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Introduction to Visual Studio. Keith Elder Microsoft MVP http://keithelder.net/blog/. What Does Visual Studio Do?. Start Screen of Visual Studio. Dockable Windows. Solutions and Projects. Files are opened in tabs. Your First Project. First Project: Console Application. Solution Facts.
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Introduction to Visual Studio Keith Elder Microsoft MVP http://keithelder.net/blog/
Start Screen of Visual Studio Dockable Windows Solutions and Projects Files are opened in tabs.
First Project: Console Application Solution Facts
Solution Facts – File System Most things in Visual Studio map directly to the file system. Tip: User options should never be checked into source control.
Solution Facts – Solution Folders Tip: Solution folders aren’t “real” folders.
Demo Solutions and Projects
Building Software: Ctrl-Shift-B The key shortcut ctrl-shift-b is how you can test your project to see if it compiles. Build errors show up in the Error List. Double click an error to jump to that line in your solution.
Build Configurations • Configurations Provide • Different build types (debug or release) • Different CPU builds • Which projects should orshould not be built.
Demo Building your software
Debugging My code is perfect! How about yours?
Demo Finding those bugs
Demo I didn’t know I could code this fast!
Links • Sara Ford – Visual Studio Tip of the Day • http://blogs.msdn.com/saraford/ • http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Visual-Studio-Tips-Sara/dp/0735626405/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225990469&sr=8-1 • http://tinyurl.com/deepfried15(podcast with Sara)