Basic Visual Studio 2010 Professional

Module 1: Exploring the Visual Studio Workspace (IDE)

• Creating a Visual Studio project
• Working with Solution Explorer
• Working with big projects
• Taking a tour of the Integrated Developer Environment (IDE)
• Introducing drag-and-drop UI design
• Working with the Properties window
• Looking at Server Explorer
• Exploring the new Help engine
• Setting options for the IDE

Module 2: Building a Simple Application

• Creating a simple WPF application
• Building the UI with the editors
• Working with the application code
• Communicating with the web site
• Connecting your data
• Binding to an RSS feed
• Packaging and deploying the application

Module 3: Exploring the Code Editors

• What languages are supported in Visual Studio 2010?
• Exploring basic settings for the Code Editor
• Writing a C# program
• Writing a VB program
• Working with C++
• Working with F Sharp
• Font and color options

Module 4: Working with Code

• Formatting your code
• Navigating your code
• Using the Task List
• Commenting your code
• Documenting your code
• Using IntelliSense effectively
• Working with code snippets
• Refactoring your code
• Understanding code generation
• Generating code with T4
• Using the Class View, Class Designer, and Class Diagram tools
• Refactoring VB with CodeRush Xpress

Module 5: Understanding the Project Types

• Working with project and item templates
• Creating a console application
• Creating a class library
• Creating a web site with ASP.NET
• Creating a rich internet application with Silverlight
• Creating a classic Windows application with Windows Forms
• Creating a dramatic Windows application with Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
• Creating a WCF service
• Using an existing WCF service
• Navigation UI designs with the Document Outline view

Module 6: Digging Into Your Data

• Creating a data project with SQL Project
• Clarifying the confusion on .NET Data
• Using ADO.NET in your application
• Creating typed datasets
• Using the data binding tools

Module 7: Debugging Your Application

• Debugging code
• Working with the Watch and other debug windows
• Other debugging techniques
• IntelliTrace historical debugging in Visual Studio Ultimate

Module 8: Testing Your Application

• Understanding Visual Studio editions and test tools
• Verifying your code with unit tests
• Running performance and load tests

Module 9: Deploying Your Application

• Building your application
• Customizing the build process with MSBuild
• Setting assembly information
• Deploying a basic Windows application
• Creating an installer with Visual Studio
• Creating a ClickOnce application
• Deploying a Silverlight or ASP.NET application

Module 10: Working with Source Control

• Understanding source control
• Setting up Team Foundation Server source control
• Using Team Foundation Server source control

Module 11: Integrating with Microsoft Office Applications

• Understanding the .NET Office integration
• Making a Word 2010 application
• Making an Excel 2010 add-in

Module 12: Extending Visual Studio

• Understanding the extensibility model in Visual Studio
• Adding external tools to the Tools menu
• Creating macros
• Using the Extension Manager
• Deploying and installing an add-in with VSIX

Module 13: Configuring Your Application

• Working with configuration files
• Using the Settings Editor
• Using the Resources Editor
• Localizing your resources