New in the Visual Studio 2012 IDE

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Navigating Code and UI Changes • Demo

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A Quick Tour of the IDE • • • •

A new look and feel Less chrome Focus on code Minimized toolbar

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Finding and Setting Options • Select Tools | Options • Literally hundreds of settings • Environment • Projects • Text editor • More…

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Exploring Solutions • Solution Explorer organizes development artifacts • Solutions hold files, folders, and projects • Projects hold files, folders, and references • Projects produce assemblies

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Navigating the IDE with QuickLaunch • QuickLaunch makes it easy to dig deep into IDE features, saving time • Shortcut: Ctrl + Q • Four Categories • • • •

Most Recently Used : @mru quick Commands: @menu Find Edit Options: @opt Text Editor C# General Documents: @doc Program.cs Learn More @ http://www.learnnowonline.com Copyright © by Application Developers Training Company

Using Code-Focused Rapid Application Development • Demo

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Navigating Code • • • •

Call Hierarchy shows code callers and callees Navigate To helps quickly find/move to code Highlighting References shows matching code Live Semantic Errors show errors/warnings

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Adding Snippets • Quickly add common code blocks • Abbreviations expand to forms • Surround-With puts blocks around code

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Refactoring Code • Improve design without breaking code • Rename • Extract Method • Encapsulate Field • Extract Interface • Remove Parameters • Reorder Parameters

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Extending the Environment and NuGet • Demo

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Extension Manager • Easy way to install 3rd party Add-Ins • One-Click install • Be informed of updates

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NuGet • Adds assembly references to projects • Can install/uninstall via UI or built-in Powershell console • Add NuGet via the Extension Manager

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Setting Up Libraries and Projects • Demo

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Compatibility with VS 2010 • Can round-trip for many project types • Exceptions: • Windows Phone 7 support only in VS 2010 • Windows 8 support only in VS 2012 and on

Windows 8 • .NET 4.5 support only on VS 2012

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Understanding Profiles • Profiles constrain a project to a subset of that project type • Windows 8 • Windows Phone 8 • Client • Full

• Client is subset of Full

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Portable Libraries • Subset of .NET supporting multiple profiles • Least common denominator among profiles • Can select which Framework profiles to target

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