Overview of the new installation experience

The new version of the installer that is used to install Visual Studio 2017 allows you to control the individual workload/module that you need. Unlike the previous versions of the installer, it does not take more installation space; rather, it allows you to do a basic installation, having a few hundred MBs only for the core editor to install. On a need basis, you can select the workload or the individual module.

The Workloads screen will allow you to select the module that you want to install. If you want to build applications targeting Windows 10 only, you should go with Universal Windows Platform development. Consider the following screenshot:

If you want to build applications for Python or Node.js, the respective workloads are there to help you install the required components. Consider the following screenshot:

We will discuss more about the installation steps in the next point, where we will see how to install Visual Studio 2017 using the online installer.