LazyMagic

Visual Studio IDE

Prerequisites:Windows 10, 11
Estimated Time: 20 minutes
Estimated Cost: none

Install the Visual Studio IDE Community Edition

Install Steps

Install or update to Visual Studio IDE 2022. This step is optional, you can use command line tools, or some other IDE compatible with .NET, to build the sample system.

  1. Install/Update Visual Studio 2022 for Windows with these workloads:
    • ASP.NET and web development
    • .NET Multi-platform App UI development
  2. Update Terminal settings in Visual Studio to use PowerShell 7
    1. Navigate to Tools->Options->Environment->Terminal>
    2. Add a new entry for PowerShell7 with these arguments:
    3. -NoExit -Command "& { Import-Module """$env:VSAPPIDDIR\..\Tools\Microsoft.VisualStudio.DevShell.dll"""; [Void](Enter-VsDevShell  -SkipAutomaticLocation -SetDefaultWindowTitle -InstallPath $env:VSAPPIDDIR\..\..); [Console]::WriteLine('** PowerShell 7 Developer Shell Initialized **'); }"
    4. Make the PowerShell7 terminal the default terminal.

Notes:

  • We discourage the use of the default Powershell Developer terminal as it creates confusion with PowerShell 7.
  • The latest .NET will be installed when you install Visual Studio.
  • We no longer support Visual Studio IDE on Mac as Microsoft is no longer supporting that product.