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Visual Studio 2013 is a version of Microsoft's Visual Studio (also known as "Dev12", includes C++ compiler version 18.0). Do not use this tag unless you have a specific question about Visual Studio -- not just a coding issue.

The version of which follows , and is the predecessor to .

The preview for Visual Studio 2013 was announced at the Build 2013 conference and made available on June 26, 2013. It was made available to download on October 17, 2013.

Update 1 (Visual Studio 2013.1) was released on January 20, 2014.
Update 2 (Visual Studio 2013.2) was released on May 12, 2014.

Since May 22, 2014 the first CTP of Update 3 is available.
Since November 12, 2014 Update 4 RTM is available.
Since December 15, 2014 Update 5 CTP 1 is available.

Features:

  • .NET 4.5.1 support.
  • x86-64 Edit And Continue support.
  • Definition Peek.
  • Scrollbar improvements.
  • More...

What's new:

Community Edition:

Visual Studio Community 2013 is a new edition released at November 12, 2014. It includes all functionality of Visual Studio Professional 2013, designed and optimized for individual developers, students, open source contributors, and small teams.