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Visual Studio
A complete development environment that will help you take your code from initial design to final deployment. Comes with support for many different languages, frameworks, and runtimes out of the box (such as .NET, Python, C++, Node.js, and TypeScript), with even more available as extensions. Add the GitHub Copilot extension to get a truly exceptional experience with code explanations and answers to docs in Github, among other features.
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Visual Studio Code
Comes with built-in support for JavaScript, TypeScript, and Node.js and has a rich ecosystem of extensions for other languages (such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Go). Customize the editing, building, debugging experience with extensions to optimize for your unique needs. Add the GitHub Copilot extension to get a truly exceptional experience with code explanations and answers to docs in Github, among other features.
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Microsoft docs is the best place to find documentation for Microsoft products and technologies. Check out the sections highlighted below to learn how to use Visual Studio to develop applications, services, and games in the language of your choice.
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