Professional Visual Studio 2012

  • 18h 35m
  • Bruce Johnson
  • John Wiley & Sons (US)
  • 2013

This expert Wrox guide is what you need to get up and running quickly on Visual Studio 2012. Written by a Microsoft Visual C# MVP, it guides you through the integrated development environment (IDE), showing you how to maximize all new tools and improvements.

  • Offers programmers a fast way to IDE-centric programming success
  • Demonstrates new IDE features, including the new Metro style app project templates and Windows 8 app store features
  • Explains each feature, then illustrates the context in which it will help you solve problems
  • Covers timely and essential topics related to rich client app development, web applications, application services, file configuration, debugging and testing, and more
  • Helps advanced users customize and extend Visual Studio through the Automation Model, writing macros, working with the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF), and more
  • Provides ample detail for programmers who are new to Visual Studio 2012, as well as for experienced programmers exploring the advanced capabilities of the IDE

Professional Visual Studio 2012 uses a unique, IDE-centric approach to help you get up and running quickly on this exciting new release.

About the Author

Bruce Johnson is a principal consultant with ObjectSharp Corporation. He has been published in a wide variety of technology periodicals and has given more than 500 presentations at user conferences.

In this Book

  • 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-Specific Features
  • Windows Forms Applications
  • Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
  • Office Business Applications
  • Windows Store 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 Workflow Foundation (WF)
  • Client Application Services
  • Synchronization Services
  • WCF RIA Services
  • Configuration 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 2012
  • Build Customization
  • Assembly Versioning and Signing
  • Obfuscation, Application Monitoring, and Management
  • Packaging and Deployment
  • Web Application Deployment
  • The Automation Model
  • Add-Ins
  • Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF)
  • Visual Studio Ultimate for Architects
  • Visual Studio Ultimate for Developers
  • Visual Studio Ultimate for Testers
  • Team Foundation Server
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