You’ll need to install Microsoft Visual Studio to use Salesforce APIs. Visual Studio is a development environment that enables you to create robust .NET applications.
To install Microsoft Visual Studio, you’ll need a Windows system with Internet access. Depending on your system, you might also need administrator-level access to install Visual Studio.
Microsoft Visual Studio provides the necessary development tools and SDKs that are required to build Windows applications. There are several versions and editions of Visual Studio, each with different features and different Windows platform requirements. See http://www.visualstudio.com/products/compare-visual-studio-products-vs to compare current editions. For this tip sheet, we use Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows on a Windows 7 system.
Navigate to http://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs in your browser.
Follow the instructions to download the version of Visual Studio that fits your development needs.
Double-click the installer executable and follow the steps to install Visual Studio.
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