Language support covers the alphabet of programming scripts from C# to F# with TypeScript, JavaScript and everything else in between. It goes without saying that the platform caters for developers working on projects ranging from ASP to Android-based mobile apps. It can weigh in at an incredible 40 gigabytes (although users typically install only around half that amount.) And despite a bit of a clearout for the 2017 version (Silverlight support lost out to HTML 5, and UML modelling is gone), it’s still packed with just about every possible tool and technology a developer might want. It’s now flexible enough to run on Android, iOS, Windows, the Web and cloud.

Microsoft’s Visual Studio 2017 is the latest model of the old Winnebago of integrated development environments. Even if you never use more than you can find in the glove compartment, at least you came prepared. And sometimes you just want to load up a Winnebago with everything you can find, including a couple of kitchen sinks, and hit the road. When you’re hiking across the Himalayas, you don’t really want to take any more than you can carry.

You throw out everything you don’t need, stick to the basics and keep only the bare essentials. There’s something to be said for going lean and mean.

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