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Visual Studio 2015 Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Jeff Martin
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Visual Studio 2015 Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Jeff Martin

Overview of this book

Visual Studio 2015 is the premier tool for developers targeting the Microsoft platform. Learning how to effectively use this technology can enhance your productivity while simplifying your most common tasks, allowing you more time to focus on your project. Visual Studio 2015 is packed with improvements that increase productivity, and this book walks you through each one in succession to help you smooth your workflow and get more accomplished. From customization and the interface to code snippets and debugging, the Visual Studio upgrade expands your options — and this book is your fast-track guide to getting on board quickly. Visual Studio 2015 Cookbook will introduce you to all the new areas of Visual Studio and how they can quickly be put to use to improve your everyday development tasks. With this book, you will learn not only what VS2015 offers, but what it takes to put it to work for your projects.

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Jeff Martin
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Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Visual Studio 2015 Cookbook Second Edition
Visual Studio 2015 Cookbook Second Edition
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewer
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Exploring Visual Studio 2015
Exploring Visual Studio 2015
Introduction
Synchronizing settings
Touring the VS2015 IDE
Managing the editor windows
Finding Visual Studio commands
Searching and navigating
Navigating in depth
2
Getting Started with Universal Windows Platform Apps
Getting Started with Universal Windows Platform Apps
Introduction
Enabling UWP app development on Windows 10
Creating a UWP app
Customizing your UWP app
Using the UWP app simulator
Defining capabilities and contracts
Analyzing your app's performance
Packaging your UWP app
Validating your Windows Store app
Submitting your app to the Windows Store
Distributing your UWP app through sideloading
3
Web Development
Web Development
Introduction
Getting started with a Bootstrap-based SPA
Making the most of Browser Link
Adding bundling and minification to JavaScript and CSS files
Managing packages with NuGet
Fortifying JavaScript applications with TypeScript
Using Visual Studio for Node.js development
4
.NET Framework Development
.NET Framework Development
Introduction
Creating a task-based WCF service
Unit testing .NET applications
Sharing class libraries across different runtimes
Detecting duplicate code
Exploring C# through the Immediate window
5
Debugging Your .NET Application
Debugging Your .NET Application
Introduction
Putting Diagnostic Tools to work
Maximizing everyday debugging
Debugging on remote machines and tablets
Debugging code in production with IntelliTrace
Debugging parallel code
Visualizing concurrency
6
Asynchrony in .NET
Asynchrony in .NET
Introduction
Making your code asynchronous
Understanding asynchrony and Universal Windows Platform apps
Using asynchrony with web applications
Working with actors and the TPL Dataflow library
7
Unwrapping C++ Development
Unwrapping C++ Development
Introduction
Using XAML with C++
Unit testing C++ applications
Analyzing your C++ code
Using a custom ruleset
Edit and Continue C++ style
Working with DirectX in Visual Studio 2015
Creating a shader using DGSL
Creating and displaying a 3D model
Using the Visual Studio Graphics Diagnostics
8
Working with Team Foundation Server 2015
Working with Team Foundation Server 2015
Introduction
Creating a new TFS project
Managing your work
Using local workspaces for source control
Performing code reviews
Getting feedback from your users
Using Git for source control
Taking Advantage of Git's command line
9
Languages
Languages
Introduction
Fortifying JavaScript applications with TypeScript
Integrating Python into Visual Studio
Integrating Python with .NET
Targeting Linux with Visual Studio 2015
10
Final Polish
Final Polish
Introduction
Creating installer packages with InstallShield LE
Creating custom installer packages
Submitting UWP apps to the Windows Store
Creating Visual Studio add-ins and extensions
Creating your own snippets
Index
Index

Introduction

Team Foundation Server (TFS) is a popular companion for users of Visual Studio, which provides Microsoft's approach to source control and project management. Developers working in traditional corporate software development will frequently use TFS as a way to coordinate their activity with that of product owners, quality assurance, and release engineers.

TFS is a separate product from VS2015, and exists in both paid and free (TFS Express) versions. The primary difference between the two is that TFS Express is designed for smaller developer teams and thus supports five users, while the full version has no such restrictions. Day to day usage will typically involve connecting to TFS from within Visual Studio or through the TFS web browser interface.

A couple of years ago when VS2013 launched, Microsoft created Visual Studio Online (VSO). This has since been renamed as Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS). VSTS can best be thought of as the cloud-based, hosted version of TFS. It provides...

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