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Visual Studio 2019 (VS 2019) and Visual Studio Code (VS Code) are powerful professional development tools that help you to develop applications for any platform with ease. Whether you want to create web, mobile, or desktop applications, Microsoft Visual Studio is your one-stop solution. This book demonstrates some of the most sophisticated capabilities of the tooling and shows you how to use the integrated development environment (IDE) more efficiently to be more productive. You’ll begin by gradually building on concepts, starting with the basics. The introductory chapters cover shortcuts, snippets, and numerous optimization tricks, along with debugging techniques, source control integration, and other important IDE features that will help you make your time more productive. With that groundwork in place, more advanced concepts such as the inner workings of project and item templates are covered. You will also learn how to write quality, secure code more efficiently as well as discover how certain Visual Studio features work 'under the hood'. By the end of this Visual Studio book, you’ll have learned how to write more secure code faster than ever using your knowledge of the extensions and processes that make developing successful solutions more enjoyable and repeatable.

Who is this book for?

This book is for C# and .NET developers who want to become more efficient and take advantage of features they may not be aware of in the IDE. Those looking to increase their productivity and write quality code more quickly by fully utilizing the power of the Visual Studio IDE will also find this book useful.

What you will learn

Understand the similarities and differences between VS 2019 and VS Code

Get to grips with numerous keyboard shortcuts to improve efficiency

Discover IDE tips and tricks that make it easier to write code

Experiment with code snippets that make it easier to write repeating code patterns

Find out how to customize project and item templates with the help of hands-on exercises

Use Visual Studio extensions for ease and improved productivity

Delve into Visual Studio's behind the scene operations

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Binit Datta Apr 12, 2021

When I started writing software applications, those apps were in support of the enormous human driven organization. Today we have come to a situation where complex software actually drive entire organizations and humans working for it. The need for quality software being produced faster is the key to compete in the marketplace today. From both the quality and shorter time to market perspectives, software production starts from the developer. Many organizations have tools like SonarQube to check software quality. However, if we make mistakes caught by Sonar and then correct them, critical time is lost. That is precisely where a world champion Integrated Development Environment (IDE) like the Visual Studio 2019 can readily and incredibly save time and boost developer/engineer productivity.While I have used Visual Studi 2019 before, the book with its chapters identifying various ways to do it right in less time is an incredible friend for engineers. Chapters that show Database Explorer, Coding, Compiling, Debugging, working with Code Repository are plentiful; what I found fascinating are the chapters that covered the CodeMaid, both Visual Studio and VS Code extensions, dealing with Project Templates and customizing templates. The chapter showing how to secure our code with Puma Scan is icing on the Cake. I am not talking about the developer/engineer point of view but talking from an architect or a project manager's perspective. Generating code that is clean, properly formatted, and secure before we can catch/verify the code with Sonar, Veracode is a massive productivity boost and has significant financial and timeline gains.Overall a Great Buy!

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Dan Hermes Apr 15, 2021

So you know Visual Studio or VS Code basics and now you're ready for the next level of shortcuts and IDE tips. This book covers techniques to find, organize, and manage files. Avoiding long, boring lists of shortcuts, the easy-to-read explanations lead you through ways to move around your app code more easily. Get your Visual Studio Git-jitsu, snippet tricks, and advanced debugging knowledge here. There are a few old chestnuts such as debugging using Watches but many of the tips are a step beyond basic. Most of us won't need the three chapters on template customization. There are extension recommendations that include CodeMaid, CodeGenHero, and Puma Scan for security. Worth a read for those of us who use Visual Studio on Windows and also includes some help for VS for Mac and VS Code.

Ben Miller Feb 04, 2021

This book covers A LOT OF INFO! Instead of just one IDE, the authors frequently showed how to do things in VS 2019, VS Code, and VS for Mac. As an intermediate-level developer with a desire to become more expert, I found this book to be just right. The initial chapters were a little basic, but I did pick up some great tips. Almost every chapter had detailed hands-on exercises that were easy to follow thanks to all the screenshots. At first, I thought the organization was scattered, but after going through it, I see how each chapter’s content builds on previous examples as the complexity of concepts increases.The downloaded source code worked well with the exercises, though I might have liked to see a Blazor example or two. Also, some of the content in the later chapters was pretty advanced for me, but it was cool to learn how Visual Studio works its magic “behind the scenes”. It definitely gave me a good understanding and I’ll come back to this book as a reference once I get to that level!Overall, a pretty solid book that is well-written, moves quickly, and explains things in plain English. I’m giving it five stars because it was easy to follow, had lots of best practice advice, and I learned a number of new techniques. I considered giving it four stars because it lacks Blazor examples, but the chapters on VS extensions were pretty unique and can appreciate it’s hard to be everything to everyone at all skill levels. Overall, recommended for those who want to become way more proficient with Visual Studio and don’t mind that not every chapter covers things they will use in practice every day.

Raaaj Apr 17, 2021

I am extremely amazed by the details and explanations given in the book. I have recently started using Visual Studio 2019 and this book is very helpful to me.

Robert Frey Apr 04, 2021

I've used Visual Studio 2019 for years and found this book quite insightful in regard to helping me better manage my code bases and projects. There are great examples and walkthroughs of how to perform common tasks, refactor code, and even deploy code all using Visual Studio. There is plenty of material, that is easy to follow, for the new programmer graduate to a seasoned Senior Software Engineer that is quite helpful in pulling together good code practices. What Microsoft has provided in its Azure DevOps, Azure CI/CD pipeline and more is all availed with simple plug-ins for Studio. You can be in the cloud in 10 minutes if you want to. Great primer for any one using Visual Studio, it can only add to your experience. I highly recommend this book to all Microsoft, Visual Studio, programmers.

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