Hands-On Visual Studio 2022: A developer's guide to new features and best practices with .NET 8 and VS 2022, 2nd Edition

Cover
Title Page
Copyright and credits
Contributors
Table of Contents
Preface
Part 1: Visual Studio Overview
Chapter 1: Getting Started with Visual Studio 2022
	Technical requirements
	A brief history of VS and its flavors
		VS Community
		VS Professional
		VS Enterprise
	Improvements in VS 2022
		A 64-bit architecture
		New icons and styles
		.NET 8 support
		Hot Reload
		Other improvements
	Installing VS 2022
		Getting the installer from the website
	Introduction to the IDE
		Customizing panels
		Working with documents
	Customizing the IDE
		Selecting a VS theme
		Customizing fonts and colors in the environment
		Synchronizing accounts and settings
		Customizing the menu bar and toolbars
	Accessibility features
	Summary
Chapter 2: Creating Projects and Templates
	Technical requirements
	Selecting and searching for templates
	Templates for web development
		Templates for ASP.NET Core web applications
		Templates for SPAs
		Templates for web APIs
	Templates for multiplatform development
	Templates for desktop development
	Summary
Chapter 3: Debugging and Profiling Your Apps
	Technical requirements
	Understanding compilation in VS 2022
		How to build a project in VS 2022
		Build versus Rebuild versus Clean
		What happens after compilation?
	Debugging projects in VS
		Understanding the technical aspects of debugging
		Differentiating between debug mode and release mode
		Project debugging initialization options
	Exploring breakpoints in VS
		Navigating between breakpoints
		Different types of breakpoints
		Breakpoint groups
		Quickly debugging with Run to click and Force to click
	Inspection tools for debugging
		The Watch window
		The Autos and Locals windows
	Measuring app performance with profiling tools
		Analyzing the performance of an application
		Analyzing memory usage in your apps
	Summary
Part 2: Tools and Productivity
Chapter 4: Adding Code Snippets
	Technical requirements
	What are code snippets?
	Creating code snippets
	Deleting code snippets
	Importing code snippets
	Summary
Chapter 5: Coding Efficiently with AI and Code Views
	Technical requirements
	Understanding CodeLens
		Finding references in code
		Code maps
	Working with code views
		Class View
	Using Visual IntelliCode
		Whole line completions
		IntelliCode suggestions
	Exploring GitHub Copilot
		Using Copilot for code hints
		Using GitHub Copilot Chat
	Summary
Chapter 6: Using Tools for Frontend and Backend Development
	Technical requirements
	Using scaffolding
	Installing JavaScript and CSS libraries
	Debugging in JavaScript
	Hot Reload
	Dev tunnels
		Creating a dev tunnel
		Connecting through the tunnel
	Web API Endpoints Explorer
	HTTP editor
	Summary
Chapter 7: Styling and Cleanup Tools
	Technical requirements
	Woking with CSS styling tools
		CSS3 snippets
		Hierarchical CSS indentation
		Color picker
		IntelliSense in style files
		Working with images
	Cleaning code with code analysis tools
		Code quality analysis
		Working with code styles
		Configuring a code cleanup profile
		Executing code cleanup
	Summary
Chapter 8: Publishing Projects
	Technical requirements
	Publishing web apps
		Publishing to a folder
		Publishing to IIS
		Publishing in Microsoft Azure
	Publishing .NET MAUI apps
		Publishing an Android app with .NET MAUI
	Publishing desktop apps
	Summary
Part 3: GitHub Integration and Extensions
Chapter 9: Implementing Git Integration
	Technical requirements
	Getting started with Git settings
	Creating a Git repository
	Cloning a Git repository
	Fetching, pulling, and pushing Git repositories
		Fetching repositories
		Pulling repositories
		Pushing to repositories
	Managing branches
	Viewing changes in repositories
	Linking GitHub issues
	Summary
Chapter 10: Sharing Code with Live Share
	Technical requirements
	Understanding Live Share
	Using Live Share
	Performing live editing
	Sharing a terminal with other collaborators
	Summary
Chapter 11: Working with Extensions in Visual Studio
	Technical requirements
	Working with the Extensions tool
	Searching for and installing extensions
	Reviewing VS Marketplace
	Setting up extensions
	Creating a simple VS 2022 extension
	Summary
Chapter 12: Using Popular Extensions
	Technical requirements
	Using HTML Snippet Pack
	Cleaning up code with CodeMaid
	Compiling web libraries with Web Compiler
	Identifying white spaces with Indent Guides
	Optimizing images with Image Optimizer
	Highlighting messages in the Output window with VSColorOutput64
	Managing .resx files easily with ResXManager
	Summary
Chapter 13: Learning Keyboard Shortcuts
	Technical requirements
	Shortcuts for use in source code
		Shortcuts for searching and navigating source code
		Shortcuts for editing and refactoring
		Shortcuts for debugging and testing
	The most common shortcuts for use in the IDE
	Creating custom shortcuts
	Farewell
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