Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I Integrated Development Environment -- Chapter 1 A Quick Tour -- Getting Started -- Installing Visual Studio 2015 -- Running Visual Studio 2015 -- Is Visual Studio Really Cloud Enabled? -- The Visual Studio IDE -- Developing, Building, Debugging, and Deploying Your First Application -- Summary -- Chapter 2 The Solution Explorer, Toolbox, and Properties -- The Solution Explorer -- Previewing Files -- Common Tasks -- Adding Projects and Items -- Adding References -- Adding Service References -- Adding Connected Services -- Adding Analyzers -- Adding NuGet Packages -- The Toolbox -- Arranging Components -- Adding Components -- Properties -- Extending the Properties Window -- The Browsable Attribute -- DisplayName Attribute -- Description -- Category -- DefaultValue -- AmbientValue -- Summary -- Chapter 3 Options and Customizations -- The Start Page -- Customizing the Start Page -- Window Layout -- Viewing Windows and Toolbars -- Docking -- Saving the Window Layout -- The Editor Space -- Navigating Open Items -- Fonts and Colors -- Visual Guides -- Full-Screen Mode -- Tracking Changes -- Other Options -- Keyboard Shortcuts -- Quick Launch -- Projects and Solutions -- Build and Run -- VB Options -- Importing and Exporting Settings -- Synchronized Settings -- Summary -- Chapter 4 The Visual Studio Workspace -- The Code Editor -- The Code Editor Window Layout -- Regions -- Outlining -- Code Formatting -- Navigating Forward/Backward -- Additional Code Editor Features -- Reference Highlighting -- Code Zooming -- Word Wrap -- Line Numbers -- Auto Brace Complete -- Split View -- Tear Away (Floating) Code Windows -- Duplicating Solution Explorer -- Creating Tab Groups -- Advanced Functionality -- Commenting/Uncommenting a Code Block -- Block Selection.

Multiline Editing -- The Clipboard Ring -- Full-Screen View -- Go to Definition -- Find All References -- Code Navigation -- Peek Definition -- Enhanced Scrollbar -- Navigate To -- The Command Window -- The Immediate Window -- The Class View -- The Error List -- The Object Browser -- The Document Outline Tool Window -- HTML Outlining -- Control Outlining -- Reorganizing Tool Windows -- Summary -- Chapter 5 Find and Replace and Help -- Quick Find/Replace -- Quick Find -- Quick Replace -- Find Options -- Find and Replace Options -- Find/Replace in Files -- Find in Files -- Find Dialog Options -- Regular Expressions -- Results Window -- Replace in Files -- Accessing Help -- Navigating and Searching the Help System -- Configuring the Help System -- Summary -- Part II Getting Started -- Chapter 6 Solutions, Projects, and Items -- Solution Structure -- Solution File Format -- Solution Properties -- Common Properties -- Configuration Properties -- Project Types -- Project Files Format -- Project Properties -- Application -- Assembly Information -- User Account Control Settings -- Application Framework (Visual Basic Only) -- Compile (Visual Basic Only) -- Build (C# and F# Only) -- Build Events (C# and F# Only) -- Debug -- Start Action -- Start Options -- Enable Debuggers -- References (Visual Basic Only) -- Resources -- Services -- Settings -- Reference Paths (C# and F# Only) -- Signing -- My Extensions (Visual Basic Only) -- Security -- Publish -- Code Analysis -- Web Application Project Properties -- Web -- Silverlight Applications -- Package/Publish Web -- Package/Publish SQL -- Web Site Projects -- NuGet Packages -- NuGet Package Manager -- Package Manager Console -- Summary -- Chapter 7 IntelliSense and Bookmarks -- IntelliSense Explained -- General IntelliSense -- IntelliSense and C++ -- Completing Words and Phrases -- In Context.

List Members -- Suggestion Mode -- Stub Completion -- Generate From Usage -- Parameter Information -- Quick Info -- JavaScript IntelliSense -- The JavaScript IntelliSense Context -- Referencing Another JavaScript File -- XAML IntelliSense -- IntelliSense Options -- General Options -- Statement Completion -- C#-Specific Options -- Extended IntelliSense -- Code Snippets -- XML Comments -- Adding Your Own IntelliSense -- Bookmarks and the Bookmark Window -- Summary -- Chapter 8 Code Snippets and Refactoring -- Code Snippets Revealed -- Storing Code Blocks in the Toolbox -- Code Snippets -- Using Snippets in C# -- Using Snippets in VB -- Surround With Snippet -- Code Snippets Manager -- Creating Snippets -- Reviewing Existing Snippets -- Distributing Code Snippets -- Accessing Refactoring Support -- Refactoring Actions -- Extract Method -- Encapsulate Field -- Extract Interface -- Change Signature -- Inline and Explaining Variables -- Rename -- Generate Method Stub -- Organize Usings -- Summary -- Chapter 9 Server Explorer -- Server Connections -- Event Logs -- Management Classes -- Management Events -- Message Queues -- Performance Counters -- Services -- Data Connections -- SharePoint Connections -- Summary -- Chapter 10 Modeling with the Class Designer -- Creating a Class Diagram -- The Design Surface -- The Toolbox -- Entities -- Connectors -- The Class Details -- The Properties Window -- Layout -- Exporting Diagrams -- Code Generation and Refactoring -- Drag-and-Drop Code Generation -- IntelliSense Code Generation -- Refactoring with the Class Designer -- Summary -- Part III Digging Deeper -- Chapter 11 Unit Testing -- Your First Test Case -- Identifying Tests Using Attributes -- TestClass -- TestMethod -- Additional Test Attributes -- Description -- Owner -- Priority -- TestCategories -- WorkItems -- Ignore -- Timeout.

Unit Tests and Code Lens -- Asserting the Facts -- The Assert Class -- The StringAssert Class -- The CollectionAssert Class -- The ExpectedException Attribute -- Initializing and Cleaning Up -- TestInitialize and TestCleanup -- ClassInitialize and ClassCleanup -- AssemblyInitialize and AssemblyCleanup -- Testing Context -- Data -- Writing Test Output -- Advanced Unit Testing -- Custom Properties -- Testing Private Members -- IntelliTest -- Summary -- Chapter 12 Documentation with XML Comments -- Inline Commenting -- XML Comments -- Adding XML Comments -- XML Comment Tags -- The Tag -- The Tag -- The Tag -- The Tag -- The Tag -- The Tag -- The Tag -- The Tag -- The Tag -- The Tag -- The Tag -- The Tag -- The Tag -- The Tag -- The Tag -- The Tag -- The Tag -- The Tag -- Using XML Comments -- IntelliSense Information -- Generating Documentation with GhostDoc -- Compiling Documentation with Sandcastle -- Task List Comments -- Summary -- Chapter 13 Code Consistency Tools -- Source Control -- Selecting a Source Control Repository -- Environment Settings -- Accessing Source Control -- Adding the Solution -- Solution Explorer -- Changes -- Merging Changes -- History -- Summary -- Chapter 14 Code Generation with T4 -- Creating a T4 Template -- T4 Building Blocks -- Expression Blocks -- Statement Blocks -- Class Feature Blocks -- How T4 Works -- T4 Directives -- Template Directive -- Output Directive -- Assembly Directive -- Import Directive -- Include Directive -- Troubleshooting -- Design-Time Errors -- Compiling Transformation Errors -- Executing Transformation Errors -- Generated Code Errors -- Generating Code Assets -- Runtime Text Templates.

Using Runtime Text Templates -- T4 Templates -- Tips and Tricks -- Summary -- Chapter 15 Project and Item Templates -- Creating Templates -- Item Template -- Project Template -- Template Structure -- Template Parameters -- Template Locations -- Extending Templates -- Template Project Setup -- IWizard -- Generating the Extended Project Template -- Starter Kits -- Online Templates -- Summary -- Chapter 16 Language-Specific Features -- Hitting a Nail with the Right Hammer -- Imperative -- Declarative -- Dynamic -- Functional -- What's It All Mean? -- A Tale of Two Languages -- .NET Compiler Platform (Roslyn) -- The Compiler API -- The Diagnostic API -- Workspaces API -- F# -- Your First F# Program -- Exploring F# Language Features -- Type Providers -- Query Expressions -- Auto-Implemented Properties -- Summary -- Part IV Rich Client Applications -- Chapter 17 Windows Forms Applications -- Getting Started -- The Windows Form -- Appearance Properties -- Layout Properties -- Window Style Properties -- Form Design Preferences -- Adding and Positioning Controls -- Vertically Aligning Text Controls -- Automatic Positioning of Multiple Controls -- Tab Order and Layering Controls -- Locking Control Design -- Setting Control Properties -- Service-Based Components -- Smart Tag Tasks -- Container Controls -- Panel and SplitContainer -- FlowLayoutPanel -- TableLayoutPanel -- Docking and Anchoring Controls -- Summary -- Chapter 18 Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) -- What Is WPF? -- Getting Started with WPF -- XAML Fundamentals -- The WPF Controls -- The WPF Layout Controls -- The WPF Designer and XAML Editor -- Working with the XAML Editor -- Working with the WPF Designer -- The Properties Tool Window -- Data Binding Features -- Styling Your Application -- Windows Forms Interoperability.

Hosting a WPF Control in Windows Forms.