Installation and Configuration of VS 2015 Development Environment

1. Introduction

In order to avoid the messy and outdated introduction on the Internet and mislead beginners, this time I will contribute to the update and installation process of various versions of C # development environment by the end of June 2016. The purpose is to let beginners interested in C # know which ones are outdated, which ones are up to date, and which ones are deliberately dug for you by people with ulterior motives.

Let's start with the official website of VS2015 (this is the first step for you to understand VS2015 and what it can do):

https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/visual-studio-homepage-vs.aspx

Among them:

VS 2015 Enterprise (including Update3) is the most fully functional and unlimited commercial version.

Microsoft's VS2015 Community (including Update3) is a full-featured free version, its role and IBM engage in free Eclipse function the same. If you can stand the limitation of performance, if you want to play with various open source architectures that no one is responsible for, if you want to use various open source programs directly, if you want to earn 100% profit with 0% investment (hehe, there are quite a few people with these ideas in China), …, all these, for C # developers, VS 2015 Community is the first choice; For Java developers, Eclipse is the first choice. Why? The reason is very simple, Microsoft and IBM certainly won't find you trouble, as long as your users can stand your hodgepodge.

However, if you want to develop a stable and reliable system, use the enterprise version for a fee (you can use cracked ones when learning). This blog is about this version (VS 2015 Simplified Chinese Enterprise Edition).

2. What happened in June 2016

1. VS2015 launched Update3

2. Android SDK has launched a stable version of 25.1.7

3. Xmarin for Visual Studio has launched a stable version of 4.1. 1.4

4. HAXM has launched a stable version of 6.0. 3

5. Unity has launched a stable version of 5.3. 5f1

6. Baidu Android SDK launched a stable version of 4.0. 0

7. Baidu TTS launched a stable version of 2.2. 7

The installation and sample run screenshots later in this article are for these latest releases described above.

3. What can VS2015 do

Here is a brief introduction to which applications can be developed with VS2015 Simplified Chinese Enterprise Edition (with Update3) under 1.

1. Develop classic applications

If you want to learn to use C # to develop VS 2015's own "console application", "WinForm application", "WPF application", "ASP. NET Web application", …, you only need to install VS 2015.

2. Individual development or team development

For personal development or learning, if you want to use all the functions, you only need to install VS2015 on your computer. Installation environment requirements: Win7 (SP1 and above) and Win10 can be used. However, it is recommended to use the Win10 operating system (various versions of Win10 are acceptable).

For team development (for example, several 10 people develop the same application at the same time), in addition to installing VS2015 on the computer for personal development, it is also necessary to install "Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2015 Update 3" on the server. Server operating system requirements: Windows Server 2012 (preferred) or Windows Server 2012 R2 (second option)

3. Develop Android and iOS applications

If you want to learn to use C # to develop mobile applications that can run on Android, iOS, Win10 and other platforms, you need to install the following contents in addition to installing VS2015.

"The following" latest "refers to the end of June 2016":

JDK (latest stable version: jdk8u91)

Android SDK (latest stable version: 25.1.7)

Xmarin for Visual Studio (latest stable version: 4.1. 1.3)

HAXM (latest stable version: 6.0. 3)

What surprises have these new versions brought? Look at the running screenshots of Android simulator introduced later, and you will understand.

4. Develop 3D games, 3D applications and virtual reality applications (VR)

If you want to learn to use C # to develop 3D games, 3D applications and virtual reality applications (VR) that can run on more than 210 platforms such as Windows, Linux, Android, iOS and MAC, in addition to installing VS2015, you also need to install the following contents:

Unity (latest stable version: 5.3. 5f1)

This article comes here first, and we will continue to update it later