1. CSC235 - Visual Studio
Getting Started

2. 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

3. 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

4. Obtaining VS-2015 Get it KU’s Imagine site
Again it’s free
Search for “Visual Studio 2015”
Make sure you get 2015!
Less hassle than the Microsoft site (next).

5. Obtaining VS-2015 (option 2)
Get it directly from Microsoft
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

6. 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

7. 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!

8. 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!

9. 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!

10. 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…

11. Memory & Register Views