Visual Studio 2017 takes the first serious crack at this problem - the behemoth installation has now been broken up into smart Workloads. The folks at Redmond are quite aware of this - it's a balancing act is to maintain the richness of Visual Studio with a smaller footprint to get developers started on their development. Sure Visual Studio is one of best IDEs around, but it can be a beast in terms of massive size of the installation and lengthy setup time. One of the pain points with any mobile development on Visual Studio is the steep roadblock to getting started in terms of sheer size. So you are a mobile developer who is looking for some sanity amidst a plethora of frameworks, platforms and tooling? Maybe you are wondering if Visual Studio is the right IDE for you? I believe it is.
