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Visual Studio 2015 Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Martin

Visual Studio 2015 Cookbook

By: 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.

Preface

Preface

Choosing the right version of Visual Studio 2015

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Sections

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Free Chapter

1. Exploring Visual Studio 2015

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. .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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

Conventions

In this book, you will find a number of text styles that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles and an explanation of their meaning.

Code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles are shown as follows: "We can include other contexts through the use of the include directive."

A block of code is set as follows:

var http = require('http')
var finalhandler = require('finalhandler')
var serveStatic = require('serve-static')

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

class BankVault
{
  public:
  BankVault();
  ~BankVault();
  int AddFunds(int amount);
  void StageHeist();
  int CurrentFunds();
};

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

print('Hello World')
a=32
b=64
print("Results: " + (b+a))

New terms and important words are shown in bold. Words that you see on the screen, for example, in menus or dialog boxes, appear in the text like this: "The arrow in the following screenshot indicates where the Sign in option is located."

Note

Warnings or important notes appear in a box like this.

Tip

Tips and tricks appear like this.

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