Software (Overview)

 

Visual Studio 2022 IDE

An Integrated Development Environment (IDE) it is a software that creates and brings together tools namely: text editors, code library, compilers, and test platforms, under the form of service, application, or framework. Without the support of an IDE, developers must select, deploy, integrate, and manage all these tools separately (Gillies, 2018). In UK, between 2017 and 2022 software development market raised per year on average of 5% and it reached a market size of $37.7 bn according to IBISWorld (2021). Technology sector has a fast-moving space and with the help of IDE software’s developers manage to meet deadlines and satisfy customers’ needs and requirements. Today’s post will provide an overview of an IDE software example namely, Microsoft Visual Studio IDE.

Microsoft Visual Studio it is an IDE that provides developers with an elaborate launching pad that facilitates debugging, editing, app building and app publication. Microsoft advertised interesting new updates on this software which promise to offer all the aspects and tools that a developer might need (Microsoft, 2022).

In addition, a comparison, in terms of supported features, had been made between Visual Studio editions:

·     Community version: it is free, rich featured, extensible IDE ideal for students or public. An ideal IDE for creating modern applications for Android, iOS, Windows, as well as web applications and cloud services.

 

·    Professional version: In addition to Community version, we have developer tools, services, and subscription benefits for small teams.

 

·    Enterprise: Integrated development environment for targeting any app, any language, any platform. It provides an end-to-end solution for teams of any size with demanding quality and scale needs (Microsoft, 2022).

We can notice from our table that even though Community version it is an open-source version it is still equipped with majority of essential tools and features that an individual developer requires to accomplish his projects. In terms of performance and features Visual Studio it is one of the most complete programs that a developer might require. Functionalities and features encountered in this software are numerous and we will cover them into a future post.

References

Carbonnelle, 2022. TOP IDE Top Integrated Development Environment index. [online] Pypl.github.io. Available at: <https://pypl.github.io/IDE.html> [Accessed 5 June 2022].

Gillis, 2018. What is integrated development environment (IDE)? - Definition from WhatIs.com. [online] SearchSoftwareQuality. Available at: <https://www.techtarget.com/searchsoftwarequality/definition/integrated-development-environment> [Accessed 4 June 2022].

IbisWorld, 2022. IBISWorld - Industry Market Research, Reports, and Statistics. [online] Ibisworld.com. Available at: <https://www.ibisworld.com/united-kingdom/market-size/software-development/#:~:text=past%205%20years%3F-,The%20market%20size%20of%20the%20Software%20Development%20industry%20in%20the,average%20between%202017%20and%202022.> [Accessed 4 June 2022].

Microsoft, 2022. Visual Studio 2022 | Download for free. [online] Visual Studio. Available at: <https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/> [Accessed 4 June 2022].