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In Chapter 1, you learned that you can create your C# applications using Notepad. In this chapter, you'll learn why you never will. Microsoft developed Visual Studio 2005 to facilitate the creation of Windows and web applications. You will find that this Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is a very powerful tool that will greatly simplify your work.
Visual Studio 2005 offers many advantages to the .NET developer, among them: