Preface

The release of the Visual Studio 2015 Cookbook marks the third edition of a book series devoted to provide the reader with an informative tour of how Visual Studio 2015 (VS2015) can make your development work easier. This newest release of Visual Studio demonstrates Microsoft's renewed drive to make the best programming tools it can, regardless of the device and platforms that a developer is targeting. If that target happens to run Windows, then all the better—but it is no longer a hindrance if it does not.

This book is significantly updated and rewritten so that the reader can make use of the incredible array of new tools and devices supported by VS2015. With the greater number of platforms supported, it can be easy to overlook the new features offered in VS2015. One of the main goals of this book is to show developers the new ways in which they can put VS2015 to work in their daily development.

This book will begin by providing a guided tour of the main editor windows used in VS2015, which should be of interest to all users regardless of their desired language. After that, the book will show how different platforms can get work done faster with VS2015, whether it is for web programming, .NET, or classic C++ application development.

VS2015 lets you use the languages you are comfortable with while you target the platforms needed to support your customers. Taking advantage of the information provided in this book will help you maximize the tools VS2015 provides.