Transcript Introduction Vic Games and apps - Victorian Schools` Games and

Visual Studio
Downloading Visual Studio
• Visual Studio Community is
Free for education.
• You may want to download
extra modules such as python
compilers and so on. You will
get prompted for these are you
begin your projects
• Visualstudio.com
Integrated Development Environment
Integrated Development Environment
• .NET framework (comes with stuff…)
Getting started: https://youtu.be/xLCedknQkN0?list=PLReL099Y5nRfw6VNvzMkv0sabT2crbSpK
The Interface
Output window to see
the output of your code
The Editor Window (at
start-up prompts you to
create a new project
Solutions explorer
shows you all the
components of your
overall solution
Projects & programs
• Programs (C, Python, Javascript….)
• Mobile Apps (Universal Apps, Xamarin)
Options for the Games and Apps Challenge
• Use a programming language of your choice to create
a game (text based adventure, game with simple UI)
• Use Visual Studio to develop interactions for Unity 3D
game development software
• Use Visual Studio to create an app
• Remember its about process as well
as the output
Further Resources
• Microsoft Virtual Academy (https://mva.microsoft.com/)
• Microsoft Imagine Academy (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/imagine-academy/default.aspx)
• Python (http://inventwithpython.com/)
• Visual Basic (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8hb2a397.aspx)
• Other languages (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd831853.aspx)
• Creating apps in Visual Studio (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa984073(v=vs.71).aspx)
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