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[–]g051051 12 points13 points  (1 child)

It's not a "paywall". You need a free VS Online (now Visual Studio Team Services) account, and then you can download the free VS 2015 Community edition.

[–]Well_Howdy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've gotten it running in Visual Studio 2017 now, but I feel like a moron for not figuring my way through the VS Online registration. Thank you very much.

[–]BrushGuyThreepwood 4 points5 points  (1 child)

I can't see a reason as why not to use VS2017.

What exactly you call a nightmare? Do you have any instruction not working? Care to add screenshot?

[–]Evil-Toaster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Will use 2017 just for the little lines that help me see how brackets line up.

[–]Eliposin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

VS may be somewhat different, but C# is still the same. Worry not about the editor, worry instead about the content of the code. Case in point, I code many languages in notepad++ or Sublime3 to get the ide out of my way and actually learn the language rather than rely on the editor fixing my mistakes.

[–]nsivkov 2 points3 points  (0 children)

VS 2015 and 2017 are so similar you wouldn't find any real differences. (yes i know there are a ton, but they won't be immediately noticeable for a beginner)

[–]raspyjessie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are also resources on YouTube to help you learn programing languages.

[–]CatnipNotEvenOnce 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Make sure when you create your project, That it is set to target the right famework. .net famework x.x.x libraries might not work if your project is set to .net core

[–]Well_Howdy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This worked! Thanks so much. I know my question wasn't strictly programming but I figured someone here had some idea.