From d867c88d2c830ff4036109ccf60e3eb099df710a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: martinboehme Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 16:20:15 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update WindowsBuild.md Added note on which edition of Visual Studio to get. --- docs/WindowsBuild.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/WindowsBuild.md b/docs/WindowsBuild.md index 61c1e6ef2c5e2..32297b692136c 100644 --- a/docs/WindowsBuild.md +++ b/docs/WindowsBuild.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Building Swift on Windows -Visual Studio 2017 or newer is needed to build swift on Windows. +Visual Studio 2017 or newer is needed to build Swift on Windows. As of this writing, Visual Studio 2019 is the most recent release. The free Community edition is sufficient to build Swift. The following must take place in the **developer command prompt** (provided by Visual Studio). This shows up as "x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS2017" (or VS2019, VS2019 Preview depending on the Visual Studio that you are using) in the Start Menu. From f025deaee0f196d180d0486ee15aabdd7a316cdd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: martinboehme Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 10:54:12 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update WindowsBuild.md Remove reference to the latest release. --- docs/WindowsBuild.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/WindowsBuild.md b/docs/WindowsBuild.md index 32297b692136c..7cf9dcebb0636 100644 --- a/docs/WindowsBuild.md +++ b/docs/WindowsBuild.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Building Swift on Windows -Visual Studio 2017 or newer is needed to build Swift on Windows. As of this writing, Visual Studio 2019 is the most recent release. The free Community edition is sufficient to build Swift. +Visual Studio 2017 or newer is needed to build Swift on Windows. The free Community edition is sufficient to build Swift. The following must take place in the **developer command prompt** (provided by Visual Studio). This shows up as "x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS2017" (or VS2019, VS2019 Preview depending on the Visual Studio that you are using) in the Start Menu.