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INTRODUCTION XXXÍX

CHAPTER 1: A QUICK TOUR 3

Getting Started 3 Installing Visual Studio 2015 3 Running Visual Studio 2015 6 Is Visual Studio Really Cloud Enabled? 7

The Visual Studio IDE 10 Developing, Building, Debugging, and Deploying Your First Application 12

Summary 17

CHAPTER 2: THE SOLUTION EXPLORER, TOOLBOX, AND PROPERTIES 19

The Solution Explorer 20 Previewing Files 22 Common Tasks 23

Adding Projects and Items 25 Adding References 28 Adding Service References 29 Adding Connected Services 30 Adding Analyzers 31 Adding NuGet Packages 32

The Toolbox 35 Arranging Components 37 Adding Components 38

Properties 40 Extending the Properties Window 42

The Browsable Attribute 42 DisplayName Attribute 43 Description 43 Category 43 DefaultValue 44 AmbientValue 44

Summary 46

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CHAPTER 3: OPTIONS AND CUSTOMIZATION 47

The Start Page 48 Customizing the Start Page 49

Window Layout 49 Viewing Windows and Toolbars 50 Docking 50 Saving the Window Layout 53

The Editor Space 55 Navigating Open Items 57 Fonts and Colors 58 Visual Guides 59 Full-Screen Mode 60 Tracking Changes 61

Other Options 62 Keyboard Shortcuts 62 Quick Launch 63 Projects and Solutions 65 Build and Run 66 VB Options 67

Importing and Exporting Settings 67 Synchronized Settings 70

Summary 71

CHAPTER 4: THE VISUAL STUDIO WORKSPACE 73

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The Code Editor The Code Editor Window Layout Regions Outlining Code Formatting Navigating Forward/Backward Additional Code Editor Features

Reference Highlighting Code Zooming Word Wrap Line Numbers Auto Brace Complete

Split View Tear Away (Floating) Code Windows Duplicating Solution Explorer

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Creating Tab Groups 82 Advanced Functionality 84

Commenting/Uncommenting a Code Block 84 Block Selection 84 Multiline Editing 84 The Clipboard Ring 85 Full-Screen View 85 Go to Definition 85 Find All References 85

Code Navigation 86 Peek Definition 86 Enhanced Scrollbar 87 Navigate To 89

The Command Window 91 The Immediate Window 92 The Class View 93 The Error List 94 The Object Browser 95 The Document Outline Tool Window 96

HTML Outlining 97 Control Outlining 98

Reorganizing Tool Windows 100 Summary 101

CHAPTER 5: FIND AND REPLACE AND HELP 103

Quick Find/Replace 104 Quick Find 104 Quick Replace 105 Find Options 106 Find and Replace Options 106

Find/Replace in Files 106 Find in Files 107 Find Dialog Options 108 Regular Expressions 109 Results Window 111 Replace in Files 111

Accessing Help 112 Navigating and Searching the Help System 114 Configuring the Help System 114

Summary 115

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CHAPTER 6: SOLUTIONS, PROJECTS, AND ITEMS 119

Solution Structure 120 Solution File Format 121 Solution Properties 122

Common Properties 123 Configuration Properties 124

Project Types 126 Project Files Format 128 Project Properties 129

Application 130 Assembly Information 130 User Account Control Settings 131 Application Framework (Visual Basic Only) 132

Compile (Visual Basic Only) 133 Build (C# and F# Only) 135 Build Events (C# and F# Only) 136 Debug 137

Start Action 137 Start Options 137 Enable Debuggers 137

References (Visual Basic Only) 138 Resources 139 Services 140 Settings 141 Reference Paths (C# and F# Only) 142 Signing 143 My Extensions (Visual Basic Only) 144 Security 144 Publish 145 Code Analysis 146

Web Application Project Properties 147 Web 148 Silverlight Applications 148 Package/Publish Web 149 Package/Publish SQL 150

Web Site Projects 151 NuGet Packages 152

NuGet Package Manager 152 Package Manager Console 154

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CHAPTER 7: INTELLISENSE AND BOOKMARKS 155

IntelliSense Explained 155 General IntelliSense 156 IntelliSense and C++ 158 Completing Words and Phrases 158

In Context 159 List Members 160 Suggestion Mode 160 Stub Completion 161 Generate From Usage 163

Parameter Information 165 Quick Info 166

JavaScript IntelliSense 166 The JavaScript IntelliSense Context 167 Referencing Another JavaScript File 167

XAML IntelliSense 168 IntelliSense Options 169

General Options 169 Statement Completion 171 C#-Specific Options 171

Extended IntelliSense 172 Code Snippets 173 XML Comments 173 Adding Your Own IntelliSense 173

Bookmarks and the Bookmark Window 173 Summary 176

CHAPTER 8: CODE SNIPPETS AND REFACTORING 177

Code Snippets Revealed 178 Storing Code Blocks in the Toolbox 178 Code Snippets 179 Using Snippets İn C# 179 Using Snippets in VB 181 Surround With Snippet 182 Code Snippets Manager 183 Creating Snippets 184 Reviewing Existing Snippets 184 Distributing Code Snippets 188

Accessing Refactoring Support 189 Refactoring Actions 189

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Extract Method 190 Encapsulate Field 191 Extract Interface 192 Change Signature 193 Inline and Explaining Variables 194 Rename 195 Generate Method Stub 195 Organize Usings 196

Summary 197

CHAPTER 9: SERVER EXPLORER 199

Server Connections 200 Event Logs 201 Management Classes 204 Management Events 206 Message Queues 210 Performance Counters 213 Services 217

Data Connections 218 SharePoint Connections 219 Summary 220

CHAPTER 10: MODELING WITH THE CLASS DESIGNER 221

Creating a Class Diagram 222 The Design Surface 223 The Toolbox 224

Entities 224 Connectors 225

The Class Details 226 The Properties Window 227 Layout 228 Exporting Diagrams 229 Code Generation and Refactoring 229

Drag-and-Drop Code Generation 229 IntelliSense Code Generation 232 Refactoring with the Class Designer 232

Summary 233

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CHAPTER 11: UNIT TESTING 237

Your First Test Case 238 Identifying Tests Using Attributes 243

TestClass 243 TestMethod 244

Additional Test Attributes 244 Description 244 Owner 244 Priority 244 TestCategories 244 Workltems 245 Ignore 245 Timeout 245

Unit Tests and Code Lens 246 Asserting the Facts 248

The Assert Class 248 The StringAssert Class 249 The CollectionAssert Class 249 The ExpectedException Attribute 249

Initializing and Cleaning Up 251 Testlnitİalİze and TestCleanup 251 Classlnitialize and ClassCleanup 251 Assemblylnitialize and AssemblyCleanup 252

Testing Context 252 Data 253 Writing Test Output 255

Advanced Unit Testing 257 Custom Properties 257 Testing Private Members 258

IntelliTest 259 Summary 262

CHAPTER 12: DOCUMENTATION WITH XML COMMENTS 263

Inline Commenting 264 XML Comments 265

Adding XML Comments 265 XML Comment Tags 266

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The <c> Tag 266 The <code> Tag 267 The <example> Tag 267 The <exception> Tag 268 The <include> Tag • 269 The <list> Tag 271 The <para> Tag 272 The <param> Tag 272 The <paramref> Tag 273 The <perm¡ss¡on> Tag 274 The <remarks> Tag 274 The <returns> Tag 275 The <see> Tag 276 The <seealso> Tag 276 The <summary> Tag 277 The <typeparam> Tag 277 The <typeparamref> Tag 278 The <value> Tag 279

Using XML Comments 279 IntelliSense Information 281

Generating Documentation with GhostDoc 281 Compiling Documentation with Sandcastle 282 Task List Comments 286 Summary 288

CHAPTER 13: CODE CONSISTENCY TOOLS 289

Source Control 289 Selecting a Source Control Repository 290

Environment Settings 291 Accessing Source Control 291

Adding the Solution 291 Solution Explorer 293 Changes 293 Merging Changes 294 History 296

Summary 297

CHAPTER 14: CODE GENERATION WITH T4 299

Creating a T4 Template 300 T4 Building Blocks 303

Expression Blocks 304

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Statement Blocks 304 Class Feature Blocks 306

How T4 Works 307 T4 Directives 310

Template Directive 310 Output Directive 311 Assembly Directive 311 Import Directive 312 Include Directive 313

Troubleshooting 313 Design-Time Errors 314 Compiling Transformation Errors 314 Executing Transformation Errors 315 Generated Code Errors 315

Generating Code Assets 316 Runtime Text Templates 319

Using Runtime Text Templates 321 Differences between Runtime Text Templates and Standard

T4 Templates 324 Tips and Tricks 325 Summary 326

CHAPTER 15: PROJECT AND ITEM TEMPLATES 327

Creating Templates 327 Item Template 328 Project Template 332 Template Structure 333 Template Parameters 335 Template Locations 336

Extending Templates 337 Template Project Setup 337 IWizard 337 Generating the Extended Project Template 342

Starter Kits 343 Online Templates 344 Summary 345

CHAPTER 16: LANGUAGE-SPECIFIC FEATURES 347

Hitting a Nail with the Right Hammer Imperative

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Declarative 348 Dynamic 349 Functional 349 What's It All Mean? 350

A Tale of Two Languages 351 .NET Compiler Platform (Roslyn) 351

The Compiler API 352 The Diagnostic API 353 Workspaces API 353

F# 353 Your First F# Program 353 Exploring F# Language Features 357 Type Providers 359 Query Expressions 360 Auto-Implemented Properties 360

Summary 361

CHAPTER 17: WINDOWS FORMS APPLICATIONS 365

Getting Started 365 The Windows Form 366

Appearance Properties 368 Layout Properties 369 Window Style Properties 369

Form Design Preferences 369 Adding and Positioning Controls 371

Vertically Aligning Text Controls 373 Automatic Positioning of Multiple Controls 374 Tab Order and Layering Controls 375 Locking Control Design 376 Setting Control Properties 376 Service-Based Components 377 Smart Tag Tasks 378

Container Controls 379 Panel and SplitContainer 379 FlowLayoutPanel 380 TableLayoutPanel 381

Docking and Anchoring Controls 382 Summary 383

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CHAPTER 18: WINDOWS PRESENTATION FOUNDATION (WPF) 385

What Is WPF? 386 Getting Started with WPF 387

XAML Fundamentals 389 The WPF Controls 390 The WPF Layout Controls 392

The WPF Designer and XAML Editor 394 Working with the XAML Editor 396 Working with the WPF Designer 396 The Properties Tool Window 399 Data Binding Features 405

Styling Your Application 410 Windows Forms Interoperability 413

Hosting a WPF Control in Windows Forms 413 Hosting a Windows Forms Control in WPF 415

Debugging with the WPF Visualizer 416 Summary 418

CHAPTER 19: OFFICE BUSINESS APPLICATIONS 419

Choosing an Office Project Type 420 Document-Level Customizations 421 Application-Level Add-lns 421

Creating a Document-Level Customization 422 Your First VSTO Project 422 Protecting the Document Design 426 Adding an Actions Pane 427

Creating an Application Add-In 429 Some Outlook Concepts 429 Creating an Outlook Form Region 430

Debugging Office Applications 434 Unregistering an Add-In 434 Disabled Add-lns 436

Deploying Office Applications 437 Summary 438

CHAPTER 20: WINDOWS STORE APPLICATIONS 439

What Is a Windows Store Application? 440 Content before Chrome 441 Snap and Scale 441

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Semantic Zoom 441 Contracts 442 Tiles 442 Embracing the Cloud 442

Creating a Windows Store Application 443 The Windows 8 Simulator 446

Interaction Mode 447 Two-Finger Gestures 447 Device Characteristics 447 Location 448 Screenshots 449 Network Simulation 449

Your Windows Store Application 449 .NET Native Compilation 451

Compiling Using .NET Native Tools 452 Summary 453

CHAPTER 21: WINDOWS PHONE 455

Creating a Windows Phone Project 455 Debugging Your Application 458

Using the Windows Phone Emulator 459 Deploying to a Real Phone 460

Phone Developer Power Tools 463 Application Verifier 464 Performance Monitor 466 Performance Recorder 467

Summary 468

CHAPTER 22: UNIVERSAL APPS 469

Portable Class Library 470 Shared Projects 474 Universal Windows Apps 474 Summary 479

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CHAPTER 23: ASP.NET WEB FORMS 483

Web Application Versus Web Site Projects Creating Web Projects

Creating a Web Site Project

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Creating a Web Application Project 489 Designing Web Forms 492

The HTML Designer 492 Positioning Controls and HTML Elements 495 Formatting Controls and HTML Elements 497 CSS Tools 499 Validation Tools 503

Web Controls 505 Navigation Components 505 User Authentication 506 Data Components 508

Data Source Controls 508 Data View Controls 510 Data Helper Controls 511

Web Parts 511 Master Pages 512 Rich Client-Side Development 514

Developing with JavaScript 514 Working with ASP.NET AJAX 516

Summary 518

CHAPTER 24: ASP.NET MVC 519

Model View Controller 520 Getting Started with ASP.NET MVC 521 Choosing a Model 524 Controllers and Action Methods 525

MVC Scaffolding 525 Rendering a Ul with Views 528 Advanced MVC 536

Routing 536 Action Method Parameters 540

Model Binders 542 Areas 544 Validation 546 Partial Views 548 Dynamic Data Templates 549

Display Templates 549 Edit Templates 551

jQuery 552 ASP.NET MVC 6 (and ASP.NET 5) 554 Summary 558

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CHAPTER 25: SILVERLIGHT 559

What Is Sılverlîght? 560 Getting Started with Silverlight 561 Navigation Framework 568 Theming 569 Enabling Running Out of Browser 571 Summary 575

CHAPTER 26: SHAREPOINT 577

SharePoint Execution Models 578 Farm Solution 578 Sandbox Solution 578 App Model 579

Preparing the Development Environment 580 Exploring SharePoint 2013 581 Creating a SharePoint Project 583 Building Custom SharePoint Components 587

Developing Web Parts 587 Creating Content Types and Lists 588 Adding Event Receivers 592 Creating SharePoint Workflows 593

Working with Features 595 Packaging and Deployment 596 Summary 599

CHAPTER 27: WINDOWS AZURE 601

The Windows Azure Platform 602 The Compute Emulator 604 Table, Blob, and Queue Storage 606 Application Deployment 610

SQL Azure 613 AppFabric 614

Service Bus 615 Access Control Service 615

Azure Mobile Services 615 Azure Websites 616 Azure Virtual Machines 616

Connectivity 617 Endpoints 617 Virtual Network 617

Summary 618

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CHAPTER 28: VISUAL DATABASE TOOLS 621

Database Windows in Visual Studio 2015 622 Server Explorer 623

Table Editing 625 Relationship Editing 626 Views, Stored Procedures, and Functions 627

The Data Sources Window 627 SQL Server Object Explorer 628

Editing Data 630 Summary 631

CHAPTER 29: DATASETS AND DATABINDING 633

DataSets Overview 634 Adding a Data Source 635 The DataSet Designer 636

Binding Data 639 BindingSource 641 BindingNavigator 644 Data Source Selections 647 Saving Changes 650 Inserting New Items 652 Validation 653 Customized DataSets 655 BindingSource Chains and the DataGridView 657

Working with Data Sources 659 The Web Service Data Source 661

Summary 663

CHAPTER 30: LANGUAGE INTEGRATED QUERIES (LINQ) 665

LINQ Providers 666 Old-School Queries 666 Query Pieces 669

From 669 Select 670 Where 671 Group By 671 Custom Projections 672 Order By 673

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Debugging and Execution 674 LING to XML 675

VB XML Literals 677 Creating XML with LINQ 677

Expression Holes 678 Querying XML 680 Schema Support 681 LINQ to SQL 683

Creating the Object Model 683 Querying with LINQ to SQL 686

Inserts, Updates, and Deletes 687 Stored Procedures 688

Binding LINQ to SQL Objects 691 Summary 693

CHAPTER 31: THE ADO.NET ENTITY FRAMEWORK 695

What Is the Entity Framework? 696 Comparison with LINQ to SQL 696 Entity Framework Concepts 697

Getting Started 697 Creating an Entity Model 698

The Entity Data Model Wizard 698 The Entity Framework Designer 702 Creating/Modifying Entities 706

Changing Property Names 706 Adding Properties to an Entity 707 Creating Complex Types 708 Creating an Entity 708

Creating/Modifying Entity Associations 710 Entity Inheritance 711 Validating an Entity Model 711 Updating an Entity Model with Database Changes 712

Querying the Entity Model 712 LINQ to Entities Overview 713 Getting an Object Context 713 CRUD Operations 714

Data Retrieval 714 Saving Data 716

Navigating Entity Associations 718 Advanced Functionality 719

Updating a Database from an Entity Model 720

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Adding Business Logic to Entities 720 Plain Old CLR Objects (POCO) 720

Summary 720

CHAPTER 32: REPORTING 721

Getting Started with Reporting 721 Designing Reports 723

Defining Data Sources 725 Reporting Controls 727

Text Box 727 Line/Rectangle 729 Table 729 Matrix 733 List 734 Image 735 Subreport 736 Chart 736 Gauge 738 Map 741 Data Bar 741 Sparkline 742 Indicator 743

Expressions, Placeholders, and Aggregates 743 Custom Code 747 Report Layout 751 Subreports 754 The Report Wizard 756

Rendering Reports 757 The Report Viewer Controls 757 Generating the Report 758 Rendering Reports to Different Formats 759

Deploying Reports 761 Summary 761

CHAPTER 33: WINDOWS COMMUNICATION FOUNDATION (WCF) 765

What Is WCF? Getting Started Defining Contracts

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Creating the Service Contract , 768 Creating the Data Contract 770

Configuring WCF Service Endpoints 772 Hosting WCF Services 111 Consuming a WCF Service 782 Summary 787

CHAPTER 34: WINDOWS WORKFLOW FOUNDATION (WF) 789

What Is Windows Workflow Foundation? 790 Why Use Windows Workflow? 790 Workflow Concepts 791

Activities 791 Control Flow Activities 793 Expressions 793 Workflow Run Time/Scheduler 793 Bookmarks 793 Persistence 794 Tracking 794

Getting Started 795 The Workflow Foundation Designer 797 Creating a Workflow 801

Designing a Workflow 801 Writing Code Activities 804 Executing a Workflow 806 Debugging Workflows 808 Testing Workflows 809

Summary 809

CHAPTER 35: CLIENT APPLICATION SERVICES 811

Client Services 812 Role Authorization 815 User Authentication 817 Settings 819 Login Form 824 Offline Support 827 Summary 829

CHAPTER 36: SYNCHRONIZATION SERVICES 831

Occasionally Connected Applications 832 Server Direct 832

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Getting Started with Synchronization Services 836 Synchronization Services over N-Tiers 840 Summary 841

CHAPTER 37: CONFIGURATION FILES 845

.Config Files 845 Machine.Config 846 Web.Config 846

Transformations 846 App.Config 848 Security.Config 848 ApplicationHost.Config 848

Configuration Schema 849 Section: configurationSections 849 Section: startup 850 Section: runtime 850 Section: system.runtime.remoting 851 Section: system.net 851 Section: cryptographySettings 852 Section: system.diagnostics 852 Section: system.web 853

webServices 853 Section: compiler 854 Configuration Attributes 854

Application Settings 855 Using appSettings 855 Project Settings 856 Dynamic Properties 857 Custom Configuration Sections 859

IntelliSense 863 User Settings 864 Referenced Projects with Settings 865 Summary 867

CHAPTER 38: CONNECTION STRINGS 869

Connection String Wizard 869 SQL Server Format 875 In-Code Construction 877 Encrypting Connection Strings 878

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LocalDB 881 Azure SQL Database 881 Summary 884

CHAPTER 39: RESOURCE FILES 885

What Are Resources? 885 Text File Resources 886 Resx Resource Files 887 Binary Resources 888 Adding Resources 888 Embedding Files as Resources 889 Naming Resources 890 Accessing Resources 890 Designer Files 891

Resourcing Your Application 892 Control Images 894

Satellite Resources 895 Cultures 895 Creating Culture Resources 895 Loading Culture Resource Files 896 Satellite Culture Resources 897

Accessing Specifics 897 Bitmap and Icon Loading 897 Cross-Assembly Referencing 898 ComponentResourceManager 898

Coding Resource Files 899 ResourceReader and ResourceWriter 900 ResxResourceReader and ResxResourceWriter 900

Custom Resources 901 Summary 904

CHAPTER 40: USING THE DEBUGGING WINDOWS 907

The Code Window 907 Breakpoints 908 DataTİps 908

The Breakpoints Window 908 The Output Window 909 The Immediate Window 910

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The Code Execution Windows 913 Call Stack 914 Threads 914 Modules 915 Processes 915

The Memory Windows 916 Memory Windows 1-4 916 Disassembly 917 Registers 918

The Parallel Debugging Windows 918 Parallel Stacks 919 Parallel Tasks 921

Exceptions 921 Customizing the Exception Assistant 923

Summary 925

CHAPTER 41: DEBUGGING WITH BREAKPOINTS 927

Breakpoints 927 Setting a Breakpoint 928

Simple Breakpoints 928 Function Breakpoints 929 Address Breakpoint 930

Adding Break Conditions 930 Condition 930 Hit Count 932 Filter 932

Working with Breakpoints 933 Deleting Breakpoints 933 Disabling Breakpoints 933 Labeling Breakpoints 934 Import and Export of Breakpoints 935

Tracepoints 935 Creating a Tracepoint 935 Output Messages 936

Execution Control 936 Stepping through Code 936

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Stepping Over (F10) 937 Stepping Into (F11) 937 Stepping Out (Shift+F11) 937 Step Filtering 937

Moving the Execution Point 938 Edit and Continue 938

Rude Edits 939 Stop Applying Changes 939

Summary 939

CHAPTER 42: DATATIPS, DEBUG PROXIES, AND VISUALIZERS 941

DataTips 942 Debugger Attributes 943

DebuggerBrowsable 943 DebuggerDİsplay 944 DebuggerHidden 945 DebuggerStepThrough 946 DebuggerNonUserCode 947 DebuggerStepperBoundary 947

Type Proxies 947 Raw View 949

Visualizers 950 Advanced Techniques 953

Saving Changes to Your Object 953 Summary 955

CHAPTER 43: DEBUGGING WEB APPLICATIONS 957

Debugging Server-Side ASP.NET Code 958 Web Application Exceptions 960 Edit and Continue 962 Error Handling 962

Page-Level Errors 963 Application-Level Errors 963

Debugging Client-Side JavaScript 964 Setting Breakpoints in JavaScript Code 964 Debugging Dynamically Generated JavaScript 965 Debugging ASP.NET AJAX JavaScript 966

Tracing 967 Page-Level Tracing 967 Application-Level Tracing 968 Trace Output 969

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The Trace Viewer 970 Custom Trace Output 970

Health Monitoring 970 Summary 972

CHAPTER 44: ADVANCED DEBUGGING TECHNIQUES 975

Start Actions 976 Debugging with Code 978

The Debugger Class 978 The Debug and Trace Classes 979

Debugging Running Applications 981 Attaching to a Windows Process 981 Attaching to a Web Application 982 Remote Debugging 983

Diagnostic Tools 985 IntelliTrace 985 Memory and CPU Usage 988 Code Map Debugging 990

Expanding the Code Map 991 Adding Notes 992

.NET Framework Source 993 Multithreaded and Parallelized Application Debugging 994 Debugging SQL Server Stored Procedures 995 Mixed-Mode Debugging 996 Postmortem Debugging 997

Generating Dump Files 997 Debugging Dump Files 998

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CHAPTER 45: UPGRADING WITH VISUAL STUDIO 2015 1003

Upgrading from Recent Visual Studio Versions 1004 Upgrading to .NET Framework 4.6 1006 Summary 1008

CHAPTER 46: BUILD CUSTOMIZATION 1009

General Build Options 1009 Manual Dependencies 1012 The Visual Basic Compile Page 1013

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Advanced Compiler Settings 1015 Optimizations 1015 Compilation Constants 1016

Build Events 1016 C# Build Pages 1018 MSBuild 1020

How Visual Studio Uses MSBuild 1020 The MSBuild Schema 1023

Items 1024 Properties 1024 Targets 1024 Tasks ' 1024

Assembly Versioning via MSBuild Tasks 1025 Summary 1026

CHAPTER 47: ASSEMBLY VERSIONING AND SIGNING 1027

Assembly Naming 1028 Version Consistency 1030 Strongly Named Assemblies 1032 The Global Assembly Cache 1032 Signing an Assembly 1033 Summary 1035

CHAPTER 48: OBFUSCATION, APPLICATION MONITORING, AND MANAGEMENT 1037

The IL Disassembler 1038 Decompilers 1039 Obfuscating Your Code 1041

Dotfuscator and Analytics 1041 Obfuscation Attributes 1046

ObfuscationAssemblyAttribute 1047 ObfuscationAttribute 1047

Words of Caution 1049 Reflection 1049 Strongly Named Assemblies 1049 Debugging with Delayed Signing 1050

Application Monitoring and Management 1051 Tamper Defense 1052 Application Instrumentation and Analytics 1053

Summary 1056

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CHAPTER 49: PACKAGING AND DEPLOYMENT 1057

Windows Installer XML Toolset 1058 Building an Installer 1059 Using Heat to Create Fragments 1062 The Service Installer 1065

ClickOnce 1066 One Click to Deploy 1067 One Click to Update 1072

Summary 1074

CHAPTER 50: WEB APPLICATION DEPLOYMENT 1075

Web Deployment 1076 Publishing a Web Application 1076 Publishing to Azure 1078

Web Project Installers 1079 The Web Platform Installer 1081

Extending the Web Platform Installer 1082 Summary 1086

CHAPTER 51: THE AUTOMATION MODEL 1089

Visual Studio Extensibility Options 1090 The Visual Studio Automation Model 1090

An Overview of the Automation Model 1090 Solutions and Projects 1092 Windows and Documents 1093 Commands 1095 Debugger 1096 Events 1097

Summary 1097

CHAPTER 52: VSPACKAGES 1099

Developing a VSPackage Extension 1100 The VSPackage Wizard 1100 Project Structure 1104

Command Table File 1104 Handling Commands 1106

Testing Your Package 1106

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Creating a Tool Window 1107 Deploying VSPackages 1110 Summary J 1113

CHAPTER 53: MANAGED EXTENSIBILITY FRAMEWORK (MEF) 1115

Getting Started with MEF 1116 Imports and Exports 1118 Contracts 1119 Catalogs 1121 Advanced MEF 1122

The Visual Studio Editor 1123 The Text Model Subsystem ( 1123 The Text View Subsystem 1124 The Classification Subsystem 1125 The Operations Subsystem 1125

Extending the Editor 1125 Editor Extension Points 1126

Content Types 1127 Classification Types and Formats 1127 Margins 1128 Tags 1128 Adornments 1129 Mouse Processors 1129 Drop Handlers 1129 Editor Options - 1129 IntelliSense 1130

Editor Services 1131 The Check Comment Highlighter Extension 1131

Summary 1138

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CHAPTER 54: VISUAL STUDIO ENTERPRISE FOR ARCHITECTS 1141

Modeling Projects 1142 UML Diagrams 1142

Use Case Diagrams 1143 Activity Diagrams 1143 Sequence Diagrams 1145 Component Diagrams 1147 Class Diagrams 1148

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UML Model Explorer 1148 Using Layer Diagrams to Verify Application Architecture 1149 Linking to Team Foundation Server 1151

Exploring Code with Code Maps 1152 Summary 1154

CHAPTER 55: VISUAL STUDIO ENTERPRISE FOR DEVELOPERS 1155

Code Metrics 1156 Lines of Code 1156 Depth of Inheritance 1157 Class Coupling 1157 Cyclomatic Complexity 1158 Maintainability Index 1158 Excluded Code 1158

Code Analysis Tool 1158 C/C++ Code Analysis Tool 1159 Profiling Tools 1160

Configuring Profiler Sessions 1161 Reports 1162

Standalone Profiler 1163 IntelliTrace 1164 Database Tools 1167

Database Schemas 1167 SQL-CLR Support 1169 Database Refactoring 1171 Schema Compare 1172 Static Analysis 1173 Transact-SQL Editor 1174 Best Practices 1174

Summary 1175

CHAPTER 56: VISUAL STUDIO ENTERPRISE FOR TESTERS 1177

Automated Tests 1178 Web Performance Tests 1178 Load Tests 1181

Test Load Agent 1185 Coded Ul Test 1185 Generic Tests 1186 Ordered Test 1187

Relating Code and Tests 1187

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Code Coverage 1187 Visual Studio Test Management 1189 Microsoft Test Manager 1189

Testing Center 1190 Lab Center 1193

Summary 1194

CHAPTER 57: TEAM FOUNDATION SERVER 1195

Team Project 1196 Process Templates 1197 Work Item Tracking 1200

Work Item Queries 1200 Work Item Types 1202 Adding Work Items 1202 Work Item State 1203

Excel and Project Integration 1203 Excel 1204 Project 1205

Version Control 1206 Working from Solution Explorer 1206 Checkout 1207 Check In 1207 Resolve Conflicts 1209 Working Offline 1210 Label 1211 History 1212 Annotate 1213 Shelve 1213 Branch 1214 Merge 1215

Team Foundation Build 1215 Reporting and Business Intelligence 1218 Team Portal 1219 Summary 1219

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