Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Unleashed - Free Book

Microsoft® Visual Studio 2008 Unleashed book dedicated to Visual Studio development environment. It’s meant to provide you guidance on how you can squeeze the ultimate productivity out of the many novices 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.

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