Synopses & Reviews
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Unleashed is a deep dive into the Visual Studio 2005 tool. Specifically, it will provide you with solid guidance and education that will allow you to squeeze the ultimate productivity and use out of the Visual Studio 2005 development environment. This book folds in real-world development experience with detailed information about the IDE to make you more productive and ease transition from other development environments (including prior versions of Visual Studio). This book will also help you increase team collaboration and project visibility with Visual Studio Team Systems and it will give you straight, to-the-point answers to common developer questions about the IDE.
Chapters include:
- Code Viewers, Explorers, and Browsers
- Refactoring Code 8
- Writing ASP .NET Applications
- Defining Standards and Practices
- Introduction to Visual Studio Team System
- Work Item Tracking
- Unit and Load Testing
Book News Annotation:
Powers, a technical advisor for Microsoft, and Snell, a software
architect, explore the Visual Studio 2005 development environment in
depth. Stand-alone chapters cover what to expect from Visual Studio
2005, the core development experience relative to Visual Studio,
working with tools to write applications, and how to leverage the
Visual Studio Team System. While the book is not a language book, it
does cover some of the new language features (such as generics) in
both C# and Visual Basic.
Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Book News Annotation:
Powers, a technical advisor for Microsoft, and Snell, a software
architect, explore the Visual Studio 2005 development environment in
depth. Stand-alone chapters cover what to expect from Visual Studio
2005, the core development experience relative to Visual Studio,
working with tools to write applications, and how to leverage the
Visual Studio Team System. While the book is not a language book, it
does cover some of the new language features (such as generics) in
both C# and Visual Basic.
Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Synopsis:
This deep dive into the Visual Studio 2005 tool provides solid guidance and education that will allow readers to squeeze the ultimate productivity and use out of the development environment. The authors fold in real-world experience with detailed information about the IDE to make readers more productive and to ease transition from other development environments (including prior versions of Visual Studio).
About the Author
Lars Powers (MCSD) has more than 14 years of experience in the software development focusing on designing and implementing solutions using Microsoft development tools. He was one of the original members of the MCSD certification program. He currently works as a Senior Consultant with Microsoft Corporation. Mike Snell (MCSD, PMP, Microsoft Regional Director) has 12 years of experience as a software architect and consultant. He has led a number of enterprise level projects and delivered training and mentoring to hundreds of developers. He is responsible for the Microsoft practice at CEI and ensures successful delivery of all .NET projects.