Microsoft Visual Studio 2010Teacher: Ms. Olifer

Review• Programs – directions given by the user for the

computer to follow. • Programmers – people who write the programs. • Applications programmers write and maintain

programs that handle specific tasks (i.e. calculating company’s payroll).

• System programmers write and maintain programs that help the computer carry out its basic operating functions.

Visual Studio 2010• Visual Studio 2010 is a programming language

and Microsoft’s newest integrated developmental environment.

• An integrated developmental environment (IDE) is an environment that contains all of the tools and features you need to create, run, and test your programs. For example, IDE contains an editor for entering your program instructions, and a compiler for running and testing the program.

Visual Studio 2010• You can use MS Visual Studio to create

Windows-based or Web-based programs, referred to as applications.

• A Window-based application has a Window user interface and runs on a desktop computer.

• A user interface is what you see and interact with when using an application.

• Examples of Windows-based applications include: graphic programs, data-entry systems, and games.

Visual Studio 2010

• A Web-based application has a Web user interface and runs on a server.

• You can access a Web-based application using your computer’s browser.

• Examples: e-commerce applications available on the Internet and employee handbook applications accessible on a company intranet.

Visual Studio 2010

Applications created in Visual Studio 2010 are composed of solutions, projects, and files. - A solution is a container that stores the projects

and files for an entire application.- A project also is a container, but it stores files

associated with only a specific piece of the solution.

Starting Visual Studio

• Start MS Visual Studio 2010• Point and click on New Project• Click Windows Application in the Visual Studio

Templates List• Enter an appropriate name and location in the Name and

Location boxes, respectively. • Enter an appropriate name in the Solution Name box.• Click the OK button.