Software update: Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 release candidate

Microsoft has released the first Visual Studio 2017 release candidate. This popular programming development environment has useful options to make programming easier in Visual C++, Visual Basic, C#, F#, Python, and R, among others. You can read the entire laundry list of changes in the accompanying release notes† Below is the beginning of the announcement with followable links:

Visual Studio 2017 RC

We are happy to announce the release of Visual Studio 2017 RC! This new release includes our most recent feature innovations and improvements.

To learn more about other related downloads, see the Downloads page. Also, see Visual Studio 2017 System Requirements and Visual Studio 2017 Platform Targeting and Compatibility†

Important
While Visual Studio 2017 RC in general is supported for use in a production environment, those workloads and components that are marked “Preview” in the installation UI are not supported for use in a production environment.

Feedback

We’d love to hear from you! For problems, let us know via the Report a Problem option in the upper right corner, either from the installer or the Visual Studio IDE itself. Track your feedback on the Developer Community portal. For suggestions, let us know through UserVoice†

What’s New?

• New Installation Experience
• Enhanced Visual Studio Feedback Workflow
• Visual Studio IDE
• Live Architecture Dependency Validation
• Live Unit Testing
• Developer Command Prompt
• Debugging and Diagnostics
• Visual C++
• C# and Visual Basic
• F#
• Python
• R
• JavaScript and TypeScript
• Tools for XAML Apps
• Tools for Universal Windows App Development
• Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova
• Xamarin (Preview)
• NuGet
• Developer Analytics Tools
• Team Explorer
• SQL Server Data Tools
• Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio
• Visual Studio Software Development Kit
• Azure SDK for .NET
• Node.js Tools for Visual Studio
• Visual Studio Tools for Unity
• .NET Core and Docker(Preview)

Resolved Issues

To check out issues addressed in this RC release, please visit our Developer Community Portal†

Known Issues

• Installation Issues
• Editor and IDE Issues
• NuGet Issues
• Test Tools Issues
• Tools for Universal Windows App Development Issues
• Live Unit Testing Issues
• Lightweight Solution Load Issues
• Web Development Tools Issues
• .NET Core Tools Issues
• Extensibility Issues
• Xamarin Issues
• Other