Visual Studio

Visual Studio (not VS Code) is the heavyweight IDE for .NET (C#, F#) and C++ development. VS 2022 (64-bit) manages massive solutions.

When to Use

• C# / .NET: The gold standard.
• Game Dev: Unity and Unreal Engine development.
• Enterprise: Powerful debugging, profiling, and architecture tools.

Core Concepts

Solution (.sln)

Groups multiple Projects (.csproj).

IntelliCode

AI-assisted code completion (predicts whole lines based on your coding habits).