Professional Visual Studio 2013

Introduction xliii    Part I: Integrated Development Environment    Chapter 1: A Quick Tour 3     Getting Started 3     The Visual Studio IDE 7     Chapter 2: The Solution Explorer, Toolbox, and Properties 15     The Solution Explorer 15     The Toolbox 23     Properties 27     Chapter 3: Options and Customizations 33     The Start Page 33     Window Layout 34     The Editor Space 39     Other Options 43     Importing and Exporting Settings 47     Chapter 4: The Visual Studio Workspace 51     The Code Editor 51     Code Navigation 60     The Command Window 65     The Immediate Window 66     The Class View 67     The Error List 68     The Object Browser 68     The Code Definition Window 69     The Call Hierarchy Window 70     The Document Outline Tool Window 71     Reorganizing Tool Windows 73     Chapter 5: Find and Replace and Help 75     Quick Find/Replace 75     Find/Replace in Files 78     Accessing Help 82    Part II: Getting Started    Chapter 6: Solutions, Projects, and Items 89     Solution Structure 89     Solution File Format 91     Solution Properties 92     Project Types 95     Project Files Format 97     Project Properties 97     Web Application Project Properties 112     Web Site Projects 115     Chapter 7: IntelliSense and Bookmarks 117     IntelliSense Explained 117     JavaScript IntelliSense 124     XAML IntelliSense 126     IntelliSense Options 127     Extended IntelliSense 129     Bookmarks and the Bookmark Window 130     Chapter 8: Code Snippets and Refactoring 133     Code Snippets Revealed 133     Accessing Refactoring Support 144     Refactoring Actions 144     Chapter 9: Server Explorer 151     Server Connections 151     Data Connections 164     SharePoint Connections 164     Summary 165     Chapter 10: Modeling with the Class Designer 167     Creating a Class Diagram 167     The Design Surface 168     The Toolbox 169     The Class Details 170     The Properties Window 171     Layout 172     Exporting Diagrams 172     Code Generation and Refactoring 173    Part III: Digging Deeper    Chapter 11: Unit Testing 179     Your First Test Case 179     Asserting the Facts 188     Initializing and Cleaning Up 191     Testing Context 192     Advanced Unit Testing 195     Testing Code Contracts 197     Chapter 12: Documentation with XML Comments 201     Inline Commenting 201     XML Comments 202     Using XML Comments 215     Generating Documentation with GhostDoc 216     Compiling Documentation with Sandcastle 218     Task List Comments 220     Chapter 13: Code Consistency Tools 223     Source Control 223     Coding Standards 228     Chapter 14: Code Generation with T4 235     Creating a T4 Template 235     T4 Building Blocks 238     How T4 Works 242     T4 Directives 244     Troubleshooting 247     Generating Code Assets 248     Runtime Text Templates 252     Tips and Tricks 256     Summary 257     Chapter 15: Project and Item Templates 259     Creating Templates 259     Extending Templates 267     Starter Kits 274     Online Templates 275     Chapter 16: Language-Specific Features 277     Hitting a Nail with the Right Hammer 277     A Tale of Two Languages 280     Visual Basic 283     F# 284    Part IV: Rich Client Applications    Chapter 17: Windows Forms Applications 293     Getting Started 293     The Windows Form 294     Form Design Preferences 296     Adding and Positioning Controls 298     Container Controls 303     Docking and Anchoring Controls 305     Summary 306     Chapter 18: Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) 307     What Is WPF? 307     Getting Started with WPF 309     The WPF Designer and XAML Editor 315     Styling Your Application 326     Windows Forms Interoperability 327     Debugging with the WPF Visualizer 330     Chapter 19: Office Business Applications 333     Choosing an Office Project Type 333     Creating a Document-Level Customization 335     Creating an Application Add-in 340     Debugging Office Applications 345     Deploying Office Applications 347     Chapter 20: Windows Store Applications 349     What Is a Windows Store Application? 349     Creating a Windows Store Application 352    Part V: Web Applications    Chapter 21: AS P.NET Web Forms 363     Web Application versus Web Site Projects 363     Creating Web Projects 364    Designing Web Forms 371     Web Controls 380     Master Pages 385     Rich Client-Side Development 387     Chapter 22: AS P.NET MV C 395     Model View Controller 396     Getting Started with ASP.NET MVC 396     Choosing a Model 398     Controllers and Action Methods 399     Rendering a UI with Views 402     Advanced MVC 409     Chapter 23: Silverlight 425     What Is Silverlight? 425     Getting Started with Silverlight 426     Navigation Framework 432     Theming 433     Enabling Running Out of Browser 435     Chapter 24: Dynamic Data 439     Creating a Dynamic Data Web Application 440     Customizing the Data Model 444     Customizing the Presentation 449     Enabling Dynamic Data for Existing Projects 460     Chapter 25: SharePoint 461     SharePoint Execution Models 461     Preparing the Development Environment 463     Exploring SharePoint 2013 464     Creating a SharePoint Project 466     Building Custom SharePoint Components 469     Working with Features 476     Packaging and Deployment 477     Chapter 26: Windows Azure 481     The Windows Azure Platform 482     SQL Azure 492     AppFabric 494     Azure Websites 494     Azure Virtual Machines 495    Part VI: Data    Chapter 27: Visual Database Tools 499     Database Windows in Visual Studio 2013 499     Editing Data 506     Chapter 28: DataSets and DataBinding 507     DataSets Overview 507     Binding Data 512     Working with Data Sources 527     Summary 532     Chapter 29: Language Integrated     Queries (LINQ) 533     LINQ Providers 533     Old-School Queries 534     Query Pieces 536     Debugging and Execution 540     LINQ to XML 541     Querying XML 544     Schema Support 545     LINQ to SQL 547     LINQPad 556     Chapter 30: The ADO .NET Entity Framework 559     What Is the Entity Framework? 560     Getting Started 561     Creating an Entity Model 561     Querying the Entity Model 573     Advanced Functionality 579     Chapter 31: Reporting 581     Getting Started with Reporting 581     Designing Reports 583     Rendering Reports 610     Deploying Reports 613     Chapter 32: Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) 617     What Is WCF? 617     Getting Started 618     Defining Contracts 619     Configuring WCF Service Endpoints 623     Hosting WCF Services 626     Consuming a WCF Service 631     Chapter 33: Windows Workflow     Foundation (WF) 637     What Is Windows Workflow Foundation? 637     Why Use Windows Workflow? 638     Workflow Concepts 638     Getting Started 642     The Workflow Foundation Designer 644     Creating a Workflow 647     Hosting the Workflow Designer 654     Chapter 34: Client Application Services 659     Client Services 659     Role Authorization 662     User Authentication 664     Settings 666     Login Form 670     Offline Support 672     Chapter 35: Synchronization Services 677     Occasionally Connected Applications 677     Server Direct 678     Getting Started with Synchronization Services 681     Synchronization Services over N-Tiers 685     Chapter 36: WCF RIA Services 687     Getting Started 687     Domain Services 689     Domain Operations 692     Consuming a Domain Service in Silverlight 693    Part VIII: Confi guration and Resources    Chapter 37: Configuration Files 701     .Config Files 701     Configuration Schema 703     Application Settings 708     User Settings 715     Referenced Projects with Settings 716     Chapter 38: Connection Strings 719     Connection String Wizard 719     SQL Server Format 723     In-Code Construction 724     Encrypting Connection Strings 726     LocalDB 727     Chapter 39: Resource Files 729     What Are Resources? 729     Resourcing Your Application 735     Satellite Resources 737     Accessing Specifics 739     Coding Resource Files 741     Custom Resources 742     Chapter 40: Using the Debugging Windows 749     The Code Window 749     The Breakpoints Window 750     The Output Window 751     The Immediate Window 752     The Watch Windows 753     The Code Execution Windows 755     The Memory Windows 757     IntelliTrace (Ultimate Edition Only) 759     The Parallel Debugging Windows 760    Exceptions 763     Chapter 41: Debugging with Breakpoints 767     Breakpoints 767     Tracepoints 773     Execution Control 774     Edit and Continue 776     Chapter 42: DataTips, Debug Proxies, and Visualizers 779     DataTips 779     Debugger Attributes 781     Type Proxies 784     Visualizers 786     Advanced Techniques 788     Summary 790     Chapter 43: Debugging Web App lic ations 791     Debugging Server-Side ASP.NET Code 791     Debugging Client-Side JavaScript 796     Tracing 800     Health Monitoring 803     Chapter 44: Advanced Debugging Techniques 807     Start Actions 807     Debugging with Code 809     Debugging Running Applications 811     .NET Framework Source 819     Multithreaded and Parallelized Application Debugging 821     Debugging SQL Server Stored Procedures 822     Mixed-Mode Debugging 823     Post-Mortem Debugging 823    Part X: Build and Deployment    Chapter 45: Up grading with Visual Studio 2013 829     Upgrading from Visual Studio 2012 or 2010 829     Upgrading to .NET Framework 4.5.1 832     Chapter 46: Build Customization 835     General Build Options 835     Manual Dependencies 838     The Visual Basic Compile Page 838     C# Build Pages 843     MSBuild 844     Chapter 47: Assembly Versioning and Signing 851     Assembly Naming 851     Version Consistency 854     Strongly Named Assemblies 855     The Global Assembly Cache 856     Signing an Assembly 856     Chapter 48: O bfuscation, Application Monitoring, and Management 859     The MSIL Disassembler 859     Decompilers 861     Obfuscating Your Code 862     Application Monitoring and Management 870     Chapter 49: Packaging and Deployment 879     Windows Installer XML Toolset 880     ClickOnce 886     Chapter 50: Web Application Deployment 893     Web Deployment 893     Web Project Installers 896     The Web Platform Installer 897    Part XI: Customizing and Extending Vi sual Studio    Chapter 51: The Automation Model 905     Visual Studio Extensibility Options 905     The Visual Studio Automation Model 906     Chapter 52: Add-Ins 913     Developing an Add-in 913     Deploying Add-ins 926     Chapter 53: Managed Extensibility Framework (ME F) 927     Getting Started with MEF 928     The Visual Studio Editor 934     Extending the Editor 935    Part XII: Vi sual Studio Ultimate    Chapter 54: Visual Studio Ultimate for Architects 949     Modeling Projects 949     Exploring Code 956     Chapter 55: Visual Studio Ultimate for Developers 961     Code Metrics 961     Managed Code Analysis Tool 964     C/C++ Code Analysis Tool 965     Profiling Tools 965     Standalone Profiler 968     IntelliTrace 969     Database Tools 970     Chapter 56: Visual Studio Ultimate for Testers 977     Automated Tests 977     Relating Code and Tests 984     Visual Studio Test Management 986     Microsoft Test Manager 986     Chapter 57: Team Foundation Server 991     Team Project 992     Process Templates 992     Work Item Tracking 995     Excel and Project Integration 998     Version Control 1000     Team Foundation Build 1008     Reporting and Business Intelligence 1010     Team Portal 1011     Summary 1012     Index 1013