Downloading and installing Visual Studio

For this book, I will be using Visual Studio 2012 Express Edition. It can be downloaded from the Microsoft Download Center at download and install Visual Studio:

1. Click on Download, as shown in the following screenshot, and select VS2012_WDX_ENU.iso:
   
2. Click on Next and your download should begin.
3. Once downloading is complete, double-click on the ISO file; Windows will mount it as a disk drive. Double-click on winexpress_full.exe. This should start the installation of Visual Studio.
4. Once installed, move on to the next step in which we will be installing the Windows Phone SDK.