Visual Studio® 2010 All-in-One For Dummies®

Chapter 4. The Languages of .NET

In This Chapter

• Introducing the programming languages of .NET

• Finding the language that's right for you

• Figuring out the fundamentals of programming

Part of the draw to Visual Studio 2010 is that it has many tools that make software development a breeze. You can fire up Visual Studio 2010 and, in no time flat, have a Windows or Web application that looks very professional.

This chapter introduces the programming languages you're most likely to use.

More than Just a Pretty Face: A Windows Application

Take a look at the application shown in Figure 4-1. It looks like any other Windows application you use. I created it in about five minutes by using Visual Studio 2010. Even though it uses only two lines of added code, it looks like an element from a full-blown Windows application.

Figure 4-1. Create professional-looking Windows applications by using Visual Studio.

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You can download this simple project from this book's companion Web site at www.dummies.com/go/vs2010.

Visual Studio provided the Windows Form shown in Figure 4-1, and you just drag and drop the text boxes and buttons onto it. Behind the scenes, Visual Studio takes care of all the programming necessary to make this screen work by using code generation, which writes all the necessary code for you. All you have to do is use a designer (a graphical tool) to paint the screens and make them look the way ...