Visual Studio® 2010 and .NET 4: Six-in-One -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I: VISUAL STUDIO -- CHAPTER 1: HISTORY OF VISUAL STUDIO -- Roots -- The First Breakthrough: Visual Basic -- Other Languages and Tools -- Visual Studio 97 and 6.0 -- Visual Studio. NET 2002 and 2003 -- Visual Studio 2005 -- Visual Studio 2008 -- Visual Studio 2010 -- Changes in Editions -- What's New in Visual Studio 2010 -- Shift to WPF -- Summary -- CHAPTER 2: VISUAL STUDIO UI ENHANCEMENTS -- Basic IDE Overview -- Exploring the Start Page -- Understanding Window Management -- New Project Dialog Window -- Creating New Projects in a New Way -- Using the Add Reference Dialog Window -- Using the Extension Manager -- Exploring New Daily Development Features -- Exploring the Code Editor Window -- Code Navigation -- Generate From Usage -- Exploring the Visual Designers -- WPF Designer -- XML Schema Designer -- New Tools for Architects -- Summary -- CHAPTER 3: VISUAL STUDIO CODE SNIPPETS -- Understanding Code Snippets -- Using Code Snippets -- HTML, SQL, and JScript Code Snippets -- Creating Code Snippets -- Creating a Simple Code Snippet -- The Code Snippet File Structure -- Managing Code Snippets -- The Code Snippet Manager -- Code Snippet Storage -- Adding and Removing Snippets -- Importing Snippets -- Advanced Code Snippet Features -- Multiple Snippets in a File -- Code Snippets in Other Languages -- Building Online Code Snippet Providers -- Snippet Editors -- Export as Code Snippet Add- In -- Snippet Designer -- Snippet Editor -- Summary -- CHAPTER 4: VISUAL STUDIO TEMPLATES -- The Role of Templates -- Project Templates -- Item Templates -- Creating Templates -- Creating a Simple Project Template -- Creating a Simple Item Template -- Template Storage Structure -- Template Folders -- The Template Manifest File -- Customizing Templates -- Template Parameters.

Custom Template Parameters -- Wizards -- Deploying Templates -- Exporting and Importing Templates -- Creating a Template Installation Kit -- Summary -- CHAPTER 5: GETTING THE MOST OUT OF THE IDE -- Window Management -- Visual Studio Window Architecture -- Tool Windows -- Document Windows -- Arranging Windows -- Customizing Menus and Toolbars -- The Customize Dialog -- Adding Menus and Commands -- Creating and Rearranging Toolbars -- Context Sensitivity -- IDE Configuration -- The Options Dialog -- Changes in Option Pages -- Visual Studio Settings -- Reducing Efforts with Keyboard Shortcuts -- Command Routing and Command Contexts -- Working with Keyboard Shortcuts -- Working with Keyboard Mapping Schemes -- Custom Start Pages -- Creating Your First Custom Start Page -- Changing the StartPage.xaml File -- Accessing the Visual Studio Context -- Accessing the Visual Studio Object Model -- A Few More Points About Start Pages -- Customizing the Toolbox -- A Lap Around the Toolbox -- Customizing Toolbox Tabs -- Adding Items to the Toolbox -- A Few More Points About Toolbox Customization -- Visual Studio Gallery -- Browsing the Visual Studio Gallery -- Downloading and Installing Components -- Adding Your Own Contributions to the Gallery -- Working Together with the Community -- Summary -- CHAPTER 6: VISUAL STUDIO EXTENSIBILITY -- The Visual Studio Shell and Packages -- Package Integration -- Extensibility Out of the Box -- Extending Visual Studio by Customization -- Using Macros to Automate Common Tasks -- Visual Studio Add-Ins -- Extensions with Visual Studio SDK -- The Full Power of Extensibility -- Visual Studio Package Development -- Editor Extensibility -- Creating Visual Studio Macros -- Understanding the Structure of Macros -- Using the Macros IDE -- Recording and Developing Macros -- Macro Samples -- Creating Visual Studio Add-Ins.

Add- In Architecture -- Creating a Simple Add-In -- Using the Automation Model -- Going on with Add-In Development -- Visual Studio Packages in a Nutshell -- Creating a Package with a Simple Menu Command -- Debugging the Package -- Extending the New Editor -- Extending the Editor with the Managed Extensibility Framework -- Editor Extensibility Points -- Creating a Simple Classifier -- Summary -- PART II: .NET 4 -- CHAPTER 7: .NET FRAMEWORK VERSION HISTORY -- Before the .NET Framework -- Win/ Win32 Programming in C -- C++ Programming -- Programming in Visual Basic -- Programming in Delphi -- COM Programming -- The Origin and Goals of the .NET Framework -- Evolution of the .NET Framework -- .NET Framework 1.0 -- .NET Framework 1.1 -- .NET Framework 2.0 -- .NET Framework 3.0 -- .NET Framework 3.5 -- .NET Framework 4.0 -- .NET Compact Framework -- .NET Micro Framework -- .NET Framework Architecture -- Common Language Run-time (CLR) -- Base Class Library -- Services of the .NET Architecture -- Main Benefits of the .NET Framework -- Summary -- CHAPTER 8: MODERN UI FRAMEWORKS (WPF AND SILVERLIGHT) -- The Importance of User Experience -- Developers Are from Vulcan, Designers Are from Venus -- A New Generation of Presentation Frameworks -- The Ten Pillars of Silverlight -- XAML -- Tools for Working with Silverlight (and WPF) -- Layout -- Data Binding -- Styles -- Templates -- Animations -- Media -- Networking -- Other Features -- Windows Presentation Foundation -- WPF Features not Available in Silverlight -- Choosing Between WPF and Silverlight -- Designer - Developer Cooperation in Silverlight and WPF -- A Common Solution Format -- Blendability -- Design Time Sample Data in Blend -- SketchFlow -- Triggers, Actions, and Behaviors -- Model-View-ViewModel Pattern -- Summary -- CHAPTER 9: WINDOWS COMMUNICATION FOUNDATION (WCF) -- WCF Versus ASMX Web Services.

A Quick Look at SOA -- Service -- Service Provider -- Service Consumer(s) -- Service Registry -- Service Contract -- Service Proxy -- Service Lease -- Message -- Service Description -- Advertising and Discovery -- Building Blocks of the WCF Architecture -- Getting Started With WCF -- Creating the WCF Service -- Defining Data Contracts -- Specifying the Binding Information -- Hosting the WCF Service -- Creating the Service Proxy -- Creating the Service Client - The Service Consumer -- Working with an Ajax-Enabled WCF Service -- REST and WCF -- Implementing a WCF Service Declaratively -- Defining the Service Contract -- Hosting the Service -- Implementing the Service Logic Declaratively -- Summary -- CHAPTER 10: ENHANCEMENTS TO THE .NET CORE FRAMEWORK -- Changes in Common Language Run-time -- In-Process Side-By-Side Execution -- DLR Integration -- Type Equivalence -- Parallel Computing -- The Challenge of Many-core Shift -- The Microsoft Approach -- Parallel LINQ -- Task Parallel Library -- Code Contracts -- Managed Extensibility Framework -- The Challenge -- A Simple MEF Example -- Basic MEF Concepts -- Composition -- A Few More Points on MEF -- Summary -- CHAPTER 11: ENHANCEMENTS TO THE .NET WORKFLOW FRAMEWORK -- An Introduction to WF 4.0 -- The Workflow Design Surface -- The Hello Workflow Application -- Creating Flowcharts and Coded Workflows -- Flowcharts in WF 4.0 -- Code-Only Workflows -- Workflow Architecture -- WorkflowApplication and Hosts -- Activities -- Extensions -- Workflow Activity Model Changes -- Workflow Activity Library -- Primitive Activities -- Flow Control Activities -- Workflow Run-Time Activities -- Flowchart-Specific Activities -- Error-Handling Activities -- Transaction-Handling Activities -- Collection-Handling Activities -- Messaging Activities -- Using the Compensating Transaction Model -- The ConferenceWorkflow Example.

Implementing Cancellation, Confirmation, and Compensation -- Cancellation -- Compensation -- Persistence and Human Interactions -- The DomainNameWorkflow Project -- Workflow Tracking -- Workflow Services -- Creating a Workflow Service -- Using WorkflowServiceHost -- Summary -- CHAPTER 12: ENHANCEMENTS TO THE .NET DATA FRAMEWORK -- Language Integrated Query (LINQ) -- LINQ Operators -- LINQ Implementations -- Parallel LINQ (PLINQ) -- Entity Framework -- Entity Framework Architecture -- The Entity Data Source Control -- Choosing Between LINQ to Entities and LINQ to SQL -- Summary -- CHAPTER 13: ENHANCEMENTS TO THE .NET COMMUNICATION FRAMEWORK -- Enhancements in WCF Framework 3.5 -- Enhancements in WCF Framework 4.0 -- Simplified Configuration -- Standard Endpoints -- Discovery -- REST Improvements -- Routing Service -- Summary -- CHAPTER 14: .NET CHARTING COMPONENTS -- Creating Charts -- Creating a Simple Chart -- Adding Data to the Chart Programmatically -- Adding Charts to WPF Applications -- Using Chart Controls -- Elements of a Chart -- The Chart Class -- Chart Types -- Chart Coordinate System -- Three-Dimensional Charts -- Appearance of Chart Elements -- Axes and Related Chart Elements -- Data Points -- Advanced Chart Manipulation -- Annotations -- Binding Data to Series -- The DataManipulator class -- More Chart Manipulations -- Summary -- PART III: ASP.NET 4.0 -- CHAPTER 15: ASP.NET VERSION HISTORY -- Development of the Web and Web Development -- Enter ASP -- Enter ASP.NET -- ASP.NET Version History -- ASP.NET 1.0 -- ASP.NET 1.1 -- ASP.NET 2.0 -- ASP.NET 3.0 -- ASP.NET 3.5 -- ASP.NET 3.5 SP1 -- ASP.NET 4.0 -- Summary -- CHAPTER 16: ASP.NET CHARTING CONTROLS -- Creating Charts -- Adding a Chart Control to a Page -- Setting up Charts in an Event Handler Method -- Binding Data to the Chart -- Rendering ASP.NET Charts -- Image URL Rendering.

Using Charts with Legacy Web Sites.