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Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Unleashed
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Microsoft® Visual Studio 2008 Unleashed is an end-to-end, deep dive into
the Visual Studio development environment. It’s meant to provide you guidance
on how you can squeeze the ultimate productivity out of the many features built
into the .NET development tools. Understanding how to use your tools will make
you a better developer. This book was written with that premise as its focus.
The authors have folded in real-world development experience alongside detailed
information about the IDE. The result is practical, easy-to-employ information
that will make you a more productive and complete developer. This book also
helps to ease your transition from other development environments and former
versions of Visual Studio.
Finally, this book provides an entire section dedicated to Visual Studio Team
System. It will help you understand how the Team Architect, Team Developer,
Team Database Developer, and Team Tester work with the Team Foundation Server
to increase team collaboration, visibility, and productivity.
Microsoft® Visual Studio 2008 Unleashed provides straight, to-the-point
answers to common developer questions about the IDE.
Detailed Information on…
• What’s new in Visual Studio 2008
• Working with solutions, projects, editors, and designers
• Writing ASP.NET applications
• Writing and consuming Web Services using Windows Communication Foundation
(WCF)
• Writing Windows Forms and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications
• Creating and hosting workflow-based applications using Windows Workflow
Foundation (WF)
• Working with data and databases
• Refactoring code
• Debugging code
• Automating the IDE
• Writing macros, add-ins, and wizards
• Using team collaboration and the Visual Studio Team System products
• Managing source code changes
• Tracking projects with Team Foundation Server and work items
• Modeling applications
• Performing unit, web, and load testing
• Working with Team Foundation Build
About the Author
Lars Powers is co-owner of Brilliant Storm, a consulting company that specializes
in developing intelligent tools for the .NET world. Lars has more than 10 years
of experience in the software development sector, in roles ranging from programmer,
designer, and architect to consultant, mentor, and project manager. Nearly all
of his development expertise centers on designing and implementing highly distributed
applications using Microsoft Visual Basic and COM technologies at companies
large and small. He is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer, and was one
of the original "charter members" of this certification program, first
certified as an MCSD in 1995.
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