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docs: Propose Windows Visual Studio Build Tools #7484

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Add Visual Studio Build Tools as alternative to full Visual Studio
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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion src/development/platform-integration/desktop.md
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Expand Up @@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ you need the following software:
For Windows desktop development,
you need the following in addition to the Flutter SDK:

* [Visual Studio 2022][] When installing Visual Studio,
* [Visual Studio 2022][] or [Visual Studio Build Tools 2022][]
When installing Visual Studio or only the Build Tools,
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Here and below: Since most users will be more comfortable with a graphical IDE to go with their install, and because it's analogous to what we recommend for macOS (a full Xcode install), I'd phrase this something like:

* [Visual Studio 2022][] When installing Visual Studio,
  select the "Desktop development with C++" workload,
  including all of its default components,
  to install the necessary C++ toolchain and
  Windows SDK header files. Alternatively, 
  [Visual Studio Build Tools 2022][] can be installed if
  only the Windows command-line tools are desired.

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This sounds like you don't need to install the C++ workload with Build tools in order to be able to develop in windows.
My proposal:

Alternatively, [Visual Studio Build Tools 2022][] 
can be installed with the same workload if
only the Windows command-line tools are desired.

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@cbracken any opinions? Thx :)

select the "Desktop development with C++" workload,
including all of its default components,
to install the necessary C++ toolchain and
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{{site.alert.end}}

[Visual Studio 2022]: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/
[Visual Studio Build Tools 2022]: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/#build-tools-for-visual-studio-2022

### Additional macOS requirements

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For Windows desktop development,
you need the following in addition to the Flutter SDK:

* [Visual Studio 2022][] When installing Visual Studio
* [Visual Studio 2022][] or [Visual Studio Build Tools 2022][]
When installing Visual Studio or only the Build Tools,
you need the "Desktop development with C++" workload installed
for building windows, including all of its default components.

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[Desktop support for Flutter]: {{site.url}}/desktop
[Visual Studio 2022]: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/
[Visual Studio Build Tools 2022]: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/#build-tools-for-visual-studio-2022