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    Introduction to Microsoft Visual Studio 2008

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    Software developers need a solid environment to work in that will help bring their applications to life. And collaboration is more important than ever before, as today's development projects expand in complexity and scope. The Visual Studio development system is a comprehensive suite of tools designed to help software developers create innovative, next-gen applications. VTC veteran author Mark Long will introduce you to the Visual Studio 2008 development environment. Helping you get started developing useful and expandable next-gen applications. To begin learning today, simply click the links.

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    Table of Contents

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    Time

    Welcome

    Introduction

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    Course Overview

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    History of Visual Studio

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    00:08:11

    Developer Challenges

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    00:05:00

    Visual Studio 2008 Versions

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    00:07:05

    Related Development Products

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    Visual Studio 2008 Requirements

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    00:04:42

    What's New in 2008

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    00:04:06

    Getting Started With Visual Studio 2008

    Visual Studio & Virtual PC

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    00:06:34

    Getting Visual Studio

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    00:03:18

    Visual Studio Tour

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    00:04:20

    Hello World Again

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    00:06:42

    Which Language

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    Start Up Options

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    00:04:58

    Toolbars

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    00:06:41

    Managing Screen Real Estate

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    00:06:53

    Docking

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    00:07:58

    Toolbox

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    00:07:02

    Project Types

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    00:06:43

    Visual Studio IDE

    Customizing the IDE

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    00:05:30

    Line Numbers

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    00:03:44

    Fonts

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    00:04:29

    Understanding Solutions & Projects

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    00:02:47

    Solution & Project Settings

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    00:07:13

    Understanding the Solution Explorer

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    00:07:03

    The Properties Window

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    00:04:28

    The Class View

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    00:03:51

    The Server Explorer pt. 1

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    00:04:46

    The Server Explorer pt. 2

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    00:06:37

    The Object Browser

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    00:06:23

    Tasks Window

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    00:06:28

    Output Window

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    00:02:41

    Errors Window

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    00:02:49

    Writing Code in Visual Studio 2008

    Code Editor Basics

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    00:06:22

    Intellisense

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    00:03:51

    Navigating Your Code

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    00:06:47

    Commenting Your Code

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    00:04:46

    Change Tracking

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    00:02:41

    Coding Indicator

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    00:03:22

    Code Outlining

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    00:04:35

    Smart Tags & Tasks

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    00:04:06

    Debugging Web

    Debug Menu & Toolbar

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    00:06:25

    Setting Breakpoints

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    00:06:22

    Debug Actions

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    00:05:05

    Tracepoints

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    Debug Options

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    Debug Windows

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    Edit & Continue

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    00:05:53

    Object Oriented Programming

    Object Oriented Programming

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    00:06:32

    Classes & Objects

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    Creating a Class

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    Instantiating an Object

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    00:07:38

    Visual Coding with Class Designer

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    00:07:16

    Working with Databases

    Database Basics

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    00:07:01

    Visual Studio & Databases

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    00:07:14

    Diagram Designer

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    00:07:34

    Building Queries

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    Stored Procedures

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    Drag & Drop Data Binding pt. 1

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    Drag & Drop Data Binding pt. 2

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    00:06:42

    What is LINQ?

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    00:05:02

    Web Development in Visual Studio

    ASP.NET

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    00:05:21

    Creating an ASP.NET Application

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    00:06:32

    Editing HTML

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    00:05:17

    .NET 3.5 Development

    Visual Studio 2008 & .NET 3.5

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    00:02:36

    WPF Integration in Visual Studio 2008

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    00:04:47

    WWF Integration in Visual Studio 2008

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    00:06:06

    But Wait - There's More

    Intro to Macros

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    00:07:06

    Refactoring

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    Unit Testing

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    in Conclusion

    Course Wrap Up

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    Credits

    About the Author

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