In order to write AI programs, you'll need a development tool for the Microsoft® .NET 2.0 platform,
such as one of the Visual Studio® family of products.
You can get an Express edition of Visual Studio® free of charge
from Microsoft®. The Express
editions come in various language flavors for Windows®-based development, including Visual
C#®, Visual Basic®, Visual C++®, and Visual J#®. You can download and install the one of your
choice and use it to write bot-controlling AI programs.
Note: The order of installation is important. Please see Installation for details.
This guide assumes you are using Visual Studio® and that you have some familiarity with the
concept of projects, solutions, assemblies, references, etc. We also assume that you're familiar
with general programming concepts, including object-oriented programming, and the
programming language you'll be using.
(Most of the code samples in this guide are in Visual C#®, but these can be readily translated to
other languages.)
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