This title takes readers deep into the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET development environment to show them why the environment works as it does and how to maximize their productivity with it.
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET is a pivotal product in the history of programming tools, since it brings together multiple languages that can interoperate in the Microsoft .NET Framework. This title offers an in-depth examination of the architecture of Microsoft Visual Studio .NET to help professional developers get the most out of its capabilities. It drills down into the Visual Studio .NET integrated development environment (IDE), code editors, application design, and project management tools. It also covers features that allow developers to use Visual Studio .NET with their favorite programming tools. By the end of this book, developers will understand what Visual Studio .NET is and how and why it works as it does, learn how to maximize their productivity with it, and know how to customize its tools and environment to suit the projects at hand.

• PART I VISUAL STUDIO .NET AS A DEVELOPMENT TOOL

• 1 The Evolution of Visual Studio .NET
• 2 Project Management in Visual Studio .NET
• 3 The Visual Studio .NET Editor
• 4 Visual Studio .NET Macros

• PART II EXTENDING VISUAL STUDIO .NET

• 5 The Add-in Wizard and the Automation Object Model
• 6 Add-in Architecture
• 7 Commands
• 8 Managing Solutions and Projects Programmatically
• 9 Visual Studio .NET Wizards
• 10 Programming the User Interface
• 11 Text Editing Objects and Events
• 12 The Code Model

• PART III DEPLOYMENT, HELP, AND ADVANCED PROJECTS

• 13 Designing Setup Projects
• 14 Visual Studio .NET Help
• 15 Advanced Projects in Visual Studio .NET

• APPENDIX Code Model Reference