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TITLE PAGE
INTRODUCTION
1. WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR
2. WHAT THIS BOOK COVERS
3. HOW THIS BOOK IS STRUCTURED
4. WHAT YOU NEED TO USE THIS BOOK
5. CONVENTIONS
6. SOURCE CODE
7. ERRATA
8. P2P.WROX.COM
PART I: Integrated Development Environment
1. 1 A Quick Tour
  1. GETTING STARTED
  2. THE VISUAL STUDIO IDE
  3. SUMMARY
2. 2 The Solution Explorer, Toolbox, and Properties
  1. THE SOLUTION EXPLORER
  2. THE TOOLBOX
  3. PROPERTIES
  4. SUMMARY
3. 3 Options and Customizations
  1. THE START PAGE
  2. WINDOW LAYOUT
  3. THE EDITOR SPACE
  4. OTHER OPTIONS
  5. IMPORTING AND EXPORTING SETTINGS
  6. SUMMARY
4. 4 The Visual Studio Workspace
  1. THE CODE EDITOR
  2. CODE NAVIGATION
  3. THE COMMAND WINDOW
  4. THE IMMEDIATE WINDOW
  5. THE CLASS VIEW
  6. THE ERROR LIST
  7. THE OBJECT BROWSER
  8. SUMMARY
5. 5 Find and Replace and Help
  1. QUICK FIND/REPLACE
  2. FIND/REPLACE IN FILES
  3. ACCESSING HELP
  4. SUMMARY
PART II: Getting Started
1. 6 Solutions, Projects, and Items
  1. SOLUTION STRUCTURE
  2. SOLUTION FILE FORMAT
  3. SOLUTION PROPERTIES
  4. PROJECT TYPES
  5. PROJECT FILES FORMAT
  6. PROJECT PROPERTIES
  7. C/C++ CODE ANALYSIS TOOL
  8. WEB APPLICATION PROJECT PROPERTIES
  9. WEB SITE PROJECTS
  10. NUGET PACKAGES
  11. SUMMARY
2. 7 IntelliSense and Bookmarks
  1. INTELLISENSE EXPLAINED
  2. JAVASCRIPT INTELLISENSE
  3. XAML INTELLISENSE
  4. INTELLISENSE OPTIONS
  5. EXTENDED INTELLISENSE
  6. BOOKMARKS AND THE BOOKMARK WINDOW
  7. SUMMARY
3. 8 Code Snippets and Refactoring
  1. CODE SNIPPETS REVEALED
  2. ACCESSING REFACTORING SUPPORT
  3. REFACTORING ACTIONS
  4. SUMMARY
4. 9 Server Explorer
  1. SERVER CONNECTIONS
  2. DATA CONNECTIONS
  3. SHAREPOINT CONNECTIONS
  4. SUMMARY
PART III: Digging Deeper
1. 10 Unit Testing
  1. YOUR FIRST TEST CASE
  2. ASSERTING THE FACTS
  3. INITIALIZING AND CLEANING UP
  4. TESTING CONTEXT
  5. LIVE UNIT TESTING
  6. ADVANCED UNIT TESTING
  7. INTELLITEST
  8. SUMMARY
2. 11 Project and Item Templates
  1. CREATING TEMPLATES
  2. EXTENDING TEMPLATES
  3. STARTER KITS
  4. ONLINE TEMPLATES
  5. SUMMARY
3. 12 Managing Your Source Code
  1. SOURCE CONTROL
  2. SUMMARY
PART IV: Desktop Applications
1. 13 Windows Forms Applications
  1. GETTING STARTED
  2. THE WINDOWS FORM
  3. FORM DESIGN PREFERENCES
  4. ADDING AND POSITIONING CONTROLS
  5. CONTAINER CONTROLS
  6. DOCKING AND ANCHORING CONTROLS
  7. SUMMARY
2. 14 Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
  1. WHAT IS WPF?
  2. GETTING STARTED WITH WPF
  3. THE WPF DESIGNER AND XAML EDITOR
  4. STYLING YOUR APPLICATION
  5. WINDOWS FORMS INTEROPERABILITY
  6. DEBUGGING WITH THE WPF VISUALIZER
  7. SUMMARY
3. 15 Universal Windows Platform Apps
  1. WHAT IS A WINDOWS APP?
  2. CREATING A WINDOWS APP
  3. WINDOWS RUNTIME COMPONENTS
  4. .NET NATIVE COMPILATION
  5. SUMMARY
PART V: Web Applications
1. 16 ASP.NET Web Forms
  1. WEB APPLICATION VERSUS WEB SITE PROJECTS
  2. CREATING WEB PROJECTS
  3. DESIGNING WEB FORMS
  4. WEB CONTROLS
  5. MASTER PAGES
  6. RICH CLIENT-SIDE DEVELOPMENT
  7. SUMMARY
2. 17 ASP.NET MVC
  1. MODEL VIEW CONTROLLER
  2. GETTING STARTED WITH ASP.NET MVC
  3. CHOOSING A MODEL
  4. CONTROLLERS AND ACTION METHODS
  5. RENDERING A UI WITH VIEWS
  6. ADVANCED MVC
  7. SUMMARY
3. 18 .NET Core
  1. WHAT IS .NET CORE?
  2. WORKING WITH ASP.NET CORE
  3. NUGET PACKAGE MANAGER
  4. BOWER PACKAGE MANAGER
  5. SUMMARY
4. 19 Node.js Development
  1. GETTING STARTED WITH NODE.JS
  2. NODE PACKAGE MANAGER
  3. TASK RUNNER EXPLORER
  4. SUMMARY
5. 20 Python Development
  1. GETTING STARTED WITH PYTHON
  2. COOKIECUTTER EXTENSION
  3. SUMMARY
PART VI: Mobile Applications
1. 21 Mobile Applications Using .NET
  1. USING XAMARIN
  2. CREATING A XAMARIN FORMS PROJECT
  3. DEBUGGING YOUR APPLICATION
  4. SUMMARY
2. 22 Mobile Applications Using JavaScript
  1. WHAT IS APACHE CORDOVA?
  2. CREATING AN APACHE CORDOVA PROJECT
  3. DEBUGGING IN APACHE CORDOVA
  4. SUMMARY
PART VII: Cloud Services
1. 23 Windows Azure
  1. THE WINDOWS AZURE PLATFORM
  2. SQL AZURE
  3. SERVICE FABRIC
  4. AZURE MOBILE APP
  5. AZURE VIRTUAL MACHINES
  6. SUMMARY
2. 24 Synchronization Services
  1. OCCASIONALLY CONNECTED APPLICATIONS
  2. SERVER DIRECT
  3. GETTING STARTED WITH SYNCHRONIZATION SERVICES
  4. SYNCHRONIZATION SERVICES OVER N-TIERS
  5. SUMMARY
3. 25 SharePoint
  1. SHAREPOINT EXECUTION MODELS
  2. PREPARING THE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT
  3. CREATING A SHAREPOINT PROJECT
  4. RUNNING YOUR APPLICATION
  5. SUMMARY
PART VIII: Data
1. 26 Visual Database Tools
  1. DATABASE WINDOWS IN VISUAL STUDIO 2017
  2. EDITING DATA
  3. REDGATE DATA TOOLS
  4. SUMMARY
2. 27 The ADO.NET Entity Framework
  1. WHAT IS THE ENTITY FRAMEWORK?
  2. GETTING STARTED
  3. CREATING AN ENTITY MODEL
  4. QUERYING THE ENTITY MODEL
  5. ADVANCED FUNCTIONALITY
  6. SUMMARY
3. 28 Data Warehouses and Lakes
  1. WHAT IS APACHE HADOOP?
  2. DATA LAKE TOOLS FOR VISUAL STUDIO
  3. SUMMARY
4. 29 Data Science and Analytics
  1. WHAT IS R?
  2. R TOOLS FOR VISUAL STUDIO
  3. SUMMARY
PART IX: Debugging
1. 30 Using the Debugging Windows
  1. THE CODE WINDOW
  2. THE BREAKPOINTS WINDOW
  3. THE OUTPUT WINDOW
  4. THE IMMEDIATE WINDOW
  5. THE WATCH WINDOWS
  6. THE CODE EXECUTION WINDOWS
  7. THE MEMORY WINDOWS
  8. THE PARALLEL DEBUGGING WINDOWS
  9. EXCEPTIONS
  10. SUMMARY
2. 31 Debugging with Breakpoints
  1. BREAKPOINTS
  2. TRACEPOINTS
  3. EXECUTION CONTROL
  4. EDIT AND CONTINUE
  5. SUMMARY
PART X: Build And Deployment
1. 32 Upgrading with Visual Studio 2017
  1. UPGRADING FROM RECENT VISUAL STUDIO VERSIONS
  2. UPGRADING TO .NET FRAMEWORK 4.6.2
  3. SUMMARY
2. 33 Build Customization
  1. GENERAL BUILD OPTIONS
  2. MANUAL DEPENDENCIES
  3. THE VISUAL BASIC COMPILE PAGE
  4. C# BUILD PAGES
  5. MSBUILD
  6. SUMMARY
3. 34 Obfuscation, Application Monitoring, and Management
  1. THE IL DISASSEMBLER
  2. DECOMPILERS
  3. OBFUSCATING YOUR CODE
  4. APPLICATION MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT
  5. SUMMARY
4. 35 Packaging and Deployment
  1. WINDOWS INSTALLER XML TOOLSET
  2. CLICKONCE
  3. SUMMARY
5. 36 Web Application Deployment
  1. WEB DEPLOYMENT
  2. WEB PROJECT INSTALLERS
  3. THE WEB PLATFORM INSTALLER
  4. SUMMARY
6. 37 Continuous Delivery
  1. NOMENCLATURE
  2. CONTINUOUS DELIVERY TOOLS
  3. SUMMARY
PART XI: Visual Studio Editions
1. 38 Visual Studio Enterprise: Code Quality
  1. DEPENDENCY VERIFICATION
  2. EXPLORING CODE WITH CODE MAPS
  3. CODE CLONING
  4. SUMMARY
2. 39 Visual Studio Enterprise: Testing and Debugging
  1. AUTOMATED TESTS
  2. INTELLITRACE
  3. INTELLITEST
  4. SUMMARY
3. 40 Visual Studio Team Services
  1. GETTING STARTED WITH GIT
  2. VERSION CONTROL
  3. WORK ITEM TRACKING
  4. BUILDS
  5. WEB PORTAL
  6. SUMMARY
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List of Illustrations

Chapter 1
1. FIGURE 1-1
2. FIGURE 1-2
3. FIGURE 1-3
4. FIGURE 1-4
5. FIGURE 1-5
6. FIGURE 1-6
7. FIGURE 1-7
8. FIGURE 1-8
9. FIGURE 1-9
10. FIGURE 1-10
11. FIGURE 1-11
12. FIGURE 1-12
13. FIGURE 1-13
14. FIGURE 1-14
15. FIGURE 1-15
Chapter 2
1. FIGURE 2-1
2. FIGURE 2-2
3. FIGURE 2-3
4. FIGURE 2-4
5. FIGURE 2-5
6. FIGURE 2-6
7. FIGURE 2-7
8. FIGURE 2-8
9. FIGURE 2-9
10. FIGURE 2-10
11. FIGURE 2-11
12. FIGURE 2-12
13. FIGURE 2-13
14. FIGURE 2-14
15. FIGURE 2-15
16. FIGURE 2-16
17. FIGURE 2-17
18. FIGURE 2-18
19. FIGURE 2-19
20. FIGURE 2-20
21. FIGURE 2-21
22. FIGURE 2-22
23. FIGURE 2-23
24. FIGURE 2-24
Chapter 3
1. FIGURE 3-1
2. FIGURE 3-2
3. FIGURE 3-3
4. FIGURE 3-4
5. FIGURE 3-5
6. FIGURE 3-6
7. FIGURE 3-7
8. FIGURE 3-8
9. FIGURE 3-9
10. FIGURE 3-10
11. FIGURE 3-11
12. FIGURE 3-12
13. FIGURE 3-13
14. FIGURE 3-14
15. FIGURE 3-15
16. FIGURE 3-16
17. FIGURE 3-17
18. FIGURE 3-18
19. FIGURE 3-19
20. FIGURE 3-20
21. FIGURE 3-21
22. FIGURE 3-22
23. FIGURE 3-23
24. FIGURE 3-24
25. FIGURE 3-25
Chapter 4
1. FIGURE 4-1
2. FIGURE 4-2
3. FIGURE 4-3
4. FIGURE 4-4
5. FIGURE 4-5
6. FIGURE 4-6
7. FIGURE 4-7
8. FIGURE 4-8
9. FIGURE 4-9
10. FIGURE 4-10
11. FIGURE 4-11
12. FIGURE 4-12
13. FIGURE 4-13
14. FIGURE 4-14
15. FIGURE 4-15
16. FIGURE 4-16
17. FIGURE 4-17
18. FIGURE 4-18
19. FIGURE 4-19
20. FIGURE 4-20
21. FIGURE 4-21
22. FIGURE 4-22
23. FIGURE 4-23
24. FIGURE 4-24
25. FIGURE 4-25
26. FIGURE 4-26
27. FIGURE 4-27
28. FIGURE 4-28
Chapter 5
1. FIGURE 5-1
2. FIGURE 5-2
3. FIGURE 5-3
4. FIGURE 5-4
5. FIGURE 5-5
6. FIGURE 5-6
7. FIGURE 5-7
8. FIGURE 5-8
9. FIGURE 5-9
10. FIGURE 5-10
11. FIGURE 5-11
Chapter 6
1. FIGURE 6-1
2. FIGURE 6-2
3. FIGURE 6-3
4. FIGURE 6-4
5. FIGURE 6-5
6. FIGURE 6-6
7. FIGURE 6-7
8. FIGURE 6-8
9. FIGURE 6-9
10. FIGURE 6-10
11. FIGURE 6-11
12. FIGURE 6-12
13. FIGURE 6-13
14. FIGURE 6-14
15. FIGURE 6-15
16. FIGURE 6-16
17. FIGURE 6-17
18. FIGURE 6-18
19. FIGURE 6-19
20. FIGURE 6-20
21. FIGURE 6-21
22. FIGURE 6-22
23. FIGURE 6-23
24. FIGURE 6-24
25. FIGURE 6-25
26. FIGURE 6-26
27. FIGURE 6-27
28. FIGURE 6-28
29. FIGURE 6-29
30. FIGURE 6-30
Chapter 7
1. FIGURE 7-1
2. FIGURE 7-2
3. FIGURE 7-3
4. FIGURE 7-4
5. FIGURE 7-5
6. FIGURE 7-6
7. FIGURE 7-7
8. FIGURE 7-8
9. FIGURE 7-9
10. FIGURE 7-10
11. FIGURE 7-11
12. FIGURE 7-12
13. FIGURE 7-13
14. FIGURE 7-14
15. FIGURE 7-15
16. FIGURE 7-16
17. FIGURE 7-17
18. FIGURE 7-18
19. FIGURE 7-19
20. FIGURE 7-20
21. FIGURE 7-21
22. FIGURE 7-22
Chapter 8
1. FIGURE 8-1
2. FIGURE 8-2
3. FIGURE 8-3
4. FIGURE 8-4
5. FIGURE 8-5
6. FIGURE 8-6
7. FIGURE 8-7
8. FIGURE 8-8
9. FIGURE 8-9
10. FIGURE 8-10
11. FIGURE 8-11
12. FIGURE 8-12
13. FIGURE 8-13
14. FIGURE 8-14
15. FIGURE 8-15
16. FIGURE 8-16
17. FIGURE 8-17
18. FIGURE 8-18
19. FIGURE 8-19
20. FIGURE 8-20
21. FIGURE 8-21
Chapter 9
1. FIGURE 9-1
2. FIGURE 9-2
3. FIGURE 9-3
4. FIGURE 9-4
5. FIGURE 9-5
6. FIGURE 9-6
7. FIGURE 9-7
8. FIGURE 9-8
9. FIGURE 9-9
10. FIGURE 9-10
11. FIGURE 9-11
Chapter 10
1. FIGURE 10-1
2. FIGURE 10-2
3. FIGURE 10-3
4. FIGURE 10-4
5. FIGURE 10-5
6. FIGURE 10-6
7. FIGURE 10-7
8. FIGURE 10-8
9. FIGURE 10-9
10. FIGURE 10-10
11. FIGURE 10-11
12. FIGURE 10-12
13. FIGURE 10-13
14. FIGURE 10-14
15. FIGURE 10-15
Chapter 11
1. FIGURE 11-1
2. FIGURE 11-2
3. FIGURE 11-3
4. FIGURE 11-4
5. FIGURE 11-5
6. FIGURE 11-6
7. FIGURE 11-7
8. FIGURE 11-8
9. FIGURE 11-9
Chapter 12
1. FIGURE 12-1
2. FIGURE 12-2
3. FIGURE 12-3
4. FIGURE 12-4
5. FIGURE 12-5
6. FIGURE 12-6
7. FIGURE 12-7
8. FIGURE 12-8
9. FIGURE 12-9
10. FIGURE 12-10
Chapter 13
1. FIGURE 13-1
2. FIGURE 13-2
3. FIGURE 13-3
4. FIGURE 13-4
5. FIGURE 13-5
6. FIGURE 13-6
7. FIGURE 13-7
8. FIGURE 13-8
9. FIGURE 13-9
10. FIGURE 13-10
11. FIGURE 13-11
12. FIGURE 13-12
13. FIGURE 13-13
14. FIGURE 13-14
15. FIGURE 13-15
16. FIGURE 13-16
17. FIGURE 13-17
18. FIGURE 13-18
Chapter 14
1. FIGURE 14-1
2. FIGURE 14-2
3. FIGURE 14-3
4. FIGURE 14-4
5. FIGURE 14-5
6. FIGURE 14-6
7. FIGURE 14-7
8. FIGURE 14-8
9. FIGURE 14-9
10. FIGURE 14-10
11. FIGURE 14-11
12. FIGURE 14-12
13. FIGURE 14-13
14. FIGURE 14-14
15. FIGURE 14-15
16. FIGURE 14-16
17. FIGURE 14-17
18. FIGURE 14-18
19. FIGURE 14-19
20. FIGURE 14-20
21. FIGURE 14-21
22. FIGURE 14-22
23. FIGURE 14-23
24. FIGURE 14-24
25. FIGURE 14-25
26. FIGURE 14-26
27. FIGURE 14-27
28. FIGURE 14-28
29. FIGURE 14-29
30. FIGURE 14-30
31. FIGURE 14-31
32. FIGURE 14-32
33. FIGURE 14-33
34. FIGURE 14-34
Chapter 15
1. FIGURE 15-1
2. FIGURE 15-2
3. FIGURE 15-3
4. FIGURE 15-4
5. FIGURE 15-5
6. FIGURE 15-6
7. FIGURE 15-7
8. FIGURE 15-8
9. FIGURE 15-9
10. FIGURE 15-10
11. FIGURE 15-11
Chapter 16
1. FIGURE 16-1
2. FIGURE 16-2
3. FIGURE 16-3
4. FIGURE 16-4
5. FIGURE 16-5
6. FIGURE 16-6
7. FIGURE 16-7
8. FIGURE 16-8
9. FIGURE 16-9
10. FIGURE 16-10
11. FIGURE 16-11
12. FIGURE 16-12
13. FIGURE 16-13
14. FIGURE 16-14
15. FIGURE 16-15
16. FIGURE 16-16
17. FIGURE 16-17
18. FIGURE 16-18
19. FIGURE 16-19
20. FIGURE 16-20
21. FIGURE 16-21
22. FIGURE 16-22
23. FIGURE 16-23
24. FIGURE 16-24
25. FIGURE 16-25
26. FIGURE 16-26
27. FIGURE 16-27
28. FIGURE 16-28
29. FIGURE 16-29
30. FIGURE 16-30
31. FIGURE 16-31
32. FIGURE 16-32
33. FIGURE 16-33
34. FIGURE 16-34
35. FIGURE 16-35
36. FIGURE 16-36
Chapter 17
1. FIGURE 17-1
2. FIGURE 17-2
3. FIGURE 17-3
4. FIGURE 17-4
5. FIGURE 17-5
6. FIGURE 17-6
7. FIGURE 17-7
8. FIGURE 17-8
9. FIGURE 17-9
10. FIGURE 17-10
11. FIGURE 17-11
Chapter 18
1. FIGURE 18-1
2. FIGURE 18-2
3. FIGURE 18-3
4. FIGURE 18-4
5. FIGURE 18-5
6. FIGURE 18-6
7. FIGURE 18-7
8. FIGURE 18-8
9. FIGURE 18-9
10. FIGURE 18-10
11. FIGURE 18-11
12. FIGURE 18-12
Chapter 19
1. FIGURE 19-1
2. FIGURE 19-2
3. FIGURE 19-3
4. FIGURE 19-4
5. FIGURE 19-5
6. FIGURE 19-6
7. FIGURE 19-7
8. FIGURE 19-8
9. FIGURE 19-9
10. FIGURE 19-10
11. FIGURE 19-11
12. FIGURE 19-12
Chapter 20
1. FIGURE 20-1
2. FIGURE 20-2
3. FIGURE 20-3
4. FIGURE 20-4
5. FIGURE 20-5
6. FIGURE 20-6
7. FIGURE 20-7
8. FIGURE 20-8
9. FIGURE 20-9
Chapter 21
1. FIGURE 21-1
2. FIGURE 21-2
3. FIGURE 21-3
4. FIGURE 21-4
5. FIGURE 21-5
6. FIGURE 21-6
7. FIGURE 21-7
8. FIGURE 21-8
9. FIGURE 21-9
10. FIGURE 21-10
11. FIGURE 21-11
12. FIGURE 21-12
13. FIGURE 21-13
14. FIGURE 21-14
15. FIGURE 21-15
16. FIGURE 21-16
17. FIGURE 21-17
18. FIGURE 21-18
19. FIGURE 21-19
20. FIGURE 21-20
21. FIGURE 21-21
22. FIGURE 21-22
23. FIGURE 21-23
24. FIGURE 21-24
25. FIGURE 21-25
Chapter 22
1. FIGURE 22-1
2. FIGURE 22-2
3. FIGURE 22-3
4. FIGURE 22-4
5. FIGURE 22-5
6. FIGURE 22-6
7. FIGURE 22-7
8. FIGURE 22-8
9. FIGURE 22-9
10. FIGURE 22-10
11. FIGURE 22-11
12. FIGURE 22-12
13. FIGURE 22-13
Chapter 23
1. FIGURE 23-1
2. FIGURE 23-2
3. FIGURE 23-3
4. FIGURE 23-4
5. FIGURE 23-5
6. FIGURE 23-6
7. FIGURE 23-7
8. FIGURE 23-8
9. FIGURE 23-9
10. FIGURE 23-10
11. FIGURE 23-11
12. FIGURE 23-12
13. FIGURE 23-13
Chapter 24
1. FIGURE 24-1
2. FIGURE 24-2
3. FIGURE 24-3
4. FIGURE 24-4
Chapter 25
1. FIGURE 25-1
2. FIGURE 25-2
3. FIGURE 25-3
4. FIGURE 25-4
5. FIGURE 25-5
6. FIGURE 25-6
7. FIGURE 25-7
8. FIGURE 25-8
9. FIGURE 25-9
10. FIGURE 25-10
11. FIGURE 25-11
12. FIGURE 25-12
13. FIGURE 25-13
14. FIGURE 25-14
Chapter 26
1. FIGURE 26-1
2. FIGURE 26-2
3. FIGURE 26-3
4. FIGURE 26-4
5. FIGURE 26-5
6. FIGURE 26-6
7. FIGURE 26-7
8. FIGURE 26-8
9. FIGURE 26-9
10. FIGURE 26-10
11. FIGURE 26-11
12. FIGURE 26-12
13. FIGURE 26-13
14. FIGURE 26-14
15. FIGURE 26-15
16. FIGURE 26-16
17. FIGURE 26-17
18. FIGURE 26-18
19. FIGURE 26-19
20. FIGURE 26-20
21. FIGURE 26-21
22. FIGURE 26-22
Chapter 27
1. FIGURE 27-1
2. FIGURE 27-2
3. FIGURE 27-3
4. FIGURE 27-4
5. FIGURE 27-5
6. FIGURE 27-6
7. FIGURE 27-7
8. FIGURE 27-8
9. FIGURE 27-9
10. FIGURE 27-10
11. FIGURE 27-11
12. FIGURE 27-12
13. FIGURE 27-13
Chapter 28
1. FIGURE 28-1
2. FIGURE 28-2
3. FIGURE 28-3
4. FIGURE 28-4
5. FIGURE 28-5
6. FIGURE 28-6
7. FIGURE 28-7
8. FIGURE 28-8
9. FIGURE 28-9
10. FIGURE 28-10
11. FIGURE 28-11
12. FIGURE 28-12
Chapter 29
1. FIGURE 29-1
2. FIGURE 29-2
3. FIGURE 29-3
4. FIGURE 29-4
5. FIGURE 29-5
6. FIGURE 29-6
7. FIGURE 29-7
8. FIGURE 29-8
9. FIGURE 29-9
10. FIGURE 29-10
11. FIGURE 29-11
12. FIGURE 29-12
13. FIGURE 29-13
14. FIGURE 29-14
15. FIGURE 29-15
Chapter 30
1. FIGURE 30-1
2. FIGURE 30-2
3. FIGURE 30-3
4. FIGURE 30-4
5. FIGURE 30-5
6. FIGURE 30-6
7. FIGURE 30-7
8. FIGURE 30-8
9. FIGURE 30-9
10. FIGURE 30-10
11. FIGURE 30-11
12. FIGURE 30-12
13. FIGURE 30-13
14. FIGURE 30-14
15. FIGURE 30-15
16. FIGURE 30-16
17. FIGURE 30-17
18. FIGURE 30-18
19. FIGURE 30-19
20. FIGURE 30-20
21. FIGURE 30-21
Chapter 31
1. FIGURE 31-1
2. FIGURE 31-2
3. FIGURE 31-3
4. FIGURE 31-4
5. FIGURE 31-5
6. FIGURE 31-6
7. FIGURE 31-7
8. FIGURE 31-8
9. FIGURE 31-9
10. FIGURE 31-10
11. FIGURE 31-11
12. FIGURE 31-12
13. FIGURE 31-13
14. FIGURE 31-14
15. FIGURE 31-15
16. FIGURE 31-16
Chapter 32
1. FIGURE 32-1
2. FIGURE 32-2
Chapter 33
1. FIGURE 33-1
2. FIGURE 33-2
3. FIGURE 33-3
4. FIGURE 33-4
5. FIGURE 33-5
6. FIGURE 33-6
7. FIGURE 33-7
8. FIGURE 33-8
9. FIGURE 33-9
10. FIGURE 33-10
Chapter 34
1. FIGURE 34-1
2. FIGURE 34-2
3. FIGURE 34-3
4. FIGURE 34-4
5. FIGURE 34-5
6. FIGURE 34-6
7. FIGURE 34-7
8. FIGURE 34-8
9. FIGURE 34-9
10. FIGURE 34-10
11. FIGURE 34-11
Chapter 35
1. FIGURE 35-1
2. FIGURE 35-2
3. FIGURE 35-3
4. FIGURE 35-4
5. FIGURE 35-5
6. FIGURE 35-6
7. FIGURE 35-7
8. FIGURE 35-8
9. FIGURE 35-9
10. FIGURE 35-10
11. FIGURE 35-11
12. FIGURE 35-12
Chapter 36
1. FIGURE 36-1
2. FIGURE 36-2
3. FIGURE 36-3
4. FIGURE 36-4
5. FIGURE 36-5
6. FIGURE 36-6
7. FIGURE 36-7
8. FIGURE 36-8
9. FIGURE 36-9
Chapter 37
1. FIGURE 37-1
2. FIGURE 37-2
3. FIGURE 37-3
4. FIGURE 37-4
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E1

Professional Visual Studio^® 2017

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INTRODUCTION

AS A TOOL FOR DEVELOPERS, Visual Studio stands head and shoulders about its competition. The team responsible for developing Visual Studio has always put the productivity of people who code for a living at the top of their priority list. This version continues this tradition. Visual Studio always incorporates the latest advances in Microsoft's premier programming languages (Visual Basic and C#), as well as adding little tidbits of functionality that are a boon to coders. But at a higher level, Visual Studio 2017 embraces open-source, mobile development, and cloud computing in a variety of ways. Azure is continually introducing new features and products and Visual Studio 2017 integrates seamlessly with them. While, in theory, it is possible to create any .NET application using tools as simple as Notepad and a command-line window, the typical developer would never think to do so. Visual Studio 2017, as was the case with its predecessors, includes a host of improvements and features that are aimed at making the life of a developer easier.

Visual Studio 2017 is an enormous product no matter which way you look at it. It can be intimidating to newcomers and difficult for even experienced .NET developers to find what they need. And that's where this book comes in. Professional Visual Studio 2017 looks at every major aspect of this developer tool, showing you how to harness each feature and offering advice about how best to utilize the various components effectively. It shows you the building blocks that make up Visual Studio 2017, breaking the user interface down into manageable chunks for you to understand. It then expands on each of these components with additional details about exactly how they work, both in isolation and in conjunction with other parts of Visual Studio 2017, along with tools that are not included in the out-of-the-box product, to make your development efforts even more efficient.

WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR

Professional Visual Studio 2017 is for developers who are new to Visual Studio as well as those programmers who have some experience but want to learn about features they may have previously overlooked.

Even if you are familiar with the way previous versions of Visual Studio worked, you may want to at least skim over Part I. These chapters deal with the basic constructs that make up the user interface. The biggest changes to the building blocks are in the installation process. It is more granular, meaning that you install only what you need and if you don't install a component initially, the installer is only a click or two away. But there are some little additions in functionality, so while you can get by without Part I, some of the changes in Visual Studio 2017 can make you a more efficient developer. And, after all, that's what you're looking to get out of this book.

If you're just starting out, you'll greatly benefit from the first part, where basic concepts are explained and you're introduced to the user interface and how to customize it to suit your own style.

WHAT THIS BOOK COVERS

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 is arguably the most advanced integrated development environment (IDE) available for programmers today. It is based on a long history of programming languages and interfaces and has been influenced by many different variations on the theme of development environments.

Visual Studio 2017 does not represent a major departure from recent versions. Still, regardless of the type of application you're creating, there are tweaks that have been made—some small, some less so (.NET Core, for example). Familiarity with the changes helps you perform your job better. For this reason, as well as to help newcomers to Visual Studio, this book covers the breadth of the product. Along the way, you will become more familiar and comfortable with the interface.

Visual Studio 2017 comes in several versions: Community, Professional, and Enterprise. The majority of this book deals with the Professional Edition of Visual Studio 2017, but some chapters utilize features found only in the Enterprise edition. If you haven't used this edition before, read through Chapters 38 and 39 for an overview of the features it offers over and above the Professional Edition.

HOW THIS BOOK IS STRUCTURED

This book is divided into 11 parts:

Integrated Development Environment: This book's first five chapters are dedicated to familiarizing you with the core aspects of Visual Studio 2017, from the IDE structure and layout to the various options and settings you can change to make the user interface synchronize with your own way of doing things.
Getting Started: In this part, you learn how to take control of your projects and how to organize them in ways that work with your own style.
Digging Deeper: Though the many graphical components of Visual Studio that make a programmer's job easier are discussed in many places throughout this book, you often need help when you're in the process of actually writing code. This part deals with features that support the coding of applications such as IntelliSense, code refactoring, and creating and running unit tests.
Desktop Applications: Rich client applications have seen quite a transition within the .NET Framework, moving from Windows Forms applications to Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) to Universal Windows Applications. Each of these gets its own chapter in this part.
Web Applications: Web applications have seen even more transitions than Desktop applications. And just like Desktop applications, each of the three different development styles (ASP.NET Web Forms, ASP.NET MVC, and .NET Core) gets its own chapter. And a couple of new kids on the block, Node.js and Python, are also included in this part.
Mobile Applications: There are two different styles of mobile application development that are supported with Visual Studio 2017. Through Xamarin, it's possible to create mobile apps using familiar .NET components. And by using Apache Cordova (formerly PhoneGap), you can target mobile devices using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Cloud Services: Visual Studio 2017 supports the cloud in a wide variety of ways. The chapter on Windows Azure looks at how some of the newer features of Azure are integrated into Visual Studio. And the use of synchronization services as a data storage platform is examined, along with how to create apps for SharePoint.
Data: A large proportion of applications use some form of data storage. Visual Studio 2017 and the .NET Framework include strong support for working with databases and other data sources. This part examines how to use the Visual Database Tools, and ADO.NET Entity Framework to build applications that work with data. It also shows you how you how to take advantage of a couple of new functions within Azure to support data warehouse construction and data analytics.
Debugging: Application debugging is one of the more challenging tasks developers have to tackle, but correct use of the Visual Studio 2017 debugging features will help you analyze the state of the application and determine the cause of any bugs. This part examines the debugging support provided by the IDE.
Build and Deployment: In addition to discussing how to build your solutions effectively and get applications into the hands of your end users, this part also deals with the process of upgrading your projects from previous versions.
Visual Studio Editions: The final part of the book examines the additional features only available in the Enterprise version of Visual Studio 2017. In addition, you'll also learn how Visual Studio Team Services provides an essential tool for managing software projects.

Though this breakdown of the Visual Studio feature set provides the most logical and easily understood set of topics, you may need to look for specific functions that will aid you in a particular activity. To address this need, references to appropriate chapters are provided whenever a feature is covered in more detail elsewhere in the book.

As Visual Studio has grown over the years, the size of earlier versions of this book had grown to the point where it was unwieldy. And there were even more features with Visual Studio 2017. So to avoid a book whose size would be pushing 2,000 pages, we took a number of the chapters from earlier editions of Visual Studio and put them into an online archive. These chapters contain features that have not been changed or enhanced in Visual Studio 2017. As such, the instructions found therein will apply, in general, if you're trying to use them in Visual Studio 2017. You can find the online archive on www.wrox.com.

WHAT YOU NEED TO USE THIS BOOK

To use this book effectively, you'll need only one additional item — Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Professional Edition. With this software installed and the information found in this book, you'll be able to get a handle on how to use Visual Studio 2017 effectively in a very short period of time. In order to be able to follow along with all of the examples in the book, you'll want to be sure to install the following workloads during your Visual Studio 2017 installation (as discussed in Chapter 1):

Universal Windows Platform
.NET desktop development
ASP.NET and web development
Azure development
Node.js development
Data storage and processing
Data science and analytical applications
Mobile development with .NET
Mobile development with Javascript
.NET code cross-platform development

This book assumes that you are familiar with the traditional programming model, and it uses both the C# and Visual Basic (VB) languages to illustrate features within Visual Studio 2017. In addition, it is assumed that you can understand the code listings without an explanation of basic programming concepts in either language. If you're new to programming and want to learn Visual Basic, please take a look at Beginning Visual Basic 2015 by Bryan Newsome. Similarly, if you are after a great book on C#, track down Beginning C# 6 Programming with Visual Studio 2015 by Benjamin Perkins, Jacob Vibe Hammer, and Jon D. Reid.

Some chapters discuss additional products and tools that work in conjunction with Visual Studio. The following are all available to download either on a trial basis or for free:

Code Snippet Editor: This is a third-party tool developed for creating code snippets in VB. The Snippet Editor tool is discussed in Chapter 8.
SQL Server 2016: The installation of Visual Studio 2017 includes an install of SQL Server 2016 Express, enabling you to build applications that use database files. However, for more comprehensive enterprise solutions, you can use a full SQL Server 2016 instead.
Visual Studio 2017 Enterprise Edition: This more advanced version of Visual Studio introduces tools for other parts of the development process such as testing and design. They are discussed in Chapters 38-39.
Team Foundation Server or Team Foundation Service: The server product (or the cloud-based equivalent) that provides application lifecycle management throughout Visual Studio 2017. This is covered in Chapter 40.
Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10: Visual Studio 2015 is compatible with Windows 7 SP1, and 8.1, and, of course, Windows 10. It can produce applications that run on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.

CONVENTIONS

To help you get the most from the text and keep track of what's happening, we've used a number of conventions throughout the book.

As for styles in the text:

We highlight new terms and important words when we introduce them.
We show URLs and code within the text like so: persistence.properties.
We present code in the following way:

We use a monofont type for code examples.
We use bold to emphasize code that is particularly important in the present context or to show changes from a previous code snippet.

SOURCE CODE

As you work through the examples in this book, you may choose either to type in all the code manually or to use the source code files that accompany the book. All the source code used in this book is available for download at www.wrox.com.

You can also search for the book at www.wrox.com by ISBN (the ISBN for this book is 978-1-119-40458-3) to find the code. And a complete list of code downloads for all current Wrox books is available at www.wrox.com/dynamic/books/download.aspx.

Alternately, you can go to the main Wrox code download page at www.wrox.com/dynamic/books/download.aspx to see the code available for this book and all other Wrox books.

Most of the code on www.wrox.com is compressed in a .ZIP, .RAR archive, or similar archive format appropriate to the platform. Once you download the code, just decompress it with your favorite compression tool.

ERRATA

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PROFESSIONAL
Visual Studio^® 2017

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ABOUT THE TECHNICAL EDITOR

CREDITS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR

WHAT THIS BOOK COVERS

HOW THIS BOOK IS STRUCTURED

WHAT YOU NEED TO USE THIS BOOK

CONVENTIONS

SOURCE CODE

ERRATA

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PART I
Integrated Development Environment

WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR

WHAT THIS BOOK COVERS

HOW THIS BOOK IS STRUCTURED

WHAT YOU NEED TO USE THIS BOOK

CONVENTIONS

SOURCE CODE

ERRATA

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PART IIntegrated Development Environment

PART I
Integrated Development Environment