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Which Visual Studio IDE is the right one for Unity?
So, i've been trying to download a new IDE and i choose to roll with Cisual Studio, but i can't figure out which one to use? Heres the ones that i can download :
- Community 2013
- Express 2013 for Windows
- Express 2013 for Windows Desktop
I think thats all, now which one should i use if i want to make C# games in Unity?
Answer by Baste · May 14, 2015 at 11:04 AM
I though Express was defunct at this point, so...
Express was the old cheap-ass free version of VS. Community is a much better version, so you should definitely go for that. You're not allowed to use Community to make commercial products if your company is making more than $1 million dollars a year, though. Probably not a problem if you're a hobbyist or an indie developer.
I'd recommed that you also pick up Visual Studio Tools for Unity, which is a free add-on that makes VS and Unity talk together a lot better. Find their website at unityvs.com.
Finally, if you're a professional developer, you could shell out for Resharper, which is a tool that makes VS a lot better. It's expensive - €250, but they have a 30 day trial.
I'm pretty much just trying to learn at the moment, so i'll go with the first one. Thank you :)