Product Description

Microsoft's Visual Studio .NET IDE is the latest version of the development environment and this book builds concrete examples using each of the IDE's major tools. The book is sub-divided into the features found in the three major editions of Visual Studio .NET - Professional, Enterprise Developer, and Enterprise Architect. Visual Studio .NET allows programmers to develop the next generation of applications using the .NET Framework. The book contains a unified example for the description of the different tools available in the IDE. Each chapter not only builds upon the same common program, but they are also self-contained and independent, allowing the reader to drop into any chapter without the requirement of reading all the previous chapters to understand the concepts discussed.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1737253 in Books
• Published on: 2002-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 650 pages

From the Publisher
Effective Visual Studio .NET concisely explains the new functionality available in Visual Studio .NET. The book outlines how to use the development environment to successfully complete common programming tasks. The book assumes good knowledge of the .NET languages.

Customer Reviews

Not what I was looking for
Not what I was looking for. This book should be called "Dabbling with the programs that come with Visual Studio. Net". I was looking for a book that really explained what is going on with Visual Studio from how to use it to what is really happening behind the scenes. This books DOES NOT do this. It is more of a primer for VB.NET, ASP.NET, XML and Crystal Reports...stuff that is already available in most books on each respective topic.

WHAT I LIKED
Debugging using VS.NET
Deployment using VS.NET

NOT INCLUDED IN THIS BOOK
-The VS.NET environment
-What is happening when you create a solution?
-How solutions and projects relate to each other
-Files associated with projects vs. files associated with solutions
-How to configure the environment
-How to get help and create favorites of it, including information on the namespace references
-How to move, rename and delete projects, including web projects
-Tips on project layout, directory locations, and web project file management
-How to use common custom libraries for all your projects
-Use of multiple languages working together
-What are the files that are created when creating a project and what are they for
-The VS.NET Compiler, how it works, creating separate executables for each module.
-What happens at the code level when adding a reference, etc.

Basically, I wanted a book to explain the VS.NET environment and how it works, not a bunch of other information I can find in any other book and the subject. HELLO!

All in all I consider this a useless book. Just buy a book on the specific VS.NET area of interest (C#, ASP.NET, VB.NET) and it will cover all that is in this book on that topic.

Earl

Earlt777@hotmail.com

For beginners only...
I bought this because of the other good reviews, but after reading about half the book, I've come to the conclusion that unless you've never used VS.NET, don't bother getting this book.

It spends far too much covering topics that could be figure out in a matter of minutes simply by playing around with the interface, and spends nearly no time covering advanced topics like large scale project collaboration.

In other words, if you're looking for a book that will give you the cool hints and tricks that will really make you a productive VS.NET developer, look elsewhere.

Excellent Start to .NET Programming - Must Have
Visual Studio .NET is the best way to program in .NET. This book is superb at showing you how to set up Visual Studio and begin programming in it. Really great book. All my programmers will start learning .NET by using this book and the OOP with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual C# .NET Step By Step book. If you are NOT going to program in C# (which you SHOULD do) and instead are programming in VB.NET, then think twice about Effective Visual Studio .NET since it is aimed at C#.