Visual Studio is an IDE that we will use for writing both our backend and frontend code. With more than 20 years of existence, it is one of the most advanced development environments today.
There are plenty of IDEs, and it is up to you to try a few of them and keep the one you feel most comfortable with. For me, Visual Studio is the best choice when writing .NET code, so I chose to work with it throughout this book. Nevertheless, if you prefer a different IDE, keep using it.
Visual Studio Community edition is the free version of Visual Studio. It is more than enough for what we need, but if you're a part of an enterprise company or a big team, you might want to consider the paid versions.
To install Visual Studio Community, open your browser and browse to https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/community, and then click on the Download VS Community 2017
button. There are versions for both the Windows and macOS operating systems to choose from.
Once the...