Development Setup

Setting up your code environment, creating code projects, and working with Unreal Engine source.

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Tips, tricks, and techniques for setting up Visual Studio to work with Unreal Engine

Applications, tools, and add-ins that are useful for programmers working with Unreal Engine.

Standards and conventions used by Epic Games in the Unreal Engine 4 codebase.

Adding code and generating project files.

An overview of the C++ Class Wizard in UE4.

Compiling individual game projects using Visual Studio on Windows, or Xcode on Mac.

Compiling Unreal Engine from source.

Customize your builds with the BuildGraph scripting system.

Learn what it takes to to deploy UE4 to a team.

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