CSC235 - Visual Studio Getting Started

Visual Studio Visual Studio is an IDE Integrated Development Environment Self-contained CAD tool for software development (Computer Aided Design) Supports a wide variety of programming languages Supplied/maintained by Microsoft For code development on Windows

Visual Studio 2015 CSC235 will use the 2015 release of VS It is installed on the classroom/lab computers Available for home use for free! Through KU’s Imagine program Directly from Microsoft You *MUST* use v2015 for class projects To avoid migration and compatibly issues Note: you can have newer/other versions installed

Obtaining VS-2015 Get it KU’s Imagine site https://e5.onthehub.com/WebStore/ProductsByMajorVersionList.aspx?ws=574639d2-d89b-e011-969d-0030487d8897&vsro=8 Again it’s free Search for “Visual Studio 2015” Make sure you get 2015! Less hassle than the Microsoft site (next).

Obtaining VS-2015 (option 2) Get it directly from Microsoft https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?q=visual%20studio%202015&wt.mc_id=o~msft~vscom~older-downloads Without this link, you will have to hunt on the MS site You will need to have, or create, an account Select: Visual Studio Community The “community” version is free But you may have to login with a MS account The trial period of the “premium” version expires after 30 days, then you have to pay

CSC235 Programs CSC235 will make use of pre-packaged libraries and setup Libraries from Irvine textbook Visual Studio project template Library and template available on shared drive (S:) S:\ComputerScience\Carelli\CSC235

Irvine Library Copy Irvine.zip from the shared drive It contains a directory called “Irvine” Unzip it and place the “Irvine” directory in either the “C” drive main directory or your Documents directory C:\Irvine C:\Users\<Carelli>\Documents\Irvine Use your user name instead of “Carelli”! Test it with the “AddVariables” example Set a breakpoint, as demonstrated in class!

Program Template BlankProject Available on the shared drive Template for creating your own programs Copy it Change the directory name to anything you choose Contains a Solution & Project called “Project235” Easiest to just keep that project name “blank.asm” is a starting point for an assembly language program - set up for a 32 bit operation Or, you can start with an existing example!

About the supplied material Irvine Directory Textbook examples for both 32 and 64 bit Organized by chapter Pre-packaged libraries Described in chapter 5 (Irvine32, in particular) BlankProject Set up to look for libraries on locally and on shared drive Not the same as described in the book!

Debugging To view either the register or memory windows (if not already visible) Compile the program Set a breakpoint to interrupt execution While running, select either: Debug->Windows->Registers Debug->Windows->Memory->Memory# Move the window as desired… See next slide…

Memory & Register Views