Visual Studio Professional 2022

Visual Studio Professional 2022 is an industry-leading IDE (integrated development environment) developed by Microsoft to fulfill the needs of computer programmers of all knowledge levels, providing them with a fully featured source code editor, advanced compiler and interpreter, and a simple-to-use GUI that promotes easy discovery of all of its tools.

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Originally presented to the public in 1997, this comprehensive platform for developing computer programs of all types, websites, web services, web apps, and mobile apps for all modern portable platforms. This platform evolved into a comprehensive app development suite that can produce both native and managed code.

Microsoft Visual Studio Pro 2022 represents the latest version of this suite that was originally released in late 2021 under version number 17, with planned direct support from Microsoft until distant January of 2032.

It has direct support for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.6-4.81, while supported .NET Core covers versions 2.1, 3.1, 5.0, and 6.0. This latest version is the first to ever adopt 64-bit processing, enabling developers for the first time to expand the memory size of their main process in large projects to more than 4 GB of memory.

This programming suite has built-in support for 36 programming languages in its code editor, debugger, and compiler. This includes C, C++, Visual Basic .NET, JavaScript, XML, HTML, CSS, Python, Node.js, Ruby, and many others. Its compatibility can even be expanded to newly developed programming languages via plugin support.

In this IDE, developers can easily create online collaboration coding sessions where team members can work on source code in real-time. And when alone, developers can take advantage of an AI-powered code completion service that will make coding sessions as productive as ever.

The core components of this IDE include an advanced code editor powered by IntelliSense, a debugger that can handle both source code and machine-level instructions, a code profiler for optimizing projects of all sizes, a real-time GPU profiler, a design service for managing web, class, and database schema elements, and a highly capable testing tools for verifying the operations of all aspects the functionality of the developed app or service.

Also Available for Download:

Visual Studio Community 2022
Free, fully-featured IDE for students, open-source, and individual developers

Visual Studio Professional 2022
Professional developer tools, services, and subscription benefits for small teams

Visual Studio Enterprise 2022
End-to-end solution to meet the demanding quality and scale needs of teams of all sizes

In addition to the local development, Visual Studio Professional 2022 can be expanded with many collaboration services utilizing Azure DevOps (a cloud-powered platform for managing code versioning, load testing service, telemetry, and even an in-browser code editor that can be accessed on the go), Visual Studio Lab Management (tool for creating and managing virtual environments), Visual Studio Team System Profiler, Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management, and others.

Visual Studio Professional 2022 can be purchased as a standalone IDE platform or tested out via a free license that is available to all users under Visual Studio Community edition license, which is aimed at students, open source, and individual developers.

The app is available in 13 languages and is optimized for Windows 11/10 and Windows Server 2016 (and later).

FAQs

Is Visual Studio Professional 2022 free to use?
No, it’s a paid edition intended for professional developers and teams. However, Microsoft offers a free Community Edition with similar functionality for individual developers, students, and small organizations.

Can I use Visual Studio Professional 2022 for cross-platform development?
Yes, it supports building applications for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS using .NET MAUI, Xamarin, and other frameworks. It also includes tools for web development with ASP.NET, Blazor, and Node.js.

Does Visual Studio Professional 2022 require an internet connection?
You need an internet connection for installation, activation, and updates, but you can work offline once setup is complete. Most development and debugging tasks work locally without connectivity.

Alternatives

Eclipse IDE - Powerful Open-Source IDE.

Visual Studio Code - VS Code - Versatile Code Editor.

NetBeans - Comprehensive Java IDE.

Sublime Text - Lightweight Code Editor.

UltraEdit - Feature-Rich Text Editor.

Pricing

Monthly Subscription Plans

Professional Subscription - $45 per user /per month

• Visual Studio Professional IDE
• Azure DevOps (Basic plan)

Enterprise Subscription - $250 per user /per month

• Visual Studio Enterprise IDE
• Azure DevOps (Basic + Test Plan)

Standard Subscription Plans

Professional Subscription

• Visual Studio Professional IDE
• $50 Azure Credit per user/per month
• Training and support
• Azure DevOps (Basic plan)
• Dev/test software

Visit the official website to explore available licensing options.

PROS

• Comprehensive IDE with robust debugging tools
• Seamless integration with Azure and GitHub
• Extensive language and platform support
• Powerful code refactoring and analysis tools
• Customizable interface and extensions support

CONS

• High resource usage, impacting performance
• Expensive for solo developers or small teams

Slower load times for large projects