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Using Visual Studio to Edit C# Source Files

Using Visual Studio to edit your C# source files gives you a much better experience (than editing them using text editors such as Notepad). You will have access to the Visual Studio IntelliSense, which gives you list of available classes and methods as you type in your code. The productivity gain will be worth the time you spend to install it. The best part is that Visual Studio (Community Edition) is free to use for small organizations (check the license terms on the Microsoft website for usage limitations).

Download Visual Studio from here:

https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads

Once you have it installed, you can open your web application project using the Open Website option (under File menu).

Then choose File System and select the folder where you have your web app. Click the Open button.

You should see the web app project open in the Solution Explorer.

You don't need to re-build the web app when you change something in the source code as the .NET runtime automatically detects any changes you made and the runtime will recompile your source code behind the scene.

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