March 2005
Intermediate to advanced
304 pages
19h 23m
English
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Preface
“Developers, developers, developers, developers, developers, developers,”
Steve Ballmer can be heard chanting while bouncing around on stage in a
popular movie clip that circulated the Internet a while back. This movie is
pretty recent, but this has really been the mantra of Microsoft since the very
beginning. One thing Microsoft has always understood is that the platform
that developers love is the platform that will have the most applications.
Naturally the platform with the most applications is the platform that will
be popular with users.
Because Microsoft has always focused on developers, providing high-quality
documentation and high-quality development tools has been a high priority
for them from the beginning. Visual Studio is the culmination of more than
20 years of development tools. Visual Studio is one of the best development
environments available anywhere and has long been considered one of the
best reasons to use Microsoft development languages.
Visual Studio includes an incredible number of features, is very customiz-
able, has a complete automation model, and much more. On top of the nor-
mal features in Visual Studio are hosts of free add-ins, macros, and power
toys that can further enhance the functionality of Visual Studio. This book is
all about exploring those features, add-ins, macros, and power toys and,
through that, helping you become a better and more efficient ...
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