Visual Studio has you covered with rich tooling for whatever type of mobile app you are building. This leads to a much smaller install and a quicker getting started experience.Īs you start installing VS 2017, you get to see the Workloads installer menu and the plethora of options for mobile development. Starting with mobile development? You can now get just what you need by choosing a desired Workload and not bother with any other tooling. Instead, the required tooling is available through compartmentalized development Workloads. Beyond that, developers do not have to wait to get the entire kitchen sink installed. The basic Visual Studio shell is now around 500 MB. Visual Studio 2017 takes the first serious crack at this problem - the behemoth installation has now been broken up into smart Workloads.
The folks at Redmond are quite aware of this - it's a balancing act is to maintain the richness of Visual Studio with a smaller footprint to get developers started on their development. Sure Visual Studio is one of best IDEs around, but it can be a beast in terms of massive size of the installation and lengthy setup time. One of the pain points with any mobile development on Visual Studio is the steep roadblock to getting started in terms of sheer size. So you are a mobile developer who is looking for some sanity amidst a plethora of frameworks, platforms and tooling? Maybe you are wondering if Visual Studio is the right IDE for you? I believe it is.
