• Write and edit code
• Build your code
• Debug your code
• Test your code
• Open code from a repo
• Get AI assistance with GitHub Copilot

• Simple C# console app
• C++ console calculator
• Visual Basic console app
• Python app
• ASP.NET Core and Angular web app
• ASP.NET Core and React web app

• C#
• C++
• Visual Basic
• Python
• JavaScript
• F#

Edit code

Write and manage your code using the code editor.

Build

Compile and build your source code.

Debug

Investigate and fix bugs in your code.

Test

Run tests on your projects.

Deploy

Share your apps and code by using Web Deploy, InstallShield, NuGet, Continuous Integration, and more.

AI-assisted development

Get answers and suggestions from GitHub Copilot and code assistance with IntelliCode.

Git, GitHub, and Azure DevOps

Share code using version control technologies such as Git and GitHub.

Extend Visual Studio

Add your own functionality to the Visual Studio IDE to improve your development experience.

• ASP.NET Core
• Azure cloud
• Python
• Node.js
• Office/Sharepoint development
• Containers

• .NET Fundamentals
• Windows app development
• .NET desktop development with WPF
• .NET development with Windows Forms
• .NET Framework
• MAUI (.NET Multi-platform App UI) development
• Windows development with C++
• Mobile development with C++
• Linux development with C++

• Unity
• Unreal Engine

• Visual Studio extension development
• Linux development with C++