The document provides an overview of building C# applications using various IDEs, with a focus on Visual Studio and its different editions. It outlines the installation process, cross-platform development, and key features such as solution explorer and class design tools. Additionally, it mentions options for mobile application development on non-Windows operating systems using Xamarin Studio and Visual Studio Code.

1. Building C# Applications
Lecturer: Vahid Farahmandian
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2. Building .NET Applications on Windows
You can choose from a variety of IDEs to build C# applications
Visual Studio
Community  Open Source, Academic, for small uses
Professional  Has CodeLens, almost same as Community
Enterprise  Has many additional features above Prof edition
Express Have been removed

3. Visual Studio 2017
The installation process is broken down into application-type
workloads
Supports side-by-side installation(You need to give nickname for
each installation)
Cross platform development
Cloud app development using Azure
Better AI app development

4. Visual Studio 2017
Solution Explorer
Shows the solution and its projects
Each project has its structure and references
mscorlib is a foundation library which is not listed in the references
node
Object Browser
You can see various namespaces, types and members of types in an
assembly

5. Visual Studio 2017
Referencing additional assemblies
Visual Project Properties
Visual Class Designer
You can design classes, interfaces, delegates etc in a visual manner
You can manage the relations
Add/Remove members to types
Add New Item/add a Class Diagram file to project

6. Building.NET Applications on a Non-Windows OS
Xamarin Studio
Building mobile applications
Visual Studio for Mac
Building .Net Core or mobile applications
Visual Studio Code(Which also runs on Linux)
Building .Net Core or mobile applications