Re:Software Developers Should Have Sysadmin Experience
by user5994461 on Monday January 09, 2017 @05:23PM
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I've worked on VS since VS 2003.
The first versions (200X) had some challenge at times. Starting from locating the installer for the right edition and the license. Then minimal setup to have a working environment was split in 5 different installer/projects to be executed in orders (one VS pack per language + the Windows SDK + the debugger kit + the ATL/MFC package + the driver kit [if you dev drivers] + the DirectX SDK [if you need it]). Then configure some PATH and libraries to link together all of that.
Last I checked, in 201X editions. A lot have been regrouped in a single setup. That's enough for most developments. And the optional packages have auto detection (and it ain't fucked it you run it twice).
The first versions (200X) had some challenge at times. Starting from locating the installer for the right edition and the license. Then minimal setup to have a working environment was split in 5 different installer/projects to be executed in orders (one VS pack per language + the Windows SDK + the debugger kit + the ATL/MFC package + the driver kit [if you dev drivers] + the DirectX SDK [if you need it]). Then configure some PATH and libraries to link together all of that.
Last I checked, in 201X editions. A lot have been regrouped in a single setup. That's enough for most developments. And the optional packages have auto detection (and it ain't fucked it you run it twice).