Visual Studio 2010 Essentials

Introduction
Welcome
Using the exercise files

1. Getting Started
Understanding the Visual Studio versions
Setting up your developer computer

2. Exploring the Visual Studio Workspace (IDE)
Creating a Visual Studio project
Working with Solution Explorer
Working with big projects
Taking a tour of the Integrated Developer Environment (IDE)
Introducing drag-and-drop UI design
Working with the Properties window
Looking at Server Explorer
Exploring the new Help engine
Setting options for the IDE

3. Building a Simple Application
Creating a simple WPF application
Building the UI with the editors
Working with the application code
Communicating with the web site
Connecting your data
Binding to an RSS feed
Packaging and deploying the application

4. Exploring the Code Editors
What languages are supported in Visual Studio 2010?
Exploring basic settings for the Code Editor
Writing a C# program
Writing a VB program
Working with C++
Working with F Sharp
Font and color options

5. Working with Code
Formatting your code
Navigating your code
Using the Task List
Commenting your code
Documenting your code
Using IntelliSense effectively
Working with code snippets
Refactoring your code
Understanding code generation
Generating code with T4
Using the Class View, Class Designer, and Class Diagram tools
Refactoring VB with CodeRush Xpress

6. Understanding the Project Types
Working with project and item templates
Creating a console application
Creating a class library
Creating a web site with ASP.NET
Creating a rich internet application with Silverlight
Creating a classic Windows application with Windows Forms
Creating a dramatic Windows application with Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Creating a WCF service
Using an existing WCF service
Navigation UI designs with the Document Outline view

7. Digging Into Your Data
Creating a data project with SQL Project
Clarifying the confusion on .NET Data
Using ADO.NET in your application
Creating typed datasets
Using the data binding tools

8. Debugging Your Application
Debugging code
Working with the Watch and other debug windows
Other debugging techniques
IntelliTrace historical debugging in Visual Studio Ultimate

9. Testing Your Application
Understanding Visual Studio editions and test tools
Verifying your code with unit tests
Running performance and load tests

10. Deploying Your Application
Building your application
Customizing the build process with MSBuild
Setting assembly information
Deploying a basic Windows application
Creating an installer with Visual Studio
Creating a ClickOnce application
Setting up IIS for deploy
Deploying a Silverlight or ASP.NET application

11. Working with Source Control
Understanding source control
Setting up Team Foundation Server source control
Using Team Foundation Server source control

12. Integrating with Microsoft Office Applications
Understanding the .NET Office integration
Making a Word 2010 application
Making an Excel 2010 add-in

13. Extending Visual Studio
Understanding the extensibility model in Visual Studio
Adding external tools to the Tools menu
Creating macros
Using the Extension Manager
Creating an MEF add-in
Deploying and installing an add-in with VSIX

14. Configuring Your Application
Working with configuration files
Using the Settings Editor
Using the Resources Editor
Localizing your resources

Conclusion
Goodbye