recognize features of Visual Studio describe the templates available and the languages supported in Visual Studio

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1 1 of 6 10/9/2013 1:41 AM Visual Studio Learning Objectives After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize features of Visual Studio describe the templates available and the languages supported in Visual Studio 1. Visual Studio features Visual Studio is a versatile integrated development environment or IDE for.net Framework applications that has various editions that cater to the needs of a range of users. These editions range from Visual Studio Express, which provides free tools for individual developers to the Visual Studio Application Lifestyle Management suite of tools, which help development teams to develop custom applications. Visual Studio includes these editions: Visual Studio Ultimate The Visual Studio Ultimate edition is a comprehensive solution for teams who want to control all aspects of application creation. This edition helps you to design, build, enhance, and deploy applications, and also enables you to use technologies such as parallel and cloud computing. Visual Studio Premium Both individual developers and development teams can use the Visual Studio Premium edition to create applications. This edition provides tools to simplify database development and discover and rectify common coding errors. It also helps you to test your application by populating it with test data. Visual Studio Professional Developed specifically for individual users, the Visual Studio Professional edition enables you to create, debug, and deploy your applications on a variety of platforms. These platforms include the cloud, SharePoint, and Windows 7. Visual Studio Express Products Visual Studio Express Products are a free set of tools that you, as an individual developer, can use to develop applications. These applications can be developed for the web, phone, desktop, or cloud as the tools support Visual Basic, Visual C++, and Visual C#. Visual Studio Express Products also include a web development editor that enables you to develop using JavaScript and ASP.NET. Visual Studio Team Foundation Server The Visual Studio Team Foundation Server edition provides a comprehensive solution to work as a team to develop applications. This edition provides teams with an easy way to share knowledge by using a data warehouse, reporting tools, and dashboards. Visual Studio Test Professional Visual Studio Test Professional makes the collaboration between the development and testing teams easier. This edition contains an integrated testing toolset that helps both teams to plan, test, and track the development of an application. To utilize the.net Framework, Visual Studio provides certain features, which include a project system

2 2 of 6 10/9/2013 1:41 AM The project system enables you to create a project for each application you want to develop. This project helps you to store all the code, data, and other resource files in a single location. The system also enables you to create a solution that contains multiple projects. An advantage of this feature is that opening the project or solution will enable you to access all its resource files through Visual Studio. an IDE Visual Studio provides a user-friendly IDE to create and manage your applications. This IDE provides you with a customizable graphic user interface, commonly referred to as GUI, which contains various windows, toolbars, menus, and tool windows. designers and editors An important feature of Visual Studio is the various designers and editors it provides. These designers and editors change according to the type of project resource you're working on. For example, the editor for a C# code file will be different from an HTML code editor. Most designers and editors have two views Code and Designer. The Code view displays the source code, while the Designer view displays the interface as the application user would view it. build and debugging tools, and Visual Studio enables you to build your applications and debug them if they contain any errors. You can choose to build and debug your application in parts or as a whole. deployment tools In addition to working with your application, Visual Studio also provides tools to help you deploy your application. These tools enable you to deploy your application in two ways Windows Installer and ClickOnce. The Windows Installer deployment enables you to create an EXE file that can be installed on users' computers to run the application. However, using the ClickOnce deployment method, you can deploy your application to a central location that users can then access. Question Match each feature of Visual Studio with its description. Options: A. B. C. D. E. A project system An IDE Designers and editors Build and debugging tools Deployment tools Targets: Stores the data and resource files of an application in a single location Uses a customizable graphic user interface to create applications Use customized views to access to the code files of a particular project file Determine whether your application is running as you intended Create a single file to install an application Answer A feature of Visual Studio is the project system. In this system, you can create a project for each application you want to develop. This project helps you to store all the code, data, and other resource files at a single location. Visual Studio provides a user-friendly IDE to create and manage your applications. This IDE provides you with a customizable graphic user interface, commonly referred to as GUI, containing various windows, toolbars, menus, and tool windows.

3 3 of 6 10/9/2013 1:41 AM An important feature of Visual Studio is the various designers and editors it provides. These designers and editors change according to the type of project resource you're working on. Most designers and editors have two views Code and Designer. The Code view displays the source code, while the Designer view displays the interface as the application user would view it. An important feature of Visual Studio is that it enables you to build your applications and debug them if they contain any errors. This feature enables you to build and debug your application in parts or as a whole. Visual Studio also provides tools to help you deploy your application. These tools enable you to deploy your application using Windows Installer. The Windows Installer deployment enables you to create an EXE file that can be installed on users' computers to run the application. Correct answer(s): Target 1 = Option A Target 2 = Option B Target 3 = Option C Target 4 = Option D Target 5 = Option E 2. Visual Studio templates and languages The availability of templates that can be used to create different types of projects and items is one the benefits of using Visual Studio. These templates simplify the development process because you don't need to create them from scratch. The templates available in Visual Studio contain the resource files required to create the selected project type along with a.vstemplate file. This file contains metadata that enables Visual Studio to make the template option available to you. Using a template, you can generate the files required to create the project. These files include the standard assembly references, files defining default project properties, and standard compiler settings. Depending on the type of template, the project created from the template can contain either an empty file or multiple files containing default and or sample source code, embedded resources, and designer information files. You can customize and add code to these files to develop your project according to your requirements. Visual Studio templates depend on the language and type of project. The templates that use Visual Basic and C# include Windows templates Using Windows templates, you can create class libraries, console applications, and empty projects in Visual Basic or C#. You can also use these templates to create Windows services, Windows Forms and WPF applications, control libraries, and WPF browser applications. web templates Web templates allow you to create different web application projects by using ASP.NET, which uses the code-behind model. In this model, the static text is present in an.aspx file while dynamic code is in the language being used to develop the application typically.aspx.cs or.aspx.vb files. These projects include IIS, empty, dynamic data, and model-view-controller web applications. You can also choose to use a web site template to create a web site instead of a web application. Web sites don't use project files and deployment tasks are less automated than for web applications. Office templates

4 4 of 6 10/9/2013 1:41 AM You can use Office templates to create application-level add-ins and customizations for various Microsoft Office products. These can be created for Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, InfoPath, Outlook, and Project 2007 and These add-ins and customizations use the features of various Microsoft Office products to develop the functionality that you require. SharePoint templates SharePoint templates can help to create projects based on the SharePoint web-based collaboration platform. These templates help you to create empty projects, sequential and state machine workflows, business data connectivity model, and visual web parts. They also help you to create list and site definitions, modules, event receivers, and content types, and to import SharePoint solution packages and reusable workflows. workflow templates, and You can create Windows Workflow Foundation projects that enable model-driven workflow development using workflow templates. These templates allow you to create activity libraries, workflow console applications, and WCF workflow service applications. other templates You can also use templates to create Windows Azure Cloud Service, Crystal Reports, Silverlight, reporting, WCF service library and WCF service application projects. Among these, Silverlight projects enable you to use Silverlight, which is a free web browser plug-in. These templates help you to create web, mobile and desktop client applications based on Silverlight. Visual Studio also provides templates for creating projects that use C++. In addition to empty projects, these templates allow you to create console, Win32 control, Windows Forms, and MFC applications. You can also use these templates to create Active Template and class libraries along with Win32, Makefile, and test projects. Additionally, you can create MFC dlls, ActiveX controls, and custom application wizards using these templates. Templates for creating setup and deployment projects, Visual Studio add-ins, shared add-ins, and blank solutions are also available. Certain templates also enable you to create database projects that interact with various SQL Server versions and create test documents and modeling projects. Question Which statements about the templates available in Visual Studio are correct? Options: Projects created from a template contains a.vstemplate file Windows templates can be used to create WPF applications and control libraries Office templates help you to create projects using the code-behind model SharePoint templates can be used to create state machine workflows and site definitions Answer Option 1: This option is incorrect. The templates available in Visual Studio contain a.vstemplate file. This file contains metadata that enables Visual Studio to make the template option available to you. Option 2: This option is correct. Using Windows templates, you can create class libraries, console applications, and empty projects in Visual Basic or C#. You can also use these templates to create Windows service, Windows Forms and WPF applications and control libraries, and WPF browser applications. Option 3: This option is incorrect. Web templates allow you to create different web application projects using ASP.NET, which uses the code-behind model. In this model, the static text is present in an.aspx file while dynamic code is in.aspx.cs or.aspx.fs files.

5 5 of 6 10/9/2013 1:41 AM Option 4: This option is correct. SharePoint templates can help create projects based on the SharePoint web-based collaboration platform. These templates help you to create empty projects, sequential and state machine workflows, business data connectivity models, and visual web parts. They also help you to create list and site definitions, modules, event receivers, and content types, and to import SharePoint solution packages and reusable workflows. Correct answer(s): 2. Windows templates can be used to create WPF applications and control libraries 4. SharePoint templates can be used to create state machine workflows and site definitions Another major feature of Visual Studio is that it supports a range of programming languages, including Visual Basic One of the object-oriented languages supported by Visual Studio is Visual Basic, which has evolved from its event-driven form. This language enables you to develop applications that are based on the.net Framework, and contains the enhanced ability to dynamically interact with CLR and COM objects. It is also supported by the.net Compact Framework, which is a version derived from the.net Framework. This language contains features such as collection initializers, multiline lambda expressions, implicit line continuation, and auto-implemented properties. Visual C# Visual C# is an object-oriented language that is an implementation of the C# programming language. This language is type-safe and enables you to develop secure applications that can be hosted on the.net Framework. This language is also supported by the.net Compact Framework. As with other languages it supports, Visual Studio provides an advanced code editor, integrated debugger, and user interface designers to help you develop applications. It also enables you to develop software components by using a variety of innovative language constructs. Visual C++, and As an object-oriented language, Visual C++ enables you to create applications based on the Windows and.net platforms. Visual C++ provides programming flexibility through its compiler tools, development environment, and libraries. Visual F# Specifically developed for the.net platform, Visual F# is an object-oriented language that combines functional and explorative programming. This language enables you to develop a variety of scripts, components, tools, and applications based on the.net platform. Question Which programming language supported by Visual Studio is developed specifically for the.net platform? Options: Visual Basic Visual C# Visual C++ Visual F# Answer

6 6 of 6 10/9/2013 1:41 AM Option 1: This option is incorrect. This language helps you to develop Windows applications that are based on the.net Framework and contains the enhanced ability to dynamically interact with CLR and COM objects. This language has evolved from its event-driven form and isn't developed specifically for the.net platform. Option 2: This option is incorrect. Visual C# is an object-oriented language that is an implementation of the C# programming language. This language is type-safe and enables you to develop secure applications that can be hosted on the.net Framework. It isn't developed specifically for the.net platform. Option 3: This option is incorrect. As an object-oriented language, Visual C++ enables you to create applications based on the Windows and.net platforms. This language is the integrated development environment version of the C, C++, and C++ or CLI programming languages. It isn't developed specifically for the.net platform. Option 4: This option is correct. Visual F# is an object-oriented language that combines functional and explorative programming. This language is specifically developed for the.net platform and enables you to develop a variety of scripts, components, tools, and applications. Correct answer(s): 4. Visual F# Summary Visual Studio is a versatile integrated development environment, commonly referred to as an IDE that enables you to develop different types of applications. Various editions of Visual Studio are available. They range from an Express edition that is freely available to the Test Professional edition for testing teams. Each of these editions has features that make application development easier. Examples of such features are a project system, an IDE, designers and editors, build and debugging tools, and deployment tools that make application development easier. An important feature of Visual Studio is the availability of templates that help you to develop applications of your choice. These templates include Windows, web, Office, SharePoint, and workflow templates. In addition to templates, Visual Studio allows you to use several object-oriented languages to develop applications. These languages include Visual Basic, Visual C#, Visual C++, and Visual F# SkillSoft Ireland Limited.