O
be	O
stopped	O
temporarily	O
at	O
a	O
certain	O
position	O
)	O
and	O
watches	O
(	O
which	O
monitor	O
the	O
values	O
of	O
variables	O
as	O
the	O
execution	O
progresses	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
debugger	B-Application
supports	O
Edit	O
and	O
Continue	O
,	O
i.e.	O
,	O
it	O
allows	O
code	O
to	O
be	O
edited	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
being	O
debugged	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
coding	O
,	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
debugger	B-Application
lets	O
certain	O
functions	O
be	O
invoked	O
manually	O
from	O
the	O
Immediate	O
tool	O
window	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
includes	O
a	O
host	O
of	O
visual	O
designers	O
to	O
aid	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
Designer	O
The	O
Windows	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
designer	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
build	O
GUI	B-Application
applications	O
using	O
Windows	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Controls	O
that	O
display	O
data	O
(	O
like	O
textbox	O
,	O
list	O
box	O
and	O
grid	O
view	O
)	O
can	O
be	O
bound	B-General_Concept
to	O
data	O
sources	O
like	O
databases	B-Application
or	O
queries	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data-bound	O
controls	O
can	O
be	O
created	O
by	O
dragging	O
items	O
from	O
the	O
Data	O
Sources	O
window	O
onto	O
a	O
design	O
surface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
UI	O
is	O
linked	O
with	O
code	O
using	O
an	O
event-driven	B-Application
programming	I-Application
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
designer	O
generates	O
either	O
C#	B-Application
or	O
VB.NET	B-Language
code	O
for	O
the	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WPF	B-Device
Designer	O
The	O
WPF	B-Device
designer	O
,	O
codenamed	O
Cider	O
,	O
was	O
introduced	O
with	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2008	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
designer	O
it	O
supports	O
the	O
drag	O
and	O
drop	O
metaphor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
author	O
user	B-Application
interfaces	I-Application
targeting	O
Windows	B-Device
Presentation	I-Device
Foundation	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
all	O
WPF	B-Device
functionality	O
including	O
data	B-General_Concept
binding	I-General_Concept
and	O
automatic	B-General_Concept
layout	I-General_Concept
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
generates	O
XAML	B-Device
code	O
for	O
the	O
UI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
generated	O
XAML	B-Device
file	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Expression	I-Application
Design	I-Application
,	O
the	O
designer-oriented	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
XAML	B-Device
code	O
is	O
linked	O
with	O
code	O
using	O
a	O
code-behind	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Web	O
designer/development	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
also	O
includes	O
a	O
web-site	O
editor	O
and	O
designer	O
that	O
allows	O
web	O
pages	O
to	O
be	O
authored	O
by	O
dragging	O
and	O
dropping	O
widgets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
used	O
for	O
developing	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
applications	O
and	O
supports	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
CSS	B-Language
and	O
JavaScript	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
a	O
code-behind	O
model	O
to	O
link	O
with	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2008	I-Application
onwards	O
,	O
the	O
layout	O
engine	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
web	O
designer	O
is	O
shared	O
with	O
the	O
discontinued	O
Expression	B-Application
Web	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
ASP.NET	B-Language
MVC	I-Language
support	O
for	O
MVC	O
technology	O
as	O
a	O
separate	O
download	O
and	O
ASP.NET	B-Device
Dynamic	I-Device
Data	I-Device
project	O
available	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Class	O
designer	O
The	O
Class	O
Designer	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
author	O
and	O
edit	O
the	O
classes	O
(	O
including	O
its	O
members	O
and	O
their	O
access	O
)	O
using	O
UML	B-Language
modeling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Class	O
Designer	O
can	O
generate	O
C#	B-Application
and	O
VB.NET	B-Language
code	O
outlines	O
for	O
the	O
classes	O
and	O
methods	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
designer	O
The	O
data	O
designer	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
graphically	O
edit	O
database	B-Application
schemas	I-Application
,	O
including	O
typed	O
tables	O
,	O
primary	O
and	O
foreign	O
keys	O
and	O
constraints	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
design	O
queries	B-Application
from	O
the	O
graphical	O
view	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mapping	B-General_Concept
designer	O
From	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2008	I-Application
onwards	O
,	O
the	O
mapping	B-General_Concept
designer	O
is	O
used	O
by	O
LINQ	B-Language
to	I-Language
SQL	I-Language
to	O
design	O
the	O
mapping	B-General_Concept
between	O
database	B-Application
schemas	I-Application
and	O
the	O
classes	O
that	O
encapsulate	O
the	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
solution	O
from	O
ORM	O
approach	O
,	O
ADO.NET	B-Application
Entity	I-Application
Framework	I-Application
,	O
replaces	O
and	O
improves	O
the	O
old	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Properties	O
Editor	O
The	O
Properties	O
Editor	O
tool	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
edit	O
properties	O
in	O
a	O
GUI	B-Application
pane	O
inside	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Object	O
Browser	O
The	O
Object	O
Browser	O
is	O
a	O
namespace	O
and	O
class	B-Application
library	I-Application
browser	O
for	O
Microsoft	O
.NET	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solution	O
Explorer	O
In	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
parlance	O
,	O
a	O
solution	O
is	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
code	O
files	O
and	O
other	O
resources	O
that	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
build	O
an	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Team	O
Explorer	O
Team	O
Explorer	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
integrate	O
the	O
capabilities	O
of	O
Azure	B-Application
DevOps	I-Application
(	O
either	O
Azure	B-Application
DevOps	I-Application
Services	O
or	O
Azure	B-Application
DevOps	I-Application
Server	I-Application
)	O
into	O
the	O
IDE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
integration	O
it	O
provides	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
view	O
and	O
manage	O
individual	O
work	O
items	O
(	O
including	O
user	O
stories	O
,	O
bugs	B-Application
,	O
tasks	O
and	O
other	O
documents	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
included	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
installation	O
and	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
Explorer	O
Data	O
Explorer	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
manage	O
databases	B-Application
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
instances	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
creation	O
and	O
alteration	O
of	O
database	O
tables	O
(	O
either	O
by	O
issuing	O
T-SQL	B-Language
commands	O
or	O
by	O
using	O
the	O
Data	O
designer	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
queries	B-Application
and	O
stored	B-General_Concept
procedures	I-General_Concept
,	O
with	O
the	O
latter	O
in	O
either	O
T-SQL	B-Language
or	O
in	O
managed	O
code	O
via	O
SQL	B-Language
CLR	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Debugging	O
and	O
IntelliSense	B-Application
support	O
is	O
available	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
used	O
to	O
browse	O
running	O
Windows	O
Services	O
,	O
performance	O
counters	O
,	O
Windows	O
Event	O
Log	O
and	O
message	B-Operating_System
queues	I-Operating_System
and	O
use	O
them	O
as	O
a	O
datasource	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Text	O
Generation	O
Framework	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
includes	O
a	O
full	O
text	O
generation	O
framework	O
called	O
T4	B-Application
which	O
enables	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
to	O
generate	O
text	O
files	O
from	O
templates	O
either	O
in	O
the	O
IDE	B-Application
or	O
via	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ASP.NET	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Site	I-Application
Administration	I-Application
Tool	I-Application
The	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Site	I-Application
Administration	I-Application
Tool	I-Application
allows	O
for	O
the	O
configuration	O
of	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Tools	I-Application
for	I-Application
Office	I-Application
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Tools	I-Application
for	I-Application
Office	I-Application
is	O
a	O
SDK	B-Application
and	O
an	O
add-in	B-Application
for	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
that	O
includes	O
tools	O
for	O
developing	O
for	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
suite	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Previously	O
(	O
for	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.NET	B-Application
2003	O
and	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2005	O
)	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
separate	O
SKU	O
that	O
supported	O
only	O
Visual	O
C#	O
and	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
languages	O
or	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Team	B-Application
Suite	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2008	I-Application
,	O
it	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
a	O
separate	O
SKU	O
but	O
is	O
included	O
with	O
Professional	O
and	O
higher	O
editions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
can	O
write	O
high-quality	O
code	O
with	O
comprehensive	O
testing	O
tools	O
to	O
aid	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
allows	O
developers	O
to	O
write	O
extensions	O
for	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
to	O
extend	O
its	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
extensions	O
"	O
plug	O
into	O
"	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
and	O
extend	O
its	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Extensions	O
come	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
macros	O
,	O
add-ins	B-Application
,	O
and	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
written	O
using	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
and	O
are	O
not	O
compiled	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Add-Ins	B-Application
provide	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
object	O
model	O
and	O
can	O
interact	O
with	O
the	O
IDE	B-Application
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Add-Ins	B-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
implement	O
new	O
functionality	O
and	O
can	O
add	O
new	O
tool	O
windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Add-Ins	B-Application
are	O
plugged	O
into	O
the	O
IDE	B-Application
via	O
COM	B-Application
and	O
can	O
be	O
created	O
in	O
any	O
COM-compliant	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Packages	O
are	O
created	O
using	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
SDK	B-Application
and	O
provide	O
the	O
highest	O
level	O
of	O
extensibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
SDK	B-Application
provides	O
unmanaged	O
APIs	B-General_Concept
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
managed	O
API	B-General_Concept
to	O
accomplish	O
these	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
managed	O
API	B-General_Concept
is	O
n't	O
as	O
comprehensive	O
as	O
the	O
unmanaged	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Extensions	O
are	O
supported	O
in	O
the	O
Standard	O
(	O
and	O
higher	O
)	O
versions	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Express	B-Application
Editions	I-Application
do	O
not	O
support	O
hosting	O
extensions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2008	I-Application
introduced	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Shell	O
that	O
allows	O
for	O
development	O
of	O
a	O
customized	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
IDE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Shell	O
defines	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
VSPackages	O
that	O
provide	O
the	O
functionality	O
required	O
in	O
any	O
IDE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Shell	O
is	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2008	I-Application
,	O
Microsoft	O
created	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Gallery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
serves	O
as	O
the	O
central	O
location	O
for	O
posting	O
information	O
about	O
extensions	O
to	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Community	O
developers	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
commercial	O
developers	O
can	O
upload	O
information	O
about	O
their	O
extensions	O
to	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.NET	I-Application
2002	I-Application
through	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internally	O
a	O
VSIX	O
file	O
is	O
a	O
ZIP	O
file	O
that	O
contains	O
some	O
XML	B-Protocol
files	O
,	O
and	O
possibly	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
DLL	O
's	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
Visual	O
C++Microsoft	O
Visual	O
C++	B-Language
is	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
partial	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
C	B-Language
and	O
full	O
implementation	O
C++	B-Language
compiler	B-Language
and	O
associated	O
languages-services	O
and	O
specific	O
tools	O
for	O
integration	O
with	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
IDE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
compile	B-Language
either	O
in	O
C	B-Language
mode	O
or	O
C++	B-Language
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
as	O
of	O
version	O
15.7	O
it	O
conforms	O
to	O
C++17	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
C	B-Language
implementation	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2015	O
still	O
does	O
n't	O
support	O
the	O
full	O
standard	O
;	O
in	O
particular	O
,	O
the	O
complex	O
number	O
header	O
complex.h	O
introduced	O
in	O
C99	O
is	O
unsupported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
supports	O
the	O
C++	B-Language
/CLI	I-Language
specification	O
to	O
write	O
managed	O
code	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
mixed-mode	O
code	O
(	O
a	O
mix	O
of	O
native	B-Language
and	O
managed	O
code	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
positions	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
for	O
development	O
in	O
native	B-Language
code	I-Language
or	O
in	O
code	O
that	O
contains	O
both	O
native	B-Language
as	O
well	O
as	O
managed	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
supports	O
COM	B-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
MFC	B-Language
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
MFC	B-Language
development	O
,	O
it	O
provides	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
wizards	O
for	O
creating	O
and	O
customizing	O
MFC	B-Language
boilerplate	O
code	O
,	O
and	O
creating	O
GUI	B-Application
applications	O
using	O
MFC	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
can	O
also	O
use	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
forms	O
designer	O
to	O
design	O
UI	O
graphically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
the	O
Windows	B-Library
API	I-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
supports	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
intrinsic	O
functions	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
functions	O
recognized	O
by	O
the	O
compiler	B-Language
itself	O
and	O
not	O
implemented	O
as	O
a	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intrinsic	O
functions	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
expose	O
the	O
SSE	B-General_Concept
instruction	O
set	O
of	O
modern	O
CPUs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
also	O
includes	O
the	O
OpenMP	B-Application
(	O
version	O
2.0	O
)	O
specification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
Visual	O
C#	B-Application
Microsoft	O
Visual	O
C#	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
C#	B-Application
language	O
,	O
targets	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
language	O
services	O
that	O
lets	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
IDE	B-Application
support	O
C#	B-Application
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
language	O
services	O
are	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
,	O
the	O
compiler	B-Language
is	O
available	O
separately	O
as	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Visual	O
C#	B-Application
2008	O
,	O
2010	O
and	O
2012	O
compilers	B-Language
support	O
versions	O
3.0	O
,	O
4.0	O
and	O
5.0	O
of	O
the	O
C#	B-Application
language	O
specifications	O
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	O
C#	O
supports	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Class	O
designer	O
,	O
Forms	O
designer	O
,	O
and	O
Data	O
designer	O
among	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Language
Visual	I-Language
Basic	I-Language
Microsoft	B-Language
Visual	I-Language
Basic	I-Language
is	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
VB.NET	B-Language
language	O
and	O
associated	O
tools	O
and	O
language	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
introduced	O
with	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.NET	B-Application
(	O
2002	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
has	O
positioned	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
for	O
Rapid	O
Application	O
Development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
author	O
both	O
console	O
applications	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
GUI	B-Application
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Visual	O
C#	O
,	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
also	O
supports	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Class	O
designer	O
,	O
Forms	O
designer	O
,	O
and	O
Data	O
designer	O
among	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
C#	B-Application
,	O
the	O
VB.NET	B-Language
compiler	B-Language
is	O
also	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
,	O
but	O
the	O
language	O
services	O
that	O
let	O
VB.NET	B-Language
projects	O
be	O
developed	O
with	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
,	O
are	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
latter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
Visual	O
Web	O
Developer	O
Microsoft	O
Visual	O
Web	O
Developer	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
web	O
sites	O
,	O
web	B-Application
applications	I-Application
and	O
web	O
services	O
using	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Either	O
C#	B-Application
or	O
VB.NET	B-Language
languages	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	O
Web	O
Developer	O
can	O
use	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Web	O
Designer	O
to	O
graphically	O
design	O
web	O
page	O
layouts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azure	O
DevOpsAzure	O
DevOps	O
is	O
intended	O
for	O
collaborative	O
software	O
development	O
projects	O
and	O
provides	O
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
,	O
work	O
planning	O
and	O
tracking	O
,	O
data	O
collection	O
,	O
and	O
reporting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
includes	O
the	O
Team	O
Explorer	O
which	O
is	O
integrated	O
inside	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
10	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
a	O
rebranding	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Team	O
Services	O
(	O
VSTS	O
)	O
to	O
Azure	B-Application
DevOps	I-Application
Services	O
and	O
Team	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
Server	I-Application
(	O
TFS	O
)	O
to	O
Azure	B-Application
DevOps	I-Application
Server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
FoxPro	I-Application
Visual	B-Application
FoxPro	I-Application
is	O
a	O
data-centric	O
object-oriented	B-Language
and	O
procedural	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
produced	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
derives	O
from	O
FoxPro	B-Application
(	O
originally	O
known	O
as	O
FoxBASE	B-Application
)	O
which	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Fox	B-Application
Software	I-Application
beginning	O
in	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
FoxPro	I-Application
is	O
tightly	O
integrated	O
with	O
its	O
own	O
relational	O
database	O
engine	O
,	O
which	O
extends	O
FoxPro	B-Application
's	O
xBase	O
capabilities	O
to	O
support	O
SQL	B-Language
queries	B-Application
and	O
data	O
manipulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
FoxPro	I-Application
is	O
a	O
full-featured	O
,	O
dynamic	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
that	O
does	O
not	O
require	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
an	O
additional	O
general-purpose	O
programming	B-Application
environment	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
FoxPro	I-Application
was	O
discontinued	O
after	O
version	O
9	O
Service	O
Pack	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Protocol
SourceSafe	I-Protocol
Microsoft	B-Protocol
Visual	I-Protocol
SourceSafe	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
source	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
software	O
package	O
oriented	O
towards	O
small	O
software-development	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SourceSafe	B-Protocol
database	O
is	O
a	O
multi-user	O
,	O
multi-process	O
file-system	O
database	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
Windows	O
file	O
system	O
database	O
primitives	O
to	O
provide	O
locking	O
and	O
sharing	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
versions	O
are	O
multi-user	O
,	O
using	O
SMB	B-Operating_System
(	O
file	O
server	O
)	O
networking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
with	O
Visual	B-Protocol
SourceSafe	I-Protocol
2005	O
,	O
other	O
client	B-Operating_System
–	I-Operating_System
server	I-Operating_System
modes	O
were	O
added	O
,	O
Lan	O
Booster	O
and	O
VSS	O
Internet	O
(	O
which	O
used	O
HTTP/HTTPS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Protocol
SourceSafe	I-Protocol
6.0	O
was	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
product	O
and	O
was	O
included	O
with	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
6.0	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
products	O
such	O
as	O
Office	O
Developer	O
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Protocol
SourceSafe	I-Protocol
2005	O
was	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
product	O
and	O
included	O
with	O
the	O
2005	O
Team	B-Application
Suite	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azure	B-Application
DevOps	I-Application
has	O
superseded	O
VSS	O
as	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
recommended	O
platform	O
for	O
source	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
J++	I-Application
/Microsoft	O
Visual	O
J#	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
J++	I-Application
was	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
language	I-Language
(	O
with	O
Microsoft-specific	O
extensions	O
)	O
and	O
associated	O
language	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
discontinued	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
litigation	B-Language
from	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
technology	O
was	O
recycled	O
into	O
Visual	O
J#	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Java	B-Language
compiler	B-Language
for	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
J#	B-Language
was	O
available	O
with	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2005	O
(	O
supported	O
until	O
2015	O
)	O
but	O
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2008	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
InterDev	I-Application
Visual	B-Application
InterDev	I-Application
was	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
web	B-Application
applications	I-Application
using	O
Microsoft	O
Active	B-General_Concept
Server	I-General_Concept
Pages	I-General_Concept
(	O
ASP	O
)	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
is	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
following	O
editions	O
or	O
SKUs	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Community	O
edition	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
November	O
12	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
new	O
free	O
version	O
,	O
with	O
similar	O
functionality	O
to	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Professional	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
this	O
date	O
,	O
the	O
only	O
free	O
editions	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
were	O
the	O
feature-limited	O
Express	B-Application
variants	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
Express	B-Application
variants	I-Application
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Community	O
supports	O
multiple	O
languages	O
,	O
and	O
provides	O
support	O
for	O
extensions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Community	O
is	O
oriented	O
towards	O
individual	O
developers	O
and	O
small	O
teams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2010	O
,	O
the	O
Professional	O
edition	O
is	O
the	O
entry	O
level	O
commercial	B-Application
edition	I-Application
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
an	O
IDE	B-Application
for	O
all	O
supported	O
development	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
XML	B-Protocol
and	O
XSLT	B-Application
editing	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
create	O
deployment	O
packages	O
that	O
only	O
use	O
ClickOnce	B-Application
and	O
MSI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
tools	O
like	O
Server	O
Explorer	O
and	O
integration	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
also	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
development	O
support	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2005	O
Standard	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
with	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2008	I-Application
,	O
it	O
is	O
only	O
available	O
in	O
Professional	O
and	O
higher	O
editions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	O
Phone	O
7	O
development	O
support	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
all	O
editions	O
in	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
for	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
is	O
no	O
longer	O
supported	O
in	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
features	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
Professional	O
edition	O
,	O
the	O
Enterprise	O
edition	O
provides	O
a	O
new	O
set	O
of	O
software	O
development	O
,	O
database	B-Application
development	I-Application
,	O
collaboration	O
,	O
metrics	O
,	O
architecture	O
,	O
testing	O
and	O
reporting	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
was	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
97	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
that	O
,	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
,	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
,	O
Visual	B-Application
FoxPro	I-Application
and	O
Visual	B-Protocol
SourceSafe	I-Protocol
were	O
sold	O
as	O
separate	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
first	O
released	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
(	O
codenamed	O
Boston	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
city	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
,	O
thus	O
beginning	O
the	O
VS	O
codenames	O
related	O
to	O
places	O
)	O
in	O
1997	O
,	O
bundling	O
many	O
of	O
its	O
programming	O
tools	O
together	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
97	O
came	O
in	O
two	O
editions	O
:	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Professional	O
and	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Enterprise	O
,	O
the	O
professional	O
edition	O
has	O
three	O
CDs	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
enterprise	O
four	O
CDs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
included	O
Visual	B-Application
J++	I-Application
1.1	O
for	O
Java	B-Language
programming	I-Language
and	O
introduced	O
Visual	B-Application
InterDev	I-Application
for	O
creating	O
dynamically	O
generated	O
web	O
sites	O
using	O
Active	B-General_Concept
Server	I-General_Concept
Pages	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
97	O
was	O
an	O
attempt	O
at	O
using	O
the	O
same	O
development	O
environment	O
for	O
multiple	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
J++	I-Application
,	O
InterDev	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
MSDN	O
Library	O
had	O
all	O
been	O
using	O
the	O
same	O
'	O
environment	O
 '	O
,	O
called	O
Developer	O
Studio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
was	O
also	O
sold	O
as	O
a	O
bundle	O
with	O
the	O
separate	O
IDEs	O
used	O
for	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
,	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
and	O
Visual	B-Application
FoxPro	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
version	O
of	O
each	O
language	O
in	O
part	O
also	O
settled	O
to	O
v6.0	O
,	O
including	O
Visual	B-Application
J++	I-Application
which	O
was	O
prior	O
v1.1	O
,	O
and	O
Visual	B-Application
InterDev	I-Application
at	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
led	O
Microsoft	O
to	O
transition	O
the	O
development	O
on	O
the	O
platform	O
independent	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
6.0	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
to	O
include	O
Visual	B-Application
J++	I-Application
,	O
which	O
Microsoft	O
removed	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
settlement	O
with	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
that	O
required	O
Microsoft	O
Internet	O
Explorer	O
not	O
to	O
provide	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
Virtual	I-Language
Machine	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
6.0	O
came	O
in	O
two	O
editions	O
:	O
Professional	O
and	O
Enterprise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
was	O
also	O
sold	O
as	O
a	O
bundle	O
with	O
the	O
separate	O
IDEs	O
used	O
for	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
,	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
and	O
Visual	B-Application
FoxPro	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
released	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.NET	B-Application
(	O
VS.NET	O
)	O
,	O
codenamed	O
Rainier	O
(	O
for	O
Washington	O
's	O
Mount	B-Device
Rainier	I-Device
)	O
,	O
in	O
February	O
2002	O
(	O
the	O
beta	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
via	O
Microsoft	O
Developer	O
Network	O
in	O
2001	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
biggest	O
change	O
was	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
a	O
managed	O
code	O
development	O
environment	O
using	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Programs	O
developed	O
using	O
.NET	B-Application
are	O
not	O
compiled	B-Language
to	O
machine	B-Language
language	I-Language
(	O
like	O
C++	B-Language
is	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
)	O
but	O
instead	O
to	O
a	O
format	O
called	O
Microsoft	O
Intermediate	O
Language	O
(	O
MSIL	O
)	O
or	O
Common	O
Intermediate	O
Language	O
(	O
CIL	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
CIL	O
application	O
executes	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
compiled	B-Language
while	O
being	O
executed	O
into	O
the	O
appropriate	O
machine	B-Language
language	I-Language
for	O
the	O
platform	O
it	O
is	O
being	O
executed	O
on	O
,	O
thereby	O
making	O
code	O
portable	O
across	O
several	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Programs	O
compiled	B-Language
into	O
CIL	O
can	O
be	O
executed	O
only	O
on	O
platforms	O
which	O
have	O
an	O
implementation	O
of	O
Common	O
Language	O
Infrastructure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
run	O
CIL	O
programs	O
in	O
Linux	B-Application
or	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
using	O
non-Microsoft	O
.NET	B-Application
implementations	O
like	O
Mono	B-Application
and	O
DotGNU	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
to	O
require	O
an	O
NT-based	B-Device
Windows	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.NET	I-Application
2002	I-Application
shipped	O
in	O
four	O
editions	O
:	O
Academic	O
,	O
Professional	O
,	O
Enterprise	O
Developer	O
,	O
and	O
Enterprise	O
Architect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
introduced	O
C#	B-Application
(	O
C-sharp	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
programming	O
language	O
,	O
that	O
targets	O
.NET	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
introduced	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
Visual	B-Application
J++	I-Application
called	O
Visual	O
J#	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	O
J#	O
programs	O
use	O
Java	B-Language
's	O
language-syntax	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
unlike	O
Visual	B-Application
J++	I-Application
programs	O
,	O
Visual	O
J#	O
programs	O
can	O
only	O
target	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
,	O
not	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
Virtual	I-Language
Machine	I-Language
that	O
all	O
other	O
Java	B-Language
tools	O
target	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
changed	O
drastically	O
to	O
fit	O
the	O
new	O
framework	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
new	O
version	O
was	O
called	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
.NET	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
also	O
added	O
extensions	O
to	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
called	O
Managed	B-Language
Extensions	I-Language
for	I-Language
C++	I-Language
,	O
so	O
.NET	B-Application
programs	O
could	O
be	O
created	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.NET	B-Application
can	O
produce	O
applications	O
targeting	O
Windows	O
(	O
using	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
part	O
of	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
)	O
,	O
the	O
Web	O
(	O
using	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
and	O
Web	O
Services	O
)	O
and	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
add-in	B-Application
,	O
portable	O
devices	O
(	O
using	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
Compact	O
Framework	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
internal	O
version	O
number	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.NET	I-Application
2002	I-Application
is	O
version	O
7.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
released	O
Service	O
Pack	O
1	O
for	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.NET	I-Application
2002	I-Application
in	O
March	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2003	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
introduced	O
a	O
minor	O
upgrade	O
to	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.NET	B-Application
called	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.NET	B-Application
2003	O
,	O
codenamed	O
Everett	O
(	O
for	O
the	O
city	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
an	O
upgrade	O
to	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
,	O
version	O
1.1	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
to	O
support	O
developing	O
programs	O
for	O
mobile	O
devices	O
,	O
using	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
or	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
Compact	O
Framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
compiler	B-Language
's	O
standards-compliance	O
improved	O
,	O
especially	O
in	O
the	O
area	O
of	O
partial	B-Language
template	I-Language
specialization	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
Toolkit	O
2003	O
is	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
C++	B-Language
compiler	B-Language
shipped	O
with	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.NET	B-Application
2003	O
without	O
the	O
IDE	B-Application
that	O
Microsoft	O
made	O
freely	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
it	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
available	O
and	O
the	O
Express	B-Application
Editions	I-Application
have	O
superseded	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.NET	B-Application
2003	O
also	O
supports	O
Managed	B-Language
C++	I-Language
,	O
which	O
is	O
the	O
predecessor	O
of	O
C++	B-Language
/CLI	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
internal	O
version	O
number	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.NET	B-Application
2003	O
is	O
version	O
7.1	O
while	O
the	O
file	O
format	O
version	O
is	O
8.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.NET	B-Application
2003	O
is	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
to	O
support	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
4.0	I-Device
SP6a	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
versions	O
below	O
SP3	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
before	O
SP2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.NET	B-Application
2003	O
shipped	O
in	O
five	O
editions	O
:	O
Academic	O
,	O
Standard	O
,	O
Professional	O
,	O
Enterprise	O
Developer	O
,	O
and	O
Enterprise	O
Architect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.NET	B-Application
2003	O
Enterprise	O
Architect	O
edition	O
includes	O
an	O
implementation	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visio	I-Application
2002	O
's	O
modeling	O
technologies	O
,	O
including	O
tools	O
for	O
creating	O
Unified	O
Modeling	O
Language-based	O
visual	O
representations	O
of	O
an	O
application	O
's	O
architecture	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
object-role	B-Application
modeling	I-Application
(	O
ORM	O
)	O
and	O
logical	O
database-modeling	O
solution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2005	O
,	O
codenamed	O
Whidbey	O
(	O
a	O
reference	O
to	O
Whidbey	O
Island	O
in	O
Puget	O
Sound	O
region	O
)	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
online	O
in	O
October	O
2005	O
and	O
to	O
retail	O
stores	O
a	O
few	O
weeks	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
removed	O
the	O
"	O
.NET	B-Application
"	O
moniker	O
from	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2005	O
(	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
every	O
other	O
product	O
with	O
.NET	B-Application
in	O
its	O
name	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
still	O
primarily	O
targets	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
upgraded	O
to	O
version	O
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
to	O
support	O
Windows	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2003	I-Application
below	O
SP1	O
,	O
and	O
thus	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
able	O
to	O
target	O
Windows	B-Device
98	I-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Device
Me	I-Device
for	O
C++	B-Language
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2005	O
's	O
internal	O
version	O
number	O
is	O
8.0	O
while	O
the	O
file	O
format	O
version	O
is	O
9.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
released	O
Service	O
Pack	O
1	O
for	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2005	O
on	O
December	O
14	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
additional	O
update	O
for	O
Service	O
Pack	O
1	O
that	O
offers	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
compatibility	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
June	O
3	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2005	O
was	O
upgraded	O
to	O
support	O
all	O
the	O
new	O
features	O
introduced	O
in	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
2.0	O
,	O
including	O
generics	O
and	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
2.0	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IntelliSense	B-Application
feature	O
in	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
was	O
upgraded	O
for	O
generics	O
and	O
new	O
project	O
types	O
were	O
added	O
to	O
support	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
web	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2005	O
additionally	O
introduces	O
support	O
for	O
a	O
new	O
task-based	O
build	O
platform	O
called	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Build	I-Application
Engine	O
(	O
MSBuild	B-Application
)	O
which	O
employs	O
a	O
new	O
XML-based	O
project	O
file	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2005	O
also	O
includes	O
a	O
local	O
web	O
server	O
,	O
separate	O
from	O
IIS	B-Application
,	O
that	O
can	O
host	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
applications	O
during	O
development	O
and	O
testing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
supports	O
all	O
SQL	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2005	O
databases	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Database	O
designers	O
were	O
upgraded	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
ADO.NET	B-Device
2.0	I-Device
,	O
which	O
is	O
included	O
with	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
C++	B-Language
also	O
got	O
a	O
similar	O
upgrade	O
with	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
C++	B-Language
/CLI	I-Language
which	O
is	O
slated	O
to	O
replace	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
Managed	B-Language
C++	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
new	O
features	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2005	O
include	O
the	O
"	O
Deployment	O
Designer	O
"	O
which	O
allows	O
application	O
designs	O
to	O
be	O
validated	O
before	O
deployments	O
,	O
an	O
improved	O
environment	O
for	O
web	O
publishing	O
when	O
combined	O
with	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
2.0	I-Application
and	O
load	O
testing	O
to	O
see	O
application	O
performance	O
under	O
various	O
sorts	O
of	O
user	O
loads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
the	O
2005	O
edition	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
also	O
added	O
extensive	O
64-bit	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
host	O
development	O
environment	O
itself	O
is	O
only	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
32-bit	O
application	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
2005	O
supports	O
compiling	B-Language
for	O
x86-64	B-Device
(	O
AMD64	B-Device
and	O
Intel	O
64	O
)	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
IA-64	B-General_Concept
(	O
Itanium	B-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Platform	B-Application
SDK	I-Application
included	O
64-bit	O
compilers	B-Language
and	O
64-bit	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
also	O
announced	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Tools	I-Application
for	I-Application
Applications	I-Application
as	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
for	I-Language
Applications	I-Language
(	O
VBA	B-Language
)	O
and	O
VSA	O
(	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
for	O
Applications	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VSTA	O
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
manufacturing	O
along	O
with	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
included	O
with	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
and	O
is	O
also	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2005	O
SDK	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
VSTA	O
consists	O
of	O
a	O
customized	O
IDE	B-Application
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2005	O
IDE	B-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
runtime	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
embedded	O
in	O
applications	O
to	O
expose	O
its	O
features	O
via	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
object	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
applications	O
continue	O
to	O
integrate	O
with	O
VBA	B-Language
,	O
except	O
for	O
InfoPath	O
2007	O
which	O
integrates	O
with	O
VSTA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
2.0	O
of	O
VSTA	O
(	O
based	O
on	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2008	I-Application
)	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
April	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
significantly	O
different	O
from	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
,	O
including	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
dynamic	O
programming	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
WPF	B-Device
,	O
WCF	B-Application
,	O
WF	O
,	O
LINQ	B-Language
,	O
and	O
.NET	B-Application
3.5	O
Framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2008	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Team	I-Application
System	I-Application
2008	O
codenamed	O
Orcas	O
(	O
a	O
reference	O
to	O
Orcas	O
Island	O
,	O
also	O
an	O
island	O
in	O
Puget	O
Sound	O
region	O
,	O
like	O
Whidbey	O
for	O
the	O
previous	O
2005	O
release	O
)	O
,	O
were	O
released	O
to	O
MSDN	O
subscribers	O
on	O
November	O
19	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
alongside	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
3.5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2008	I-Application
IDE	B-Application
is	O
available	O
under	O
a	O
shared	B-License
source	I-License
license	O
to	O
some	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
partners	O
and	O
ISVs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
released	O
Service	O
Pack	O
1	O
for	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2008	I-Application
on	O
August	O
11	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
internal	O
version	O
number	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2008	I-Application
is	O
version	O
9.0	O
while	O
the	O
file	O
format	O
version	O
is	O
10.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2008	I-Application
is	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
able	O
to	O
target	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
SP2	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2003	I-Application
SP1	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
RTM	O
for	O
C++	B-Language
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2008	I-Application
is	O
focused	O
on	O
development	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
,	O
2007	B-Application
Office	I-Application
system	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Web	B-Application
applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
visual	O
design	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
Windows	B-Device
Presentation	I-Device
Foundation	I-Device
visual	O
designer	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
HTML/CSS	O
editor	O
influenced	O
by	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Expression	I-Application
Web	I-Application
are	O
included	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
J#	B-Language
is	O
not	O
included	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2008	I-Application
requires	O
.NET	B-Application
3.5	O
Framework	O
and	O
by	O
default	O
configures	O
compiled	B-Language
assemblies	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
3.5	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
also	O
supports	O
multi-targeting	O
which	O
lets	O
the	O
developers	O
choose	O
which	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
(	O
out	O
of	O
2.0	O
,	O
3.0	O
,	O
3.5	O
,	O
Silverlight	B-Application
CoreCLR	I-Application
or	O
.NET	B-Application
Compact	O
Framework	O
)	O
the	O
assembly	O
runs	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2008	I-Application
also	O
includes	O
new	O
code	O
analysis	O
tools	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
new	O
Code	O
Metrics	O
tool	O
(	O
only	O
in	O
Team	O
Edition	O
and	O
Team	B-Application
Suite	I-Application
Edition	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
adds	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Language
Foundation	I-Language
Classes	I-Language
(	O
MFC	B-Language
9.0	O
)	O
that	O
adds	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
visual	O
styles	O
and	O
UI	O
controls	O
introduced	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
native	B-Language
and	O
managed	O
code	O
interoperability	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
introduces	O
the	O
STL/CLR	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
C++	B-Language
Standard	B-Application
Template	I-Application
Library	I-Application
(	O
STL	O
)	O
containers	O
and	O
algorithms	O
to	O
managed	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
STL/CLR	O
defines	O
STL-like	O
containers	O
,	O
iterators	O
and	O
algorithms	O
that	O
work	O
on	O
C++	B-Language
/CLI	I-Language
managed	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2008	I-Application
features	O
include	O
an	O
XAML-based	O
designer	O
(	O
codenamed	O
Cider	O
)	O
,	O
workflow	O
designer	O
,	O
LINQ	B-Language
to	I-Language
SQL	I-Language
designer	O
(	O
for	O
defining	O
the	O
type	O
mappings	O
and	O
object	O
encapsulation	O
for	O
SQL	B-Application
Server	I-Application
data	O
)	O
,	O
XSLT	B-Application
debugger	B-Application
,	O
JavaScript	B-Language
Intellisense	B-Application
support	O
,	O
JavaScript	B-Language
Debugging	O
support	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
UAC	O
manifests	O
,	O
a	O
concurrent	B-Operating_System
build	O
system	O
,	O
among	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
ships	O
with	O
an	O
enhanced	O
set	O
of	O
UI	O
widgets	O
,	O
both	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
and	O
WPF	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
includes	O
a	O
multithreaded	O
build	O
engine	O
(	O
MSBuild	B-Application
)	O
to	O
compile	B-Language
multiple	O
source	O
files	O
(	O
and	O
build	O
the	O
executable	O
file	O
)	O
in	O
a	O
project	O
across	O
multiple	O
threads	B-Operating_System
simultaneously	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
includes	O
support	O
for	O
compiling	B-Language
icon	O
resources	O
in	O
PNG	O
format	O
,	O
introduced	O
in	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
updated	O
XML	B-Protocol
Schema	B-Application
designer	O
was	O
released	O
separately	O
some	O
time	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2008	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Debugger	B-Application
includes	O
features	O
targeting	O
easier	O
debugging	O
of	O
multi-threaded	B-Operating_System
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
debugging	O
mode	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
Threads	B-Operating_System
window	O
,	O
which	O
lists	O
all	O
the	O
threads	B-Operating_System
,	O
hovering	O
over	O
a	O
thread	B-Operating_System
displays	O
the	O
stack	B-Language
trace	I-Language
of	O
that	O
thread	B-Operating_System
in	O
tooltips	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
threads	B-Operating_System
can	O
directly	O
be	O
named	O
and	O
flagged	O
for	O
easier	O
identification	O
from	O
that	O
window	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
code	O
window	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
indicating	O
the	O
location	O
of	O
the	O
currently	O
executing	O
instruction	O
in	O
the	O
current	O
thread	B-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
currently	O
executing	O
instructions	O
in	O
other	O
threads	B-Operating_System
are	O
also	O
pointed	O
out	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
debugger	B-Application
supports	O
integrated	O
debugging	O
of	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
3.5	O
Framework	O
Base	O
Class	B-Application
Library	I-Application
(	O
BCL	O
)	O
which	O
can	O
dynamically	O
download	O
the	O
BCL	O
source	O
code	O
and	O
debug	O
symbols	O
and	O
allow	O
stepping	O
into	O
the	O
BCL	O
source	O
during	O
debugging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
12	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
released	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2010	O
,	O
codenamed	O
Dev10	O
,	O
and	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
to	O
support	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
SP3	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2003	I-Application
SP2	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
SP1	O
,	O
Windows	B-Device
Server	I-Device
2008	I-Device
below	O
SP2	O
,	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
before	O
SP1	O
and	O
Windows	B-Device
Server	I-Device
2008	I-Device
R2	I-Device
before	O
SP1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2010	O
IDE	B-Application
was	O
redesigned	O
which	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
clears	O
the	O
UI	O
organization	O
and	O
"	O
reduces	O
clutter	O
and	O
complexity.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
IDE	B-Application
better	O
supports	O
multiple	O
document	O
windows	O
and	O
floating	O
tool	O
windows	O
,	O
while	O
offering	O
better	O
multi-monitor	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IDE	B-Application
shell	O
has	O
been	O
rewritten	O
using	O
the	O
Windows	B-Device
Presentation	I-Device
Foundation	I-Device
(	O
WPF	B-Device
)	O
,	O
whereas	O
the	O
internals	O
have	O
been	O
redesigned	O
using	O
Managed	O
Extensibility	O
Framework	O
(	O
MEF	O
)	O
that	O
offers	O
more	O
extensibility	O
points	O
than	O
previous	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
IDE	B-Application
that	O
enabled	O
add-ins	B-Application
to	O
modify	O
the	O
behavior	O
of	O
the	O
IDE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
multi-paradigm	O
ML-variant	O
F#	B-Operating_System
forms	O
part	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2010	O
comes	O
with	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
4	O
and	O
supports	O
developing	O
applications	O
targeting	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
IBM	B-Application
Db2	I-Application
and	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
databases	I-General_Concept
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
integrated	O
support	O
for	O
developing	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Silverlight	I-Application
applications	O
,	O
including	O
an	O
interactive	O
designer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2010	O
offers	O
several	O
tools	O
to	O
make	O
parallel	B-Operating_System
programming	I-Operating_System
simpler	O
:	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
Parallel	B-Library
Extensions	I-Library
for	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Parallel	O
Patterns	O
Library	O
for	O
native	B-Language
code	I-Language
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2010	O
includes	O
tools	O
for	O
debugging	O
parallel	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
tools	O
allow	O
the	O
visualization	O
of	O
parallel	O
Tasks	O
and	O
their	O
runtime	B-General_Concept
stacks	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tools	O
for	O
profiling	O
parallel	O
applications	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
visualization	O
of	O
thread	B-Operating_System
wait-times	O
and	O
thread	B-Operating_System
migrations	O
across	O
processor	O
cores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
Intel	O
has	O
launched	O
parallelism	B-Operating_System
support	O
in	O
Parallel	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
as	O
an	O
add-on	O
for	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2010	O
code	B-Application
editor	I-Application
now	O
highlights	O
references	O
;	O
whenever	O
a	O
symbol	O
is	O
selected	O
,	O
all	O
other	O
usages	O
of	O
the	O
symbol	O
are	O
highlighted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
offers	O
a	O
Quick	O
Search	O
feature	O
to	O
incrementally	B-Application
search	I-Application
across	O
all	O
symbols	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
C#	B-Application
and	O
VB.NET	B-Language
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Call	O
Hierarchy	O
feature	O
allows	O
the	O
developer	O
to	O
see	O
all	O
the	O
methods	B-Language
that	O
are	O
called	O
from	O
a	O
current	O
method	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
methods	B-Language
that	O
call	O
the	O
current	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IntelliSense	B-Application
in	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
supports	O
a	O
consume-first	O
mode	O
which	O
developers	O
can	O
opt	O
into	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
mode	O
,	O
IntelliSense	B-Application
does	O
not	O
auto-complete	O
identifiers	O
;	O
this	O
allows	O
the	O
developer	O
to	O
use	O
undefined	O
identifiers	O
(	O
like	O
variable	O
or	O
method	B-Language
names	I-Language
)	O
and	O
define	O
those	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2010	O
can	O
also	O
help	O
in	O
this	O
by	O
automatically	O
defining	O
them	O
,	O
if	O
it	O
can	O
infer	O
their	O
types	O
from	O
usage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Current	O
versions	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
have	O
a	O
known	O
bug	B-Application
which	O
makes	O
IntelliSense	B-Application
unusable	O
for	O
projects	O
using	O
pure	O
C	B-Language
(	O
not	O
C++	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2010	O
features	O
a	O
new	O
Help	B-Protocol
System	I-Protocol
replacing	O
the	O
MSDN	O
Library	O
viewer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Help	B-Protocol
System	I-Protocol
is	O
no	O
longer	O
based	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
Help	I-Protocol
2	I-Protocol
and	O
does	O
not	O
use	O
Microsoft	O
Document	O
Explorer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2010	O
no	O
longer	O
supports	O
development	O
for	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
prior	O
to	O
Windows	O
Phone	O
7	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2010	O
Service	O
Pack	O
1	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
March	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Ultimate	O
2010	O
replaces	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2008	I-Application
Team	B-Application
Suite	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
UML	B-Language
activity	O
diagram	O
,	O
component	O
diagram	O
,	O
(	O
logical	O
)	O
class	O
diagram	O
,	O
sequence	O
diagram	O
,	O
and	O
use	O
case	O
diagram	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Ultimate	O
2010	O
also	O
includes	O
Test	O
Impact	O
Analysis	O
which	O
provides	O
hints	O
on	O
which	O
test	O
cases	O
are	O
impacted	O
by	O
modifications	O
to	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
,	O
without	O
actually	O
running	O
the	O
test	O
cases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Ultimate	O
2010	O
also	O
includes	O
a	O
historical	O
debugger	B-Application
for	O
managed	O
code	O
called	O
IntelliTrace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
a	O
traditional	O
debugger	B-Application
that	O
records	O
only	O
the	O
currently	O
active	O
stack	O
,	O
IntelliTrace	O
records	O
all	O
events	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
prior	O
function	O
calls	O
,	O
method	O
parameters	O
,	O
events	O
and	O
exceptions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Lab	O
Management	O
component	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Ultimate	O
2010	O
uses	O
virtualization	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
similar	O
execution	O
environment	O
for	O
testers	O
and	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machines	I-Architecture
are	O
tagged	O
with	O
checkpoints	O
which	O
can	O
later	O
be	O
investigated	O
for	O
issues	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
to	O
reproduce	O
the	O
issue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Ultimate	O
2010	O
also	O
includes	O
the	O
capability	O
to	O
record	O
test	O
runs	O
that	O
capture	O
the	O
specific	O
state	O
of	O
the	O
operating	O
environment	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
precise	O
steps	O
used	O
to	O
run	O
the	O
test	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
build	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2012	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
August	O
1	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
official	O
launch	O
event	O
was	O
held	O
on	O
September	O
12	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
prior	O
versions	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2012	O
cannot	O
record	O
and	O
play	O
macros	O
and	O
the	O
macro	O
editor	O
has	O
been	O
removed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
features	O
include	O
support	O
for	O
WinRT	O
and	O
C++	B-Language
/CX	I-Language
(	O
Component	O
Extensions	O
)	O
and	O
C++	B-Language
AMP	I-Language
(	O
GPGPU	B-Architecture
programming	O
)	O
Semantic	O
Colorization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
16	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
a	O
complete	O
'	O
Developer	O
Preview	O
 '	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
11	I-Application
was	O
published	O
on	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
11	I-Application
Developer	O
Preview	O
requires	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Device
Server	I-Device
2008	I-Device
R2	I-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Application
8	I-Application
,	O
or	O
later	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Language
Foundation	I-Language
Class	I-Language
Library	I-Language
(	O
MFC	B-Language
)	O
and	O
C	B-Language
runtime	O
(	O
CRT	O
)	O
included	O
with	O
this	O
release	O
cannot	O
produce	O
software	O
that	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
or	O
Windows	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2003	I-Application
except	O
by	O
using	O
native	B-Language
multi-targeting	O
and	O
foregoing	O
the	O
newest	O
libraries	O
,	O
compilers	B-Language
,	O
and	O
headers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
on	O
June	O
15	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
a	O
blog	O
post	O
on	O
the	O
VC++	B-Application
Team	O
blog	O
announced	O
that	O
based	O
on	O
customer	O
feedback	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
would	O
re-introduce	O
native	B-Language
support	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
targets	O
(	O
though	O
not	O
for	O
XP	B-Application
as	O
a	O
development	O
platform	O
)	O
in	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
to	O
be	O
released	O
later	O
in	O
the	O
fall	O
of	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2012	O
Update	O
1	O
"	O
(	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2012.1	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
update	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
targets	O
and	O
also	O
added	O
other	O
new	O
tools	O
and	O
features	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
improved	O
diagnostics	O
and	O
testing	O
support	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
Store	I-Application
apps	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
24	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
a	O
blog	O
post	O
by	O
Sumit	O
Kumar	O
,	O
a	O
Program	O
Manager	O
on	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
team	O
,	O
listed	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
upcoming	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
C++	B-Language
IDE	B-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
Semantic	O
colorization	O
:	O
Improved	O
syntax	O
coloring	O
,	O
various	O
user-defined	O
or	O
default	O
colors	O
for	O
C++	B-Language
syntax	O
such	O
as	O
macros	O
,	O
enumerations	O
,	O
typenames	O
and	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Automatic	O
display	O
of	O
IntelliSense	B-Application
list	O
:	O
IntelliSense	B-Application
is	O
automatically	O
displayed	O
whilst	O
typing	O
code	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
previous	O
versions	O
where	O
it	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
explicitly	O
invoked	O
through	O
use	O
of	O
certain	O
operators	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
Member	O
list	O
filtering	O
:	O
IntelliSense	B-Application
uses	O
fuzzy	O
logic	O
to	O
determine	O
which	O
functions/variables/types	O
to	O
display	O
in	O
the	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Code	O
snippets	O
:	O
Code	O
snippets	O
are	O
included	O
in	O
IntelliSense	B-Application
to	O
automatically	O
generate	O
relevant	O
code	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
parameters	O
,	O
custom	O
code	O
snippets	O
can	O
be	O
created	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2012	O
consists	O
of	O
approximately	O
50	O
million	O
lines	O
of	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
11	I-Application
beta	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
eliminated	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
color	O
within	O
tools	O
except	O
in	O
cases	O
where	O
color	O
is	O
used	O
for	O
notification	O
or	O
status	O
change	O
purposes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
color	O
was	O
returned	O
after	O
feedback	O
demanding	O
more	O
contrast	O
,	O
differentiation	O
,	O
clarity	O
and	O
"	O
energy	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2012	O
release	O
candidate	O
(	O
RC	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
major	O
change	O
to	O
the	O
interface	B-Application
is	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
all-caps	O
menu	O
bar	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
campaign	O
to	O
keep	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
consistent	O
with	O
the	O
direction	O
of	O
other	O
Microsoft	O
user	B-Application
interfaces	I-Application
,	O
and	O
to	O
provide	O
added	O
structure	O
to	O
the	O
top	O
menu	O
bar	O
area	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
there	O
exists	O
a	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Registry	I-Protocol
option	O
to	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
disable	O
the	O
all-caps	O
interface	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
preview	O
for	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2013	O
was	O
announced	O
at	O
the	O
Build	O
2013	O
conference	O
and	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
June	O
26	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2013	O
RC	O
(	O
Release	O
Candidate	O
)	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
to	O
developers	O
on	O
MSDN	O
on	O
September	O
9	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
release	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2013	O
became	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
on	O
October	O
17	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
.NET	B-Application
4.5.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2013	O
officially	O
launched	O
on	O
November	O
13	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
at	O
a	O
virtual	O
launch	O
event	O
keynoted	O
by	O
S	O
.	O
Somasegar	O
and	O
hosted	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2013	O
Update	O
1	O
"	O
(	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2013.1	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
January	O
20	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2013.1	O
is	O
a	O
targeted	O
update	O
that	O
addresses	O
some	O
key	O
areas	O
of	O
customer	O
feedback	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2013	O
Update	O
2	O
"	O
(	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2013.2	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
May	O
12	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2013	O
Update	O
3	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
4	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
this	O
update	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
provides	O
an	O
option	O
to	O
disable	O
the	O
all-caps	O
menus	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
VS2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2013	O
Update	O
4	O
"	O
(	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2013.4	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
12	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2013	O
Update	O
5	O
"	O
(	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2013.5	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
20	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
"	O
14	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
Community	O
Technology	O
Preview	O
(	O
CTP	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
3	O
,	O
2014	O
and	O
the	O
Release	O
Candidate	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
29	O
,	O
2015	O
;	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2015	O
was	O
officially	O
announced	O
as	O
the	O
final	O
name	O
on	O
November	O
12	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2015	O
RTM	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
20	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2015	O
Update	O
1	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
30	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2015	O
Update	O
2	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
30	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2015	O
Update	O
3	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
27	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2015	O
is	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
to	O
support	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
SP2	O
,	O
Windows	B-Device
Server	I-Device
2008	I-Device
SP2	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
8	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
"	O
15	O
"	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
7	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
"	O
15	O
"	O
Preview	O
2	O
was	O
released	O
May	O
10	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
"	O
15	O
"	O
Preview	O
3	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
7	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
"	O
15	O
"	O
Preview	O
4	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
22	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
"	O
15	O
"	O
Preview	O
5	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
5	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
14	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
for	O
a	O
brief	O
period	O
of	O
time	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
released	O
a	O
blog	O
post	O
revealing	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2017	O
product	O
name	O
version	O
alongside	O
upcoming	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
16	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
"	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2017	O
"	O
was	O
announced	O
as	O
the	O
final	O
name	O
,	O
and	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2017	O
RC	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
7	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2017	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
general	O
availability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
14	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
first	O
fix	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2017	O
due	O
to	O
failures	O
during	O
installation	O
or	O
opening	O
solutions	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
5	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2017	O
15.1	O
was	O
released	O
and	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
targeting	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
4.7	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
10	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2017	O
15.2	O
was	O
released	O
and	O
added	O
a	O
new	O
workload	O
,	O
"	O
Data	O
Science	O
and	O
Analytical	O
Applications	O
Workload	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
14	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2017	O
15.3	O
was	O
released	O
and	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
targeting	O
.NET	B-Application
Core	I-Application
2.0	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
10	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
15.4	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
4	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
15.5	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
update	O
contained	O
major	O
performance	O
improvements	O
,	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
bug	B-Application
fixes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
6	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
15.6	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
7	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
15.7	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
included	O
updates	O
across	O
the	O
board	O
including	O
,	O
the	O
installer	O
,	O
editor	O
,	O
debugger	B-Application
among	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2017	O
15.7	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
now	O
conforms	O
to	O
the	O
C++17	B-Language
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
20	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
15.8.5	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tools	O
for	O
Xamarin	B-Application
now	O
supports	O
Xcode	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2017	O
offers	O
new	O
features	O
like	O
support	O
for	O
EditorConfig	O
(	O
a	O
coding	O
style	O
enforcement	O
framework	O
)	O
,	O
NGen	O
support	O
,	O
.NET	B-Application
Core	I-Application
and	O
Docker	B-Language
toolset	O
(	O
Preview	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Xamarin	B-Application
4.3	O
(	O
Preview	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
has	O
a	O
XAML	B-Device
Editor	O
,	O
improved	O
IntelliSense	B-Application
,	O
live	O
unit	O
testing	O
,	O
debugging	O
enhancement	O
and	O
better	O
IDE	B-Application
experience	O
and	O
productivity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
to	O
support	O
maintaining	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
6	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2019	O
(	O
version	O
16	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
4	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2019	O
Preview	O
1	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
24	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2019	O
Preview	O
2	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
13	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2019	O
Preview	O
3	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
27	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2019	O
RC	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
19	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2022	O
(	O
version	O
17	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
to	O
run	O
as	O
a	O
64-bit	O
process	O
allowing	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
main	O
process	O
to	O
access	O
more	O
than	O
4GB	O
of	O
memory	O
,	O
preventing	O
out-of-memory	O
exceptions	O
which	O
could	O
occur	O
with	O
large	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
17	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2022	O
Preview	O
1	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
14	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2022	O
Preview	O
2	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
10	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2022	O
Preview	O
3	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
14	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2022	O
Preview	O
4	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
12	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2022	O
RC	O
and	O
Preview	O
5	O
was	O
released	O
while	O
setting	O
November	O
8	O
,	O
2021	O
for	O
its	O
general	O
availability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
13	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
a	O
software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
offering	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Azure	I-Application
platform	O
;	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
called	O
it	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Previously	O
announced	O
as	O
Team	O
Foundation	O
Services	O
,	O
it	O
expanded	O
over	O
the	O
on-premises	O
Team	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
Server	I-Application
(	O
TFS	O
;	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
Azure	B-Application
DevOps	I-Application
Server	I-Application
)	O
by	O
making	O
it	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
and	O
implementing	O
a	O
rolling	O
release	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Customers	O
could	O
use	O
Azure	O
portal	O
to	O
subscribe	O
to	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subscribers	O
receive	O
a	O
hosted	O
Git-compatible	O
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
system	I-Architecture
,	O
a	O
load-testing	O
service	O
,	O
a	O
telemetry	O
service	O
and	O
an	O
in-browser	O
code	B-Application
editor	I-Application
codenamed	O
"	O
Monaco	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
developer	O
event	O
on	O
November	O
18	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
service	O
was	O
rebranded	O
as	O
"	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Team	O
Services	O
(	O
VSTS	O
)	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
10	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
another	O
rebranding	O
of	O
the	O
service	O
,	O
this	O
time	O
to	O
"	O
Azure	B-Application
DevOps	I-Application
Services	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
offers	O
Stakeholder	O
,	O
Basic	O
,	O
and	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
subscriber	O
access	O
levels	O
for	O
Azure	B-Application
DevOps	I-Application
Services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
with	O
a	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
subscription	O
can	O
be	O
added	O
to	O
a	O
plan	O
with	O
no	O
additional	O
charge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Application	O
Lifecycle	O
Management	O
(	O
ALM	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
integrated	O
software	O
development	O
tools	O
developed	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
tools	O
currently	O
consist	O
of	O
the	O
IDE	B-Application
(	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2015	O
Community	O
and	O
greater	O
editions	O
)	O
,	O
server	O
(	O
Team	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
Server	I-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
cloud	O
services	O
(	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Team	O
Services	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
ALM	O
supports	O
team-based	O
development	O
and	O
collaboration	O
,	O
Agile	O
project	O
management	O
,	O
DevOps	O
,	O
source	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
,	O
packaging	O
,	O
continuous	O
development	O
,	O
automated	O
testing	O
,	O
release	O
management	O
,	O
continuous	O
delivery	O
,	O
and	O
reporting	O
tools	O
for	O
apps	O
and	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2005	O
and	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2008	I-Application
,	O
the	O
brand	O
was	O
known	O
as	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
Team	O
System	O
(	O
VSTS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
Team	O
System	O
brand	O
was	O
renamed	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
ALM	O
with	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2010	O
(	O
codenamed	O
'	O
Rosario	O
 '	O
)	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Team	O
Services	O
debuted	O
as	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Online	O
in	O
2013	O
and	O
was	O
renamed	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Lab	I-Application
Management	I-Application
is	O
a	O
software	O
development	O
tool	O
developed	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
for	O
software	O
testers	O
to	O
create	O
and	O
manage	O
virtual	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lab	O
Management	O
extends	O
the	O
existing	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Application	O
Lifecycle	O
Management	O
platform	O
to	O
enable	O
an	O
integrated	O
Hyper-V	O
based	O
test	O
lab	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2012	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
already	O
shipped	O
as	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
it	O
;	O
and	O
,	O
can	O
be	O
set	O
up	O
after	O
Azure	B-Application
DevOps	I-Application
and	O
SCVMM	O
are	O
integrated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
LightSwitch	O
is	O
an	O
extension	O
and	O
framework	O
specifically	O
tailored	O
for	O
creating	O
line-of-business	O
applications	O
built	O
on	O
existing	O
.NET	B-Application
technologies	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
applications	O
produced	O
are	O
architecturally	O
3-tier	B-Operating_System
:	O
the	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
runs	O
on	O
either	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Silverlight	I-Application
or	O
HTML	B-Application
5	I-Application
client	I-Application
,	O
or	O
as	O
a	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
2013	O
app	O
;	O
the	O
logic	O
and	O
data-access	O
tier	B-Operating_System
is	O
built	O
on	O
WCF	B-Device
Data	I-Device
Services	I-Device
and	O
exposed	O
as	O
an	O
OData	B-Application
feed	O
hosted	O
in	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
;	O
and	O
the	O
primary	O
data	O
storage	O
supports	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
Express	I-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Azure	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
LightSwitch	O
also	O
supports	O
other	O
data	O
sources	O
including	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
SharePoint	I-Protocol
,	O
OData	B-Application
and	O
WCF	B-Application
RIA	O
Services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LightSwitch	O
includes	O
graphical	O
designers	O
for	O
designing	O
entities	O
and	O
entity	O
relationships	O
,	O
entity	O
queries	B-Application
,	O
and	O
UI	O
screens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Business	O
logic	O
may	O
be	O
written	O
in	O
either	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
or	O
Visual	O
C#	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LightSwitch	O
is	O
included	O
with	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2012	O
Professional	O
and	O
higher	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2015	O
is	O
the	O
last	O
release	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
that	O
includes	O
the	O
LightSwitch	O
tooling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
layer	O
is	O
now	O
an	O
optional	O
component	O
when	O
deploying	O
a	O
LightSwitch	O
solution	O
,	O
allowing	O
a	O
service-only	O
deployment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
LightSwitch	O
,	O
released	O
July	O
26	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
had	O
many	O
differences	O
from	O
the	O
current	O
release	O
of	O
LightSwitch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2010	O
Professional	O
or	O
higher	O
was	O
already	O
installed	O
on	O
the	O
machine	O
,	O
LightSwitch	O
would	O
integrate	O
into	O
that	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
major	O
difference	O
was	O
the	O
middle	B-Operating_System
tier	I-Operating_System
was	O
built	O
and	O
exposed	O
using	O
WCF	B-Application
RIA	O
Services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Code	I-Language
is	O
a	O
freeware	O
source	B-Application
code	I-Application
editor	I-Application
,	O
along	O
with	O
other	O
features	O
,	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
includes	O
support	O
for	O
debugging	O
and	O
embedded	O
Git	B-Application
Control	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
built	O
on	O
open-source	B-Application
,	O
and	O
on	O
April	O
14	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
version	O
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Team	I-Application
System	I-Application
Profiler	O
(	O
VSTS	O
Profiler	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
tool	O
to	O
analyze	O
the	O
performance	O
of	O
.NET	B-Application
projects	O
that	O
analyzes	O
the	O
space	O
and	O
time	O
complexity	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
analyzes	O
the	O
code	O
and	O
prepares	O
a	O
report	O
that	O
includes	O
CPU	O
sampling	O
,	O
instrumentation	O
,	O
.NET	B-Application
memory	O
allocation	O
and	O
resource	B-General_Concept
contention	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
