What is Visual Studio?

• A full-featured integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft
• IDE for multiple operating systems as well as the web and the cloud
• A feature-rich IDE
• Used to be windows only, but now Mac version is also available
• Acronym: VS

Benefits

• The productivity monster
• Helps to code speedily and accurately
• Provides live coding assistance
• Quick Debugging
• Rigorous Testing
• Team Collaboration
• And many more…

Productivity features

• IntelliSense
• Auto-completion
• Squiggles and Quick Actions
• Refactoring
• Code Cleanup
• Live Share
• Peek Definition
• Go To Definition
• And many more…