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**Python 3.5** and later use Microsoft Visual Studio 2015. You can download
and use any of the free or paid versions of `Visual Studio 2015`_. Installing
the latest updates is also recommended. See the readme_ for
more details on what other software is necessary and how to build.

**Python 2.7** uses Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, which is most easily obtained
through an MSDN subscription. To use the build files in the `PCbuild
directory`_ you will also need Visual Studio 2010, see the `2.7 readme`_ for
more details. If you have VS 2008 but not 2010 you can use the build files in
the `PC/VS9.0 directory`_, see the `VS9 readme`_ for details.

.. _Visual Studio 2015: https://www.visualstudio.com/
**Python 3.6** and later can use Microsoft Visual Studio 2017. You can download
and use any of the free or paid versions of `Visual Studio 2017`_.

When installing Visual Studio 2017, select the **Python workload** and the
optional **Python native development** component to obtain all of the necessary
build tools. If you do not already have git installed, you can find git for
Windows on the **Individual components** tab of the installer.

Your first build should use the command line to ensure any external dependencies
are downloaded::

PCBuild\build.bat

After this build succeeds, you can open the ``PCBuild\pcbuild.sln`` solution in
Visual Studio to continue development.

See the `readme`_ for more details on what other software is necessary and how
to build.

.. note:: **Python 2.7** uses Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, which is most easily
obtained through an MSDN subscription. To use the build files in the
`PCbuild directory`_ you will also need Visual Studio 2010, see the `2.7
readme`_ for more details. If you have VS 2008 but not 2010 you can use the
build files in the `PC/VS9.0 directory`_, see the `VS9 readme`_ for details.

.. _Visual Studio 2017: https://www.visualstudio.com/
.. _readme: https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/master/PCbuild/readme.txt
.. _PCbuild directory: https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/2.7/PCbuild/
.. _2.7 readme: https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/2.7/PCbuild/readme.txt
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