SSDT for Visual Studio 2015, and SSDT for Visual Studio 2017 both use DacFx 17.4.1: Download Data-Tier Application Framework (DacFx) 17.4.1. Previous versions To download and install SSDT for Visual Studio 2015, or an older version of SSDT, see Previous releases of SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT and SSDT-BI).

• Visual Studio

If you code on your Mac, you should by interested in Visual Studio Code. This code editor developed by Microsoft is now multiplatform and totally free.

A development environment focused on code.

It's quite user-friendly and it also comes along with almost all the options you need to code without having to install plug-ins or packages.

Main features

• Syntax highlighting.
• Keyboard shortcuts for certain actions.
• Functions to find/replace code within a file.
• Possibility to search for code in several files.
• Two preset default themes: light and dark.
• Quick function to go to a file, symbol, a line or a definition.
• Browsing history.
• Support to manage Git repositories.
• Compatible with several different coding languages: C++, Coffee Script, DockerFile, F#, Go, Jade, Java, HandleBars, Makefile, Markdown, Objective-C, Perl, PHP, Python, R, Ruby, SQL, Visual Basic, XML and others.

All in all, it's a program to take into account if you want to get hold of a lightweight and simple code editor.

If you code on your Mac, you should by interested in Visual Studio Code. This code editor developed by Microsoft is now multiplatform and totally free.

A development environment focused on code.

It's quite user-friendly and it also comes along with almost all the options you need to code without having to install plug-ins or packages.

Main features

• Syntax highlighting.
• Keyboard shortcuts for certain actions.
• Functions to find/replace code within a file.
• Possibility to search for code in several files.
• Two preset default themes: light and dark.
• Quick function to go to a file, symbol, a line or a definition.
• Browsing history.
• Support to manage Git repositories.
• Compatible with several different coding languages: C++, Coffee Script, DockerFile, F#, Go, Jade, Java, HandleBars, Makefile, Markdown, Objective-C, Perl, PHP, Python, R, Ruby, SQL, Visual Basic, XML and others.

Visual Studio

All in all, it's a program to take into account if you want to get hold of a lightweight and simple code editor.