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    Visual Studio 2015 Cookbook - Second Edition
    Visual Studio 2015 Cookbook - Second Edition
    Visual Studio 2015 Cookbook - Second Edition
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    Visual Studio 2015 Cookbook - Second Edition

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    About This Book
    • Get to grips with all the new Visual Studio 2015 features regardless of your preferred programming language
    • Apply Visual Studio to all areas of development: writing, debugging, and application lifecycle maintenance
    • Straightforward and hands-on advice for building both Windows and Android apps
    Who This Book Is For

    If you already know your way around the previous versions of Visual Studio, if you are familiar with Microsoft development, and if you're looking to quickly get up to speed with the latest improvements in the 2015 edition of Microsoft's number one development tool, this book is for you.

    If you are an experienced developer who has used Eclipse or XCode, you should also be able to find this book useful to explore the differences between your tools and the latest ones that Microsoft has to offer.

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    PublisherPackt Publishing
    Release dateAug 19, 2016
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    Jeff Martin first stumbled upon his passion for languages on his first trip to Brazil at the age of 17. Since then, he has become fluent in several languages, and now works as a master certified Spanish court interpreter. Throughout his journey, he has met many people who ask him the same question. "How can I become fluent in a foreign language?" Through over 11 years of research, analysis, interviews, language lessons, and ultimately watching his children learn to speak, he developed the answer to that question in the form of a book.

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      Table of Contents

      Visual Studio 2015 Cookbook Second Edition

      Credits

      About the Author

      About the Reviewer

      www.PacktPub.com

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      Preface

      Choosing the right version of Visual Studio 2015

      What this book covers

      What you need for this book

      Who this book is for

      Sections

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      How it works…

      There's more…

      See also

      Conventions

      Reader feedback

      Customer support

      Downloading the color images of this book

      Errata

      Piracy

      Questions

      1. Exploring Visual Studio 2015

      Introduction

      Synchronizing settings

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      How it works…

      There's more…

      Touring the VS2015 IDE

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      Send Feedback

      Notifications

      User account

      Scroll bar thumbnail

      Peek Definition

      CodeLens (Visual Studio Professional and Enterprise only)

      Code Maps (Visual Studio Enterprise only)

      See also

      Managing the editor windows

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      How it works...

      There's more...

      Single-click preview in Solution Explorer

      Customizing tab and window behavior

      Finding Visual Studio commands

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      There's more…

      Searching and navigating

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      There's more…

      Quickly searching your code

      Navigating in depth

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works…

      There's more...

      Navigation behavior

      CSS, HTML, and JavaScript files

      2. Getting Started with Universal Windows Platform Apps

      Introduction

      Enabling UWP app development on Windows 10

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      How it works…

      There's more…

      Creating a UWP app

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works…

      There's more…

      Choosing the right project type…

      Blank App

      Class Library

      Windows Runtime Component

      Unit Test App

      Coded UI Test Project (Windows Phone)

      Coded UI Test Project (Windows)

      C++ specific UWP templates

      Language interoperability

      Customizing your UWP app

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works…

      There's more…

      SplitView

      RelativePanel

      CalendarView

      CalendarDatePicker

      MediaTransportControls

      See also

      Using the UWP app simulator

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      How it works…

      There's more…

      Resolution and resizing

      Change network properties

      Remote debugging

      Taking screenshots

      Fresh app install

      See also

      Defining capabilities and contracts

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works…

      There's more…

      Declarations

      Background tasks

      Update task

      Search contract

      File Type Associations

      Certificates

      Capabilities

      Internet (Client)

      Internet (Client & Server)

      Home or work networking

      Library access

      See also

      Analyzing your app's performance

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      How it works…

      There's more…

      Packaging your UWP app

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works…

      There's more...

      See also

      Validating your Windows Store app

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      How it works...

      See also

      Submitting your app to the Windows Store

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      How it works...

      There's more…

      See also

      Distributing your UWP app through sideloading

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      How it works…

      There's more…

      See also

      3. Web Development

      Introduction

      Getting started with a Bootstrap-based SPA

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      There's more…

      See also

      Making the most of Browser Link

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      How it works…

      There's more…

      Supporting static HTML files

      Adding bundling and minification to JavaScript and CSS files

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      How it works…

      Managing packages with NuGet

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      How it works…

      There's more…

      Automatically loading packages

      Using custom package locations

      Fortifying JavaScript applications with TypeScript

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      How it works…

      There's more…

      Using Visual Studio for Node.js development

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      How it works…

      There's more…

      See also

      4. .NET Framework Development

      Introduction

      Creating a task-based WCF service

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      Unit testing .NET applications

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      How it works…

      There's more…

      Can I restrict the unit tests that automatically execute?

      Asynchronous tests

      Automatically trigger test execution

      See also

      Sharing class libraries across different runtimes

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      Viewing defined targets

      There's more…

      Detecting duplicate code

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      How it works...

      There's more…

      Exploring C# through the Immediate window

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      How it works…

      There's more…

      5. Debugging Your .NET Application

      Introduction

      Putting Diagnostic Tools to work

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      How it works...

      There's more…

      See also

      Maximizing everyday debugging

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      There's more…

      Debugging on remote machines and tablets

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more…

      Debugging an ASP.NET process

      Deploying directly to a remote machine

      Missing symbols

      Debugging code in production with IntelliTrace

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      Is your application in break mode?

      There's more…

      Finding the variable values

      Debugging parallel code

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      How it works…

      See also

      Visualizing concurrency

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      6. Asynchrony in .NET

      Introduction

      Making your code asynchronous

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more…

      See also

      Understanding asynchrony and Universal Windows Platform apps

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      Using asynchrony with web applications

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more…

      See also

      Working with actors and the TPL Dataflow library

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more…

      See also

      7. Unwrapping C++ Development

      Introduction

      Using XAML with C++

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more…

      Unit testing C++ applications

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more…

      Debugging unit tests

      See also

      Analyzing your C++ code

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      How it works…

      There's more…

      Selecting Active ruleset

      Improving C++ source navigation speed

      See also

      Using a custom ruleset

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      How it works…

      There's more…

      Edit and Continue C++ style

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works…

      Working with DirectX in Visual Studio 2015

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more…

      Is managed DirectX supported?

      See also

      Creating a shader using DGSL

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      How it works...

      See also

      Creating and displaying a 3D model

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more…

      See also

      Using the Visual Studio Graphics Diagnostics

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more…

      8. Working with Team Foundation Server 2015

      Introduction

      Creating a new TFS project

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      How it works…

      There's more…

      See also

      Managing your work

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more…

      Using Favorites

      Shelving active work

      Suspending active work

      See also

      Using local workspaces for source control

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more…

      Viewing or changing local workplace settings

      See also

      Performing code reviews

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      See also

      Getting feedback from your users

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      Using Git for source control

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      Staging files

      Looking ahead

      See also

      Taking Advantage of Git's command line

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works…

      There's more…

      9. Languages

      Introduction

      Fortifying JavaScript applications with TypeScript

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      How it works…

      There's more…

      Integrating Python into Visual Studio

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      How it works…

      There's more…

      Integrating Python with .NET

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      How it works…

      Targeting Linux with Visual Studio 2015

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      How it works…

      There's more…

      10. Final Polish

      Introduction

      Creating installer packages with InstallShield LE

      Getting ready

      How to do it…

      How it works...

      See also

      Creating custom installer packages

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more…

      Submitting UWP apps to the Windows Store

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more…

      See also

      Creating Visual Studio add-ins and extensions

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works…

      There's more…

      Creating your own snippets

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more…

      Index

      Visual Studio 2015 Cookbook Second Edition

      Visual Studio 2015 Cookbook Second Edition

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      Credits

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      Jeff Martin

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      Commissioning Editor

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      About the Author

      Jeff Martin has been a contributing writer for InfoQ (http://www.infoq.com) for over four years, focusing on .NET and Microsoft-based platforms. Experienced in writing, testing, and designing software, he enjoys learning about new technologies and explaining them to a broader audience. You can follow his work at InfoQ as .NET lead editor.

      I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my wife, Carolyn, for her support and encouragement as I set out to write another book. Additionally, I would like to thank the team at Packt Publishing for their efforts to make this book a success.

      About the Reviewer

      Ahmed Ilyas has a BEng degree from Napier University in Edinburgh, Scotland. He has majored in software development and has 17 years of professional experience in the field.

      After leaving Microsoft, he ventured into setting up his own consultancy company, which offers the best possible solutions for a multitude of industries and provides real-world answers to those problems. He uses the Microsoft stack to build these technologies and to bring in the best practices, patterns, and software to his client base to enable long-term stability and compliance in the ever-changing software industry, improve software developers around the globe, pushing the limits in technology, and to enable the developers to better themselves.

      This has been awarded the MVP in C# by Microsoft thrice for providing excellence and independent real-world solutions to problems faced by developers.

      With 90% of the world using at least one form of Microsoft technology, his motivation and inspiration come from the breadth and depth of knowledge he has obtained from his research and the valuable wealth of information and research at Microsoft.

      He has worked for a number of clients and employers. The reputation that he has earned has resulted in him having a large client base for his consultancy company, Sandler Ltd (UK) and Sandler Software (USA). His client base includes clients from different industries, ranging from digital media to medical and beyond. Some of his clients have included him on their approved contractors/consultants list; these include ICS Solution Ltd, who have placed him on their DreamTeam portal, and CODE Consulting/EPS Software (www.codemag.com) based in the USA.

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      Preface

      The release of the Visual Studio 2015 Cookbook marks the third edition of a book series devoted to provide the reader with an informative tour of how Visual Studio 2015 (VS2015) can make your development work easier. This newest release of Visual Studio demonstrates Microsoft's renewed drive to make the best programming tools it can, regardless of the device and platforms that a developer is targeting. If that target happens to run Windows, then all the better—but it is no longer a hindrance if it does not.

      This book is significantly updated and rewritten so that the reader can make use of the incredible array of new tools and devices supported by VS2015. With the greater number of platforms supported, it can be easy to overlook the new features offered in VS2015. One of the main goals of this book is to show developers the new ways in which they can put VS2015 to work in their daily development.

      This book will begin by providing a guided tour of the main editor windows used in VS2015, which should be of interest to all users regardless of their desired language. After that, the book will show how different platforms can get work done faster with VS2015, whether it is for web programming, .NET, or classic C++ application development.

      VS2015 lets you use the languages you are comfortable with while you target the platforms needed to support your customers. Taking advantage of the information provided in this book will help you maximize the tools VS2015 provides.

      Choosing the right version of Visual Studio 2015

      With V2015, Microsoft has greatly simplified the different offerings it provides. If you work on open source projects or independent developers, Visual Studio Community 2015 is free of charge and probably your best choice. Professional developers working in corporate settings or larger software companies should choose between Visual Studio Professional and Visual Studio Enterprise. If the price is of no concern, then Enterprise is a better choice as it includes all the available features. Note that Visual Studio Premium is no longer available for VS2015.

      Tip

      Different editions of VS2015 can be installed side by side, so feel free to install any/all of the above as needed for your work.

      What this book covers

      Chapter 1, Exploring Visual Studio 2015, starts us off by taking a tour of the new features found in the editor itself. VS2015 makes some key refinements, and this chapter covers them all, ranging from logging in to project navigation.

      Chapter 2, Getting Started with Universal Windows Platform Apps, examines the development process for UWP apps for Windows 10 powered systems. The full process of obtaining a developer license to build, test, and publish an app is covered here.

      Chapter 3, Web Development, covers several areas of web development and how VS2015 can assist you. Here, we'll cover the multi-browser preview, as well as editor enhancements that can benefit HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript programmers.

      Chapter 4, .NET Framework Development, focuses on developing applications that run on .NET. Desktop application development is still a key market, and this chapter shows different ways in which VS2015 can help.

      Chapter 5, Debugging Your .NET Application, profiles the various ways to debug your .NET-based code. This includes dealing with troubleshooting the code running on a device other than your development workstation.

      Chapter 6, Asynchrony in .NET, deals with the use of asynchronous code to provide more responsive applications and discusses how it may benefit your applications.

      Chapter 7, Unwrapping C++ Development, tackles the elder statesman of languages served by VS2015. Several recipes are provided to benefit your C++ usage—some of the areas covered include unit testing, DirectX, and the Visual Studio Graphics Debugger.

      Chapter 8, Working with Team Foundation Server 2015, describes how Team Foundation Server can benefit your productivity. As modern source control continues to evolve, information on using Git is included.

      Chapter 9, Languages, takes a moment to look at some languages other than .NET and C++, which include TypeScript and Python. Python has a long and successful history, and it is now a first-class citizen of Visual Studio. A new capability for VS2015 is Linux-based targets, and this is also explored here.

      Chapter 10, Final Polish, in this final chapter, we will cover some ways to extend Visual Studio's abilities, and we will get your app ready for consumption by end users.

      What you need for this book

      To follow the recipes in this book, you will need a copy of Visual Studio 2015. Some of the features covered in the recipes may only be available in specific editions of Visual Studio. Thanks to Microsoft's new product lineup, most of the recipes are compatible with the freely available Visual Studio Community. It will be noted if a given recipe has additional requirements.

      If you wish to follow one of these recipes, and you do not have the right edition, trial versions for premium versions can be downloaded from the Microsoft website, which enables you to check whether a particular feature will benefit your project.

      For any of the recipes that deal with Universal Windows Platform (UWP) applications, you will need to use Windows 10 as your operating system.

      Who this book is for

      If you already know your way around the previous versions of Visual Studio, if you are familiar with Microsoft development, and if you're looking to quickly get up to speed with the latest improvements in the 2015 edition of Microsoft's number one development tool, this book is for you.

      If you are an experienced developer who has used Eclipse or XCode, you should also be able to find this book useful to explore the differences between your tools and the latest ones that Microsoft has to offer.

      Sections

      In this book, you will find several headings that appear frequently (Getting ready, How to do it, How it works, There's more, and See also).

      To give clear instructions on how to complete a recipe, we use these sections as follows:

      Getting ready

      This section tells you what to expect in the recipe, and describes how to set up any software or any preliminary settings required for the recipe.

      How to do it…

      This section contains the steps required to follow the recipe.

      How it works…

      This section usually consists of a detailed explanation of what happened in the previous section.

      There's more…

      This section consists of additional information about the recipe in order to make the reader more knowledgeable about the recipe.

      See also

      This section provides helpful links to other useful information for the recipe.

      Conventions

      In this book, you will find a number of text styles that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles and an explanation of their meaning.

      Code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles are shown as follows: We can include other contexts through the use of the include directive.

      A block of code is set as follows:

      var http = require('http')

      var finalhandler = require('finalhandler')

      var serveStatic = require('serve-static')

      When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

      class BankVault

      {

        public:

        BankVault();

        ~BankVault();

        int AddFunds(int amount);

        void StageHeist();   int CurrentFunds();

       

      };

      Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

      print('Hello World') a=32 b=64 print(Results: + (b+a))

      New terms and important words are shown in bold. Words that you see on the screen, for example, in menus or dialog boxes, appear in the text like this: The arrow in the following screenshot indicates where the Sign in option is located.

      Note

      Warnings or important notes appear in a box like this.

      Tip

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      Chapter 1. Exploring Visual Studio 2015

      In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

      Synchronizing settings

      Touring the VS2015 IDE

      Managing the editor windows

      Finding Visual Studio commands

      Searching and navigating

      Navigating in depth

      Introduction

      The user interface in Visual Studio 2015 (VS2015) is very similar to that of Visual Studio 2013 (VS2013) from an appearance standpoint. However, existing users will still want to browse this chapter to make sure they don't overlook subtle changes. New users will want to read this chapter carefully so that they are able to easily navigate the Integrated Development Environment (IDE).

      The goal of this chapter is to provide all users of VS2015 with the various tools that will benefit developers working on any project type. Having an in-depth familiarity with the IDE will make learning the language-specific functionality much easier.

      Synchronizing settings

      Given the prevalence of cloud computing, and the central role the Internet has in daily life, it should be no surprise that nearly all Microsoft products utilize some form of an online account, and VS2015 is no exception. If you have an MSDN account, Microsoft recommends that you use it to log in to Visual Studio. If you don't have one, or would prefer to use

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