Microsoft recently overhauled the installation process. Visual Studio 2019 Community Edition (not to be confused with Visual Studio Code). We suggest the Community Edition because you won’t need any of the features offered by the pricier (and they can be pricey) tiers. Read our pricing guide for more detailed comparisons between editions. This guide only uses Visual Studio 2019.ĭownload Visual Studio 2019 Community Edition (free). That said, don’t confuse Visual Studio 2019 with Visual Studio Code. There was a period of time when everything was named with the Visual Studio prefix. Microsoft sometimes has weird ways of naming their products (Azure DevOps, we’re looking at you).
