Visual Studio

Also known as Visual Studio .NET, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, Microsoft Visual Studio

integrated development environment

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Visual Studio is a software tool that helps programmers write, test, and fix computer code all in one place. It matters because it makes the coding process faster and more organized by combining many useful features that developers would otherwise have to use separately.

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Official website: visualstudio.microsoft.com/pl

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Stack Exchange tag: ja.stackoverflow.com/tags/visual-studio
issue tracker URL: developercommunity.visualstudio.com/VisualStudio
software version identifier: 2026 18.4.2
inception: 1997-00-00
official blog URL: devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio
Commons category: Microsoft Visual Studio
social media followers: 15553
web feed URL: devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/feed

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Visual Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) developed by Microsoft. It is used to develop computer programs including websites, web apps, web services and mobile apps. Visual Studio uses Microsoft software development platforms including Windows API, Windows Forms, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Microsoft Store and Microsoft Silverlight. It can produce both native code and managed code.

Visual Studio includes a code editor supporting IntelliSense (the code completion component) as well as code refactoring. The integrated debugger works as both a source-level debugger and as a machine-level debugger. Other built-in tools include a code profiler, designer for building GUI applications, web designer, class designer, and database schema designer. It accepts plug-ins that expand the functionality at almost every level—including adding support for source control systems (like Subversion and Git) and adding new toolsets like editors and visual designers for domain-specific languages or toolsets for other aspects of the software development lifecycle (like the Azure DevOps client: Team Explorer).