Installing Visual Studio

Installing Visual Studio

To install Visual Studio, follow the next steps:

  1. To create your own bots and indicators, the first thing you need to do is to install Visual Studio on your computer.
    If you have not used it before, we recommend downloading and installing the free official version from     here.

  2.  Run the downloaded installation file. Click Continue, agreeing to the Microsoft privacy statement and software license terms.

  3. Next during the installation process, we recommend selecting .NET desktop development on the Workloads tab.
    The components to be installed will appear in the list on the right. We recommend leaving the remaining settings unchanged.

  4. Click the Install button and wait for the installation to complete.


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