Visual Studio 2015 Cookbook - Second Edition
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Visual Studio 2015 Cookbook - Second Edition

  1. 368 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Visual Studio 2015 Cookbook - Second Edition

About this book

Over 50 new and improved recipes to put Visual Studio 2015 to work in your crucial development projectsAbout This Book• Get to grips with all the new Visual Studio 2015 features regardless of your preferred programming language• Apply Visual Studio to all areas of development: writing, debugging, and application lifecycle maintenance• Straightforward and hands-on advice for building both Windows and Android appsWho This Book Is ForIf you are a developer excited about the new features introduced in Visual Studio 2015, then no matter what your programming language of choice is, Visual Studio 2015 Cookbook is for you. You should have a good knowledge of working with previous versions of Visual Studio to benefit from the recipes in this book.What You Will Learn• Customize the editor's new abilities to fit your development style• Create apps for Windows• Use Visual Studio to debug parallel and concurrent programs• Integrate.NET Framework 4.6 effectively• Put TypeScript to work in your web applications• Develop modern C++11 with Visual Studio 2015• Protect and manage your source code with Team Foundation ServerIn DetailVisual Studio 2015 is the premier tool for developers targeting the Microsoft platform. Learning how to effectively use this technology can enhance your productivity while simplifying your most common tasks, allowing you more time to focus on your project. Visual Studio 2015 is packed with improvements that increase productivity, and this book walks you through each one in succession to help you smooth your workflow and get more accomplished. From customization and the interface to code snippets and debugging, the Visual Studio upgrade expands your options — and this book is your fast-track guide to getting on board quickly.Visual Studio 2015 Cookbook will introduce you to all the new areas of Visual Studio and how they can quickly be put to use to improve your everyday development tasks. With this book, you will learn not only what VS2015 offers, but what it takes to put it to work for your projects.Style and approachThis book is a practical guide to using Visual Studio 2015 and will help you become familiar with the improvements made in previous versions. Each recipe provides a hands-on approach to the new features with step-by-step instructions on how to increase your productivity.

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Table of Contents

Visual Studio 2015 Cookbook Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
eBooks, discount offers, and more
Why subscribe?
Preface
Choosing the right version of Visual Studio 2015
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Sections
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Downloading the color images of this book
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Exploring Visual Studio 2015
Introduction
Synchronizing settings
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
Touring the VS2015 IDE
Getting ready
How to do it…
Send Feedback
Notifications
User account
Scroll bar thumbnail
Peek Definition
CodeLens (Visual Studio Professional and Enterprise only)
Code Maps (Visual Studio Enterprise only)
See also
Managing the editor windows
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works...
There's more...
Single-click preview in Solution Explorer
Customizing tab and window behavior
Finding Visual Studio commands
Getting ready
How to do it…
There's more…
Searching and navigating
Getting ready
How to do it…
There's more…
Quickly searching your code
Navigating in depth
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works…
There's more...
Navigation behavior
CSS, HTML, and JavaScript files
2. Getting Started with Universal Windows Platform Apps
Introduction
Enabling UWP app development on Windows 10
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
Creating a UWP app
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works…
There's more…
Choosing the right project type…
Blank App
Class Library
Windows Runtime Component
Unit Test App
Coded UI Test Project (Windows Phone)
Coded UI Test Project (Windows)
C++ specific UWP templates
Language interoperability
Customizing your UWP app
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works…
There's more…
SplitView
RelativePanel
CalendarView
CalendarDatePicker
MediaTransportControls
See also
Using the UWP app simulator
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
Resolution and resizing
Change network properties
Remote debugging
Taking screenshots
Fresh app install
See also
Defining capabilities and contracts
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works…
There's more…
Declarations
Background tasks
Update task
Search contract
File Type Associations
Certificates
Capabilities
Internet (Client)
Internet (Client & Server)
Home or work networking
Library access
See also
Analyzing your app's performance
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
Packaging your UWP app
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works…
There's more...
See also
Validating your Windows Store app
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works...
See also
Submitting your app to the Windows Store
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works...
There's more…
See also
Distributing your UWP app through sideloading
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
3. Web Development
Introduction
Getting started with a Bootstrap-based SPA
Getting ready
How to do it…
There's more…
See also
Making the most of Browser Link
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
Supporting static HTML files
Adding bundling and minification to JavaScript and CSS files
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
Managing packages with NuGet
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
Automatically loading packages
Using custom package locations
Fortifying JavaScript applications with TypeScript
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
Using Visual Studio for Node.js development
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
4. .NET Framework Development
Introduction
Creating a task-based WCF service
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Unit testing .NET applications
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
Can I restrict the unit tests that automatically execute?
Asynchronous tests
Automatically trigger test execution
See also
Sharing class libraries across different runtimes
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Viewing defined targets
There's more…
Detecting duplicate code
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works...
There's more…
Exploring C# through the Immediate window
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
5. Debugging Your .NET Application
Introduction
Putting Diagnostic Tools to work
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works...
There's more…
See also
Maximizing everyday debugging
Getting ready
How to do it…
There's more…
Debugging on remote machines and tablets
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more…
Debugging an ASP.NET process
Deploying directly to a remote machine
Missing symbols
Debugging code in production with I...

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