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• Setting up The IDE(Visual Studio 2013)

Setting up The IDE(Visual Studio 2013)

Prerequisites

The following system requirements are required to install Visual Studio Community 2013 into your system.

Operation System: 

Windows 8.1, 8 and Windows 7 SP1 

Hardware Requirements: 

1.6 GHz or faster processor 

1 GB of RAM 

20 GB of free hard disk space 

5400 RPM hard disk drive 

DirectX 9-Capable Video card with 1024x768 of minimum resolution 

Getting Started

To install the Visual Studio Community 2013, you need to use the following procedure to complete the installation. I'm using Windows 8 for the installation, but it holds true for the operating systems mentioned in the prerequisites.

Step 1

Click on the following URL [Visual Studio Community 2013] and you will be shown the following screen.

Step 2

Click on the Download button and an installer file will start downloading to your system.

Step 3

After the file is completely downloaded on your system, click on the file and run the setup. An important point to note here is Visual Studio demands a minimum of 9 GB space to be available somewhere in all your partitions. Please ensure this requirement to continue with the installation.

Check the “I agree” checkbox and you'll be shown the Next button on the bottom-right of the wizard. Click it to proceed.

Step 4

Choose from the following options to install the specific or complete features. It is a best practice to install all the features, still you can choose depending on your requirements and click Install.

Step 5

The installation process takes some time to download the useful resources and other files from the internet to complete the installation depending upon the speed of your internet connection. During my installation, it took just 1 hour to complete the installation.

Step 6

After the setup is finished installing Visual Studio Community 2013 on your machine, it shows the following window. Click on “Launch” to launch Visual Studio.

Step 7

The Welcome screen prompts you to sign in with your Microsoft Account for the first time.