Visual Studio Community 2017 //top\\ • Must See

VS 2017 was a landmark release. It introduced a modular installer, meaning you didn't have to clutter your hard drive with gigabytes of unused code. For many, it represents the "sweet spot" of the Visual Studio lifecycle—modern enough to handle C# 7 and .NET Core, but lightweight enough to run smoothly on older hardware.

Visual Studio 2017 introduced significant performance improvements and modularity compared to its predecessors. Visual Studio Community | Download Latest Free Version visual studio community 2017

(Show the Microsoft Support Lifecycle chart) "But there is a catch. Mainstream support is dead. No new features. No modern .NET Core support. It’s a fossil." VS 2017 was a landmark release