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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Getting Started: VISUAL STUDIO COMMUNITY</h1>
<h2>[previously]</h2>
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<li>[2013-mm-dd]*] my first windows 8 app</li>
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<li>] journal - a step by step accounting of my journey to creating my first windows 8 app</li>
<li>] code&nbsp; - the app i created, design, production, .... ( e's OneDrive account)</li>
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<li>[2014-11-dd]&nbsp;my journal - visual studio community edition - from newbie to ???</li>
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<li>] I saw the announcement that msft was open sourcing asp.net&nbsp;</li>
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<h2>[currently]</h2>
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<li>[2014-11-dd] announcement </li>
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<li>] msft announces it will open source it's&nbsp;".net 2015" developer platform/framework,&nbsp;</li>
<li>] AND make&nbsp;it x-platform</li>
<li>] AND it will also, provide a new free version of Visual Studio IDE that is close to the current professional edition in features/functionality</li>
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<li>[2014-11-dd] visual-studio-Community-2013</li>
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<li>] <a href="http://www.visualstudio.com/news/vs2013-community-vs" target="_blank">Visual Studio - Community Edition announcement</a>&nbsp;- has links to the intro video below, the download page,</li>
<li>[20:00] VIDEO&nbsp;<a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Visual-Studio/Connect-event-2014/040" target="_blank">Introducing Visual Studio Community 2013&nbsp;</a> Connect(); Microsoft Visual Studio vNext &amp; Azure&nbsp; Channel 9 - explains the feature and functionality of the new version of. Its NOT really a new version, its basically the current professional version, you have to pay for, now available for Free.</li>
<li>] MSFT program manager <a href="http://www.hanselman.com/blog/announcingnet2015netasopensourcenetonmacandlinuxandvisualstudiocommunity.aspx" target="_blank">Scott Hanselman's summary blog post of this announcement</a>&nbsp;</li>
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<li>[2014-11-26] decide</li>
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<li>] i know that&nbsp;VS&nbsp;has a reputation as a great IDE, argueably, even one of the best</li>
<li>] i don't really use it,</li>
<li>] i do have the VS express edition(aka FREE ) installed, but,&nbsp;I dont really use it much either,</li>
<li>] then&nbsp;I watched the announcement video(linked above), for the new community edition of VS&nbsp;an it sold me</li>
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<li>[2014-11-27] install</li>
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<li>] ? do i need to uninstall the current version of&nbsp;VS express that i have installed, a commenter in the article, says no, so I will go with that.</li>
<li>merge] launched the installer, default options are 9GB + windows phone dev and its up to 14G</li>
<li>merge]&nbsp;wow - 14 GB - wow, that is a whole lot of IDE - given, of the approx 9 components to choose from at install time, 7 are selected by default, I added the remaining 2 unchecked&nbsp;items&nbsp;] window phone (4GB)&nbsp;and ] the other ?? silverlight&nbsp;- just to give me everything, this raised the estimated install disk size from 9 to 14 GB. After completing the install, it looks like it took about 8.5 GB</li>
<li>] it installed cleanly - in just a little over 1 hour, I did get 1 warning message at the end of installation</li>
<li>] warning message&nbsp; -&nbsp;This computer does not support hardware virtualization, which means Windows Phone Emulator 8.0 can't run on this PC. </li>
<li>] installer identifes it as "visual studio community 2013 update 4"</li>
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<li>[2014-11-27] launch </li>
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<li>] after the install completed, the dialog offered up a lauch option</li>
<li>*] NOTE on the win 8.x start screen the program is identified as Visual Studio 2013</li>
<li>x] at first glance it&nbsp;seems to have replaced the vs 2013 express edition i had installed, but&nbsp;NOPE, vs 2013 express is still there. </li>
<li>] first option to sign in - sync your setting across devices, (choosing maybe later)</li>
<li>] option to change themes, 3 options, light, dark and blue, this can be changed later ( choose, light)</li>
<li>] launches successfully, nice theme, + screenshot</li>
<li>] looks somewhat similar to previous version, lots and lots of menu options</li>
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<li>[2014-11-27] open project1</li>
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<li>] # # - review data - i already had a few VS projects kicking around, so I am going to take a look at them for anything of value/interest</li>
<li>] try mvcapp1 - the project opens,&nbsp;build/run/launch in ie, getting an ERROR&nbsp;in browser re: sql error</li>
<li>] ERROR: sql re: </li>
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<li>[2014-11-27] FIX-PRB-</li>
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<li>] # # - sql error - fixed with a change to the setting in mysql db</li>
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<li>[2014-11-27] open project 1(contd)</li>
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<li>] # # - project launches, and seems 100% functional. Woot</li>
<li>] renamed .sln - could we do this before ? </li>
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<li>[2014-11-27] reviewed </li>
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<li>x] # # - reviewed my current projects, to see what was in there, turns out nothing much there</li>
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<li>TLDR</li>
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<li>x] click here to begin installing the NEW&nbsp;vs community version on your PC, when install completes, Launch the application</li>
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<li>*] FYI its a big package, 10-15GB big on disk&nbsp;and it will take a while to install </li>
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<li>x] click file new project | asp.net web application | mvc application, to build your first project </li>
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<li>*] select language C# on lh side</li>
<li>x] name your project on the first screen </li>
<li>*] explaining the difference between "projects" and "sites" &nbsp; </li>
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<h2>[next]</h2>
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<li>] vs community 2013 update 4&nbsp;</li>
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<li>]</li>
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&nbsp;
 ] msft survey ( ? on vs download or ? ) &nbsp;What one specific improvement could Microsoft make that would have the greatest impact on your satisfaction with the Microsoft Visual Studio website? (Please be specific.)
clarity - a "beginners path" for someone new to VS, there's a ton of info on the site, but if your a new dev or a dev that's new to the msft ecosystem, I think getting started could be made a lot clearer, easier to navigate, ...

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