* This book offers a clear path of discovery into VS .NET to get you comfortable with it and then demonstrates how to effectively tweak it to the development need.* Very well received original edition : >9000 sales before liquidation forced de-stock.* Offers a look forward to Visual Studio.NET (Whidbey).* Joins with our family of Visual Studio.NET books from Apress: This book + 1590590260 Writing Add-Ins for Visual Studio.NET (Les Smith)+ 1-59059-042-2 Enterprise Development with Visual Studio .NET, UML, and MSF (Hansen, Thomsen).

This book reveals and demystifies the product to enable programmers to do their job more quickly and with fewer errors. All the Authors are well known in each field of .NET development and lever their hands-on experience of making the tool work in the real world. Programmers will understand how to tweak this environment to get the very best out of it and learn by seeing practical tasks put into, and through Studio, to get the best results.

1 An IDE Tour.- 2 Building Windows Applications.- 3 Web Application Development.- 4 Data Tool Orientation.- 5 Mobile Client Development.- 6 Team Development with VS.NET.- 7 Performance Testing.- 8 Project Deployment.- 9 Crystal Reports for .NET.- 10 Customization.- 11 Add-Ins.- 12 Macros.- 13 Wizards.- Appendix A Project Files.- Project Types and Their Associated Files.- Project File Types Explained.- Appendix B Visual Studio .NET Directory Structure.- Installation Directories.- Language Directories.- Tools.- MSDE.- Graphics.- Templates.- Interoperability.- Project Directories.- .NET Framework Directories.- Framework Versions.- The Global Assembly Cache.- ASP.NET Directories.- Temporary ASP.NET Files.- VSWebCache.- aspnet_client.- FrontPage Extensions.- Special Directories.- Appendix C Certification.- Overview of Microsoft Certification.- Certification Process.- Certification Tracks.- Booking an Exam.- Preparing for a Microsoft Exam.- Taking the Exam.- Microsoft Certified Professional.- What You Are Being Tested For.- Choosing Your Exam.- Microsoft Certified Application Developer.- What You Are Being Tested For.- Core Exams.- Second Core Exam.- Elective Exams.- Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer.- Solution Architectures Exam Topics.- After MCSD.- Microsoft Certified Database Administrator.- Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator.- Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer.- Specialization.- Non-Microsoft Certification.- Exam Resources.- Exam Requirements.- Study Guides.- Practice Tests.- Training.- Summary.