I am very excited to see the return of an IDE-less release, just the compiler, libraries, etc. Very cool! Visual C++ Build Tools 2015 (Pre-release). If you wan

I am very excited to see the return of an IDE-less release, just the compiler, libraries, etc. Very cool! Visual C++ Build Tools 2015 (Pre-release). If you want to build your C++ projects targeting Windows desktop without having Visual Studio installed on your computer, Microsoft Visual C++ Build Tools 2015 provides the required tools: C++ compilers, libraries, build scripts, Windows SDKs. This Community Technology Preview ships with the same C++ compilers and libraries packaged with Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 RC (2015.1).