What is it?

Is an Integrated Development Environment

(IDE).
Build &
Creating Debugging Testing Managing
Deploying
• GUI Apps • Native • Unit Testing • Windows • Manage
• Win Forms • Remote • Load Testing • Web Apps projects
• Web Forms • Databases &
• Mobile Apps
• Performance
Testing Servers
• Console • Source
Apps Control
• Services • Integrate
• Win with TFS to
• Web manage
• Database projects
• Reports throughout
• Silverlight SDLC.
• etc.,

Microsoft Windows .NET Framework

…for all platforms supported Windows Mobile .NET Compact Framework

by… Windows CE Microsoft Silverlight

So on…
Version History
 Version History

Release Date: May 31, 2012

Editions Feature Grid
 What’s New ?

“Visual Studio 2010 comes with .NET Framework 4”

“Better multi-monitor support”

“Reduces clutter and complexity.”

“Supports developing applications

targeting Windows 7”

“Better supports multiple document

windows and floating tool windows”

“Internals have been redesigned using

Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF)…
enabled add-ins to modify the behavior of
the IDE”

“IDE shell has been rewritten using the

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)”

“Offers several tools to make parallel

programming simpler”
 IDE Features
Visual Studio 2010 Overview

Build Options - Debug vs Release

Solution/Project Build/ReBuild/Clean

Build - Configuration Manager

Debug files (.pdb (program db), .vshost, bin and obj Files/Folders)

Solution Explorer

Project vs Solution

Properties Window

Object Explorer

Team Explorer with TFS Overview

Building & Deploying Win/Web Applications

 IDE Features
Creating /Running Unit Test Project

Debugging - Overview

Debugging - Breakpoints

Debugging - Conditional Breakpoints

Debugging - Add Watch

Debugging - Quick Watch

Debugging - Immediate Window & Command Window

Debugging - Call Stack

Debugging - Locals

Debugging - Attach to a Process

Build Errors, Warnings, Messages

Referrences (.Net, COM, Browse, Projects)

 IDE Features
Debugging - DataTips

Debugging – Step Into / Step Over

Debugging – Options and Settings

Refactor - Rename

Refactor – Extract Method

Refactor – Encapsulate Field

Refactor – Extract Interface

Refactor – Remove Parameters

Refactor – Reorder Parameters