AgenaTrader originally provides his own ScriptEditor that can be used for AgenaScript developments.
![AT ScriptEditor](https://script-trading.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AT_ScriptEditor-1024x735.png)
This editor is a handy tool, when you want to change a couple of code lines or you just want to read the AgenaScript itselft.
For all other uses, you should definitly use Microsoft’s development enviroment Visual Studio. It offers a proved and tested, all-embraced solution for nearly all areas of software development, including AgenaScript respectively C#.
The most important advantages:
- Debugging
- Code Completion
- Syntax check
Additionally there is a plurality of features that light up your developent activities.
You can download the free “Visual Studio Community” edition fromĀ https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/community/. Please bear in mind that the download and installation procedure will take around 60 minutes!
AgenaTrader 1.9 is using the .NET Version 4.6, for that reaon you have to use a leastĀ “Visual Studio Community 2015”.
Once you successfully intalled Visual Studio, you can link it with the AgenaTrader with the following Configuratin-Escort settings. From now on, all AgenaScript files will automatically open up with Visual Studio and also the debugger will be linked with the AgenaTrader.
![Configuration-Escort setting for Visual Studio](https://script-trading.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/VS_Konfigurations-Escort_EN-1024x630.png)
Now you can comfortable develop, test and debug your AgenaScripts in Visual Studio.
![Visual Studio Scripteditor](https://script-trading.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/VS_ScriptEditor-1024x674.png)