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- Artifacts & Tools,
- Programming,
- .NET
Visual Studio .NET Tips and Tricks is a book explaining how to use VS.NET efficiently. Organized into short and easy-to-grasp sections, and containing tips and tricks on everything from editing and compiling to debugging and navigating within the VS.NET IDE, this book is a must-read for all .NET developers, regardless of expertise and whether they program in C#, VB.NET, or any other .NET language. This book covers the Visual Studio .NET 2002, 2003, and 2005 Beta 1 releases.
News about Visual Studio Express
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- IDE,
- .NET
The SharpDevelop community has released version 3.0 of the free open source .NET IDE. SharpDevelop (#Develop) features support for .NET 3.5, C#, VB.NET, F#, Code Completion, Auto Code Insert, Refactoring and others.
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- .NET Framework,
- .NET
Today Microsoft released Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 to developers. This is a much anticipated release and includes all the promised features.
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- Artifacts & Tools,
- .NET
Along with the full version of Visual Studio Orcas in beta, the free versions that make up the Visual Studio Express line are now available.
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- Unit Testing,
- .NET
TestDriven.Net has restored and enhanced support for the Visual Studio Express Editions in the 2.5 beta despite tensions between Jamie Cansdale and Microsoft over license concerns.
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- Artifacts & Tools,
- .NET
SP1 for Visual Studio can take anywhere from a few minutes to several hours to install. Jon Galloway has collected some tips on reducing this time.
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- Artifacts & Tools,
- .NET
The long awaited, and some say much needed, service pack 1 for Visual Studio 2005 has been released today.
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- Artifacts & Tools,
- Interop,
- .NET
Microsoft has released a Print Form component for VB 2005 and is developing a Printer Compatibility Library that will allow VB 2005 applications to use the Printer object from VB6.
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- Artifacts & Tools,
- .NET
Microsoft has announced the release of the first beta of the Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1. Currently it can only be downloaded via the Microsoft Connect site. It is currently available in English and Japanese. The final version is expected to be available in 3 to 4 months.
Books about Visual Studio Express

- Topics
- Artifacts & Tools,
- Programming,
- .NET
Visual Studio .NET Tips and Tricks is a book explaining how to use VS.NET efficiently. Organized into short and easy-to-grasp sections, and containing tips and tricks on everything from editing and compiling to debugging and navigating within the VS.NET IDE, this book is a must-read for all .NET developers, regardless of expertise and whether they program in C#, VB.NET, or any other .NET language. This book covers the Visual Studio .NET 2002, 2003, and 2005 Beta 1 releases.