Professional Visual Studio 2010

In Professional Visual Studio 2010, developers will find a fast route to IDE programming success. The authors zero in on advanced topics and demonstrate the new features of the IDE, including code snippets, refactoring, and patterns. Covering the latest .NET Framework 4 and Visual Studio 2010 with a unique IDE-centric approach, the book has been revised to include a discussion of Visual Studio's recent major overhaul. The illustrative examples included will help bring both novice and experienced developers up to speed quickly.

In Professional Visual Studio 2010, developers will find a fast route to IDE programming success. The authors zero in on advanced topics and demonstrate the new features of the IDE, including code snippets, refactoring, and patterns. Covering the latest .NET Framework 4 and Visual Studio 2010 with a unique IDE-centric approach, the book has been revised to include a discussion of Visual Studio's recent major overhaul. The illustrative examples included will help bring both novice and experienced developers up to speed quickly.

INTRODUCTION xxxixPART I: INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTCHAPTER 1: A QUICK TOUR 3CHAPTER 2: THE SOLUTION EXPLORER, TOOLBOX, AND PROPERTIES 15CHAPTER 3: OPTIONS AND CUSTOMIZATIONS 33CHAPTER 4: THE VISUAL STUDIO WORKSPACE 53CHAPTER 5: FIND AND REPLACE AND HELP 73PART II: GETTING STARTEDCHAPTER 6: SOLUTIONS, PROJECTS, AND ITEMS 89CHAPTER 7: INTELLISENSE AND BOOKMARKS 119CHAPTER 8: CODE SNIPPETS AND REFACTORING 137CHAPTER 9: SERVER EXPLORER 159CHAPTER 10: MODELING WITH THE CLASS DESIGNER 175CHAPTER 11: UNIT TESTING 191CHAPTER 12: DOCUMENTATION WITH XML COMMENTS 219CHAPTER 13: CODE CONSISTENCY TOOLS 245CHAPTER 14: CODE GENERATION WITH T4 263CHAPTER 15: PROJECT AND ITEM TEMPLATES 291CHAPTER 16: LANGUAGE-SPECIFIC FEATURES 311CHAPTER 17: WINDOWS FORMS APPLICATIONS 335CHAPTER 18: WINDOWS PRESENTATION FOUNDATION (WPF) 351CHAPTER 19: OFFICE BUSINESS APPLICATIONS 379CHAPTER 20: ASP.NET WEB FORMS 399CHAPTER 21: ASP.NET MVC 437CHAPTER 22: SILVERLIGHT 471CHAPTER 23: DYNAMIC DATA 485CHAPTER 24: SHAREPOINT 513CHAPTER 25: WINDOWS AZURE 533CHAPTER 26: VISUAL DATABASE TOOLS 549CHAPTER 27: DATASETS AND DATABINDING 559CHAPTER 28: LANGUAGE INTEGRATED QUERIES (LINQ) 587CHAPTER 29: THE ADO.NET ENTITY FRAMEWORK 621CHAPTER 30: REPORTING 645CHAPTER 31: WINDOWS COMMUNICATION FOUNDATION (WCF) 681CHAPTER 32: WINDOWS WORKFLOW FOUNDATION (WF) 701CHAPTER 33: CLIENT APPLICATION SERVICES 725CHAPTER 34: SYNCHRONIZATION SERVICES 745CHAPTER 35: WCF RIA SERVICES 757CHAPTER 36: CONFIGURATION FILES 773CHAPTER 37: CONNECTION STRINGS 795CHAPTER 38: RESOURCE FILES 805CHAPTER 39: USING THE DEBUGGING WINDOWS 827CHAPTER 40: DEBUGGING WITH BREAKPOINTS 845CHAPTER 41: DATATIPS, DEBUG PROXIES, AND VISUALIZERS 857CHAPTER 42: DEBUGGING WEB APPLICATIONS 871CHAPTER 43: ADVANCED DEBUGGING TECHNIQUES 887CHAPTER 44: UPGRADING WITH VISUAL STUDIO 2010 905CHAPTER 45: BUILD CUSTOMIZATION 911CHAPTER 46: ASSEMBLY VERSIONING AND SIGNING 929CHAPTER 47: OBFUSCATION, APPLICATION MONITORING, AND MANAGEMENT 937CHAPTER 48: PACKAGING AND DEPLOYMENT 961CHAPTER 49: WEB APPLICATION DEPLOYMENT 983CHAPTER 50: THE AUTOMATION MODEL 1001CHAPTER 51: ADD-INS 1009CHAPTER 52: MACROS 1025CHAPTER 53: MANAGED EXTENSIBILITY FRAMEWORK (MEF) 1033CHAPTER 54: VISUAL STUDIO ULTIMATE FOR ARCHITECTS 1061CHAPTER 55: VISUAL STUDIO ULTIMATE FOR DEVELOPERS 1075CHAPTER 56: VISUAL STUDIO ULTIMATE FOR TESTERS 1095CHAPTER 57: TEAM FOUNDATION SERVER 1111INDEX 1139