Professional Visual Studio 2010

by Nick Randolph; David Gardner (Univ. of Illinois); Chris Anderson; Michael Minutillo

• ISBN13: 9780470632178
• ISBN10: 0470632178
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2010-07-01
• Publisher: Wrox

Summary

A must-have guide that covers all the new features of Visual Studio 2010Visual Studio allows you to create and manage programming projects for the Windows platform, and the new 2010 version has undergone a major overhaul comprised of significant changes. Written by an author team of veteran programmers and developers, Professional Visual Studio 2010 gets you quickly up to speed on what you can expect from the newest version of Visual Studio.This book's first section is dedicated to familiarizing you with the core aspects of Visual Studio 2010. Everything you need is contained in the first five chapters, from the IDE structure and layout to the various options and settings you can change to make the user interface synchronize with your own way of doing things.From there, the remainder of the book is broken into 11 parts: Getting Started: In this part, you learn how to take control of your projects and organize them in ways that work with your own style. Digging Deeper: Though the many graphical components of Visual Studio that make a programmer's job easier are discussed in many places throughout this book, you often need help when you're in the process of actually writing code. This part deals with features that support the coding of applications such as IntelliSense, code refactoring, and creating and running unit tests In the latest version of the .NET framework, enhancements were added to support dynamic languages and move towards feature parity between the two primary .NET languages, C# and VB. This part covers changes to these languages, as well as looking at a range of features that will help you write better and more consistent code. Rich Client and Web Applications: For support building everything from Office add-ins to cloud applications, Visual Studio enables you to develop applications for a wide range of platforms. These two parts cover the application platforms that are supported within Visual Studio 2010, including ASP.NET and Office, WPF, Silverlight 2 and ASP.NET MVC. Data: A large proportion of applications use some form of data storage. Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework include strong support for working with databases and other data sources. This part examines how to use DataSets, the Visual Database Tools, LINQ, Synchronization Services and ADO.NET Entity Framework to build applications that work with data. It also shows you how you can then present this data using Reporting. Application Services: Through the course of building an application you are likely to require access to services that may or may not reside within your organization. This part covers core technologies such as WCF, WF, Synchronization Services and WCF RIA services that you can use to connect to these services. Configuration and Internationalization: The built-in support for configuration files allows you to adjust the way an application functions on the fly without having to rebuild it. Furthermore, resource files can be used to both access static data and easily localize an application into foreign languages and cultures. This part of the book shows how to use .NET configuration and resource files. Debugging: Application debugging is one of the more challenging tasks developers have to tackle, but correct use of the Visual Studio 2010 debugging features will help you analyze the state of the application and determine the cause of any bugs. This part examines the rich debugging support provided by the IDE. Build and Deployment: In addition to discussing how to build your solutions effectively a

Table of Contents

Introduction

A Quick Tour

The Solution Explorer, Toolbox, and Properties

Options and Customizations

The Visual Studio Workspace

Find and Replace and Help

Solutions, Projects, and Items

IntelliSense and Bookmarks

Code Snippets and Refactoring

Server Explorer

Modeling with the Class Designer

Unit Testing

Documentation with XML Comments

Code Consistency Tools

Code Generation with T4

Project and Item Templates

Language-Specifi c Features

Windows Forms Applications

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

Offi ce Business Applications

ASP.NET Web Forms

ASP.NET MVC

Silverlight

Dynamic Data

SharePoint

Windows Azure

Visual Database Tools

DataSets and DataBinding

Language Integrated Queries (LINQ)

The ADO.NET Entity Framework

Reporting

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)

Windows Workfl ow Foundation (WF)

Client Application Services

Synchronization Services

WCF RIA Services

Confi guration Files

Connection Strings

Resource Files

Using the Debugging Windows

Debugging with Breakpoints

DataTips, Debug Proxies, and Visualizers

Debugging Web Applications

Advanced Debugging Techniques

Upgrading with Visual Studio 2010

Build Customization

Assembly Versioning and Signing

Obfuscation, Application Monitoring, and Management

Packaging and Deployment

Web Application Deployment

The Automation Model

Add-Ins

Macros

Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF)

Visual Studio Ultimate for Architects

Visual Studio Ultimate for Developers

Visual Studio Ultimate for Testers

Team Foundation Server

Index

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