

Its install wizard lets you automatically download the developer kit and additional software needed to program on certain platforms, allowing you to create apps for both iOS and Android or Windows Phone. As it includes all the features of Visual Studio Professional, it lets you work with all sorts of languages: C++, Python, HTML5, JavaScript, and Microsoft’s proprietary languages C#, Visual Basic, and F# for. It can be used to create all sorts of apps or services, whether free or paid.

There are no requirements or restrictions on its operation beyond being limited to non-commercial use for work groups of up to five people. The Community edition, unlike its Express counterpart (which is soon to be withdrawn), offers many of the features of the Professional edition and gives you access to more than 5,000 extensions that enormously expand its possibilities. How the mighty have fallen, eh, Microsoft? In an attempt to adapt to the new prevailing business models, and to accompany the launch of the Visual Studio 2015, it’s just been announced that Visual Studio 2013 can now be downloaded and used completely free.
