PublishedSams, February 2013 |
ISBN9780672336256 |
FormatSoftcover, 1224 pages |
Dimensions23.1cm × 18cm × 4.6cm |
Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 significantly improves developer productivity across virtually all application lifecycle management tasks, while providing first-class support for Windows 8, Windows Phone, WindowsRT, and Windows Azure cloud development. This end-to-end deep dive will help working developers squeeze maximum productivity out of Microsoft's powerful new toolbox.
The authors combine authoritative and detailed information about Microsoft's latest IDE, with extensive insights and best practices drawn from decades of development experience. Developers will quickly get comfortable with Visual Studio 2012's revamped interface and discover multiple opportunities to leverage the updated .NET 4.5 platform it supports.
By focusing entirely on Visual Studio 2012 Professional, the authors have gone deeper into Microsoft's core product than ever before. You'll find expert coverage of everything from debugging through refactoring, automation through enterprise-class development. Throughout, this book's focus is relentlessly practical: how to apply Microsoft's tools to build better software, faster.
Detailed information on how to...
Use Visual Studio 2012's new interface to significantly improve your productivity
Make the most of VS 2012's new WPF-based code editor
Work with solutions, projects, browsers, explorers, and designers
Create modern "Windows Store" applications for Windows 8 and Windows RT apps with VS 2012 and Windows Runtime Library
Develop websites with ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, and the Razor View Engine
Create richer, smarter user interfaces for software of all types
Build robust service oriented architecture (SOA)-based systems
Construct data-centric applications with LINQ and Entity Framework
Develop SharePoint and other Microsoft Office business applications
Write Windows Azure applications that live in the cloud
Instrument, analyze, and test your software
Refactor code for greater robustness, maintainability, and performance
Leverage brand-new improvements to Windows Workflow and Windows Communication Foundation
Use VS 2012's one-click web deployment capabilities
Extend VS 2012 with Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) and Automation Object Model
