Visual Studio 2013 Optional Features to Install

Question

I am installing visual studio 2013 professional edition on my development box and have question on what features need to install ..

I am going to develop a MVC or Web Forms Web Application which communicates to SQL Server 2005 I want to install only features that are required for development, please let me know if my understanding is correct

Blend for Visual Studio --- NOT REQUIRED as I am not going to use HTML5 or XAML or WPF or Silverlight

LightSwitch -- NOT REQUIRED as I am developing only Web Application, nothing related to Desktop /Cloud

Microsoft Foundation Classes for C++ -- I am going to use C# 4.0, do I need this ?

Microsoft Office Developer Tools -- Not Required , I am not going to develop anything related to sharepoint OR MS Office, BUT I NEED TO CREATE CSV TEXT FILES, READING CSV Files -- I Don't need this right ??

Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools Not Required -- it installs SQL Server 2012 components, but my applications talks to SQL Server 2005 -- I might use Entity Framework , do I need this ?

Microsoft Web Developer Tools -- Required

Silver light Development Kit -- Not Required Application does not have any Silver light development/features --

Answer 1

You do not need Microsoft Foundation Classes for C++ (MFC). You likely will not need SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) either. You don't need the Microsoft Office Developer Tools either because what you've specified will not require Office interop.

So in other words the only thing you need is the Microsoft Web Developer Tools.