Visual Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft. Its newest version, Visual Studio 2010, can be used to develop applications for all Microsoft platforms, including Windows, .NET Framework, Windows Mobile, Windows Phone, Silverlight, and Azure. (Quelle: Beginning Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch Development, István Novák, John Wiley & Sons Verlag, Juli 2011, ISBN 978-1118021958, Getting to know Visual Studio, Chapter 2, Seite 19)