>You can install Visual Studio 2013 Community Edition, If you prefer to use the compiler and build system at the command line and you're only interested in man

>You can install Visual Studio 2013 Community Edition, If you prefer to use the compiler and build system at the command line and you're only interested in managed development (i.e., C#), you can download the Microsoft Build tools package[1], which contains the compilers and MSBuild for headless development. [1] http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44931 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=4493... >> Are these tools usable without requiring GUI involvement - i.e. remotely? Yes, I do most of my building on the command line. Editing, of course, is in VS, but I've also had fine success with Vim.