It’s simple and straightforward if you want to build a new Angular 2 app using the TypeScript-based Angular quickstart source code. Miňo Martiniak has released a brand new Angular 2 Visual Studio Template using an ASP.NET 4.6 WebApi 2 back-end. Nice work, guys! If you like any of these, be sure to give the developer a word of thanks and a helpful review in the Visual Studio Marketplace.

But remember: Almost all of these are created by your fellow developers and shared for free. There's a lot to share with you, so I'll just jump right in. I'm also starting to see the first extensions specifically for Visual Studio 2017, which is in Release Candidate (RC) state as I write this column, and will be officially released by the time you read this. From project templates to build and test tools to customizations for your Visual Studio coding environment, there's something here to help during every step of a software development project.

It's been a while since I've done a roundup of new, general-purpose Visual Studio extensions and, going through selections, I'm again reminded of the incredible number and breadth of community-sourced tools and extensions we enjoy for Visual Studio.

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