Hands-On Visual Studio 2022 : A Developer's Guide to New Features and Best Practices with . NET 8 and vs 2022 for Maximum Productivity / Hector Uriel Perez Rojas and Miguel Angel Teheran Garcia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rojas, Hector Uriel Perez, author.

Garcia, Miguel Angel Teheran, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microsoft Visual studio.

Computer software--Development.

Computer software.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, England : Packt Publishing, [2024]

Biography/History:

Rojas Hector Uriel Perez: Hector is an experienced senior developer, with more than 10 years of experience in developing desktop, web, and mobile solutions with the. NET platform. He was recognized with the Microsoft MVP award for two consecutive years in 2021 and 2022. He is an active member of the. NET community and is the founder of El Camino Dev and Devs School academies. Garcia Miguel Angel Teheran: Miguel Angel Teheran Garcia is a solutions Architect and Technical Lead recognized as a Microsoft MVP, C# corner MVP, and Alibaba Cloud MVP. He is a member of the Avanet community in Medellin and an active member of tech events in Colombia. He has also been a speaker at different conferences around Latin America.

Summary:

Visual Studio 2022 is widely recognized as the best IDE for application development across various domains. This book is a comprehensive guide for both beginners and experienced .NET developers who wish to familiarize themselves with its basic, advanced, and new features. This book is divided into three sections: the first is an overview of Visual Studio, the second part explores tools for productivity within the IDE, and the third delves into integration with GitHub and Visual Studio extensions. In this second edition, we’ve also expanded the chapters on the use of Visual Studio to environments beyond web development, such as Azure, Desktop, .NET MAUI, and others. Updates to the IDE introduced since the release year of the first edition of the book in 2022 have also been included, such as the use of GPT-based extensions like GitHub Copilot and GitHub Copilot Chat, as well as profiling tools. The book reviews breakpoint groups, a new way to configure breakpoints, as well as tools for web development, such as Browser Link, Dev Tunnels, and Web API Endpoints Explorer. For more advanced developers, the book addresses the topic of developing extensions through the use of the new Visual Studio SDK. By the end of this book, you’ll have a better understanding of Visual Studio 2022 and how to use it to its fullest potential.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright and credits

Contributors

Table of Contents

Preface

Part 1: Visual Studio Overview

Chapter 1: Getting Started with Visual Studio 2022

Technical requirements

A brief history of VS and its flavors

VS Community

VS Professional

VS Enterprise

Improvements in VS 2022

A 64-bit architecture

New icons and styles

.NET 8 support

Hot Reload

Other improvements

Installing VS 2022

Getting the installer from the website

Introduction to the IDE

Customizing panels

Working with documents

Customizing the IDE

Selecting a VS theme

Customizing fonts and colors in the environment

Synchronizing accounts and settings

Customizing the menu bar and toolbars

Accessibility features

Summary

Chapter 2: Creating Projects and Templates

Selecting and searching for templates

Templates for web development

Templates for ASP.NET Core web applications

Templates for SPAs

Templates for web APIs

Templates for multiplatform development

Templates for desktop development

Chapter 3: Debugging and Profiling Your Apps

Understanding compilation in VS 2022

How to build a project in VS 2022

Build versus Rebuild versus Clean

What happens after compilation?

Debugging projects in VS

Understanding the technical aspects of debugging

Differentiating between debug mode and release mode

Project debugging initialization options

Exploring breakpoints in VS

Navigating between breakpoints

Different types of breakpoints

Breakpoint groups

Quickly debugging with Run to click and Force to click

Inspection tools for debugging

The Watch window

The Autos and Locals windows

Measuring app performance with profiling tools.

Analyzing the performance of an application

Analyzing memory usage in your apps

Part 2: Tools and Productivity

Chapter 4: Adding Code Snippets

What are code snippets?

Creating code snippets

Deleting code snippets

Importing code snippets

Chapter 5: Coding Efficiently with AI and Code Views

Understanding CodeLens

Finding references in code

Code maps

Working with code views

Class View

Using Visual IntelliCode

Whole line completions

IntelliCode suggestions

Exploring GitHub Copilot

Using Copilot for code hints

Using GitHub Copilot Chat

Chapter 6: Using Tools for Frontend and Backend Development

Using scaffolding

Installing JavaScript and CSS libraries

Debugging in JavaScript

Dev tunnels

Creating a dev tunnel

Connecting through the tunnel

Web API Endpoints Explorer

HTTP editor

Chapter 7: Styling and Cleanup Tools

Woking with CSS styling tools

CSS3 snippets

Hierarchical CSS indentation

Color picker

IntelliSense in style files

Working with images

Cleaning code with code analysis tools

Code quality analysis

Working with code styles

Configuring a code cleanup profile

Executing code cleanup

Chapter 8: Publishing Projects

Publishing web apps

Publishing to a folder

Publishing to IIS

Publishing in Microsoft Azure

Publishing .NET MAUI apps

Publishing an Android app with .NET MAUI

Publishing desktop apps

Part 3: GitHub Integration and Extensions

Chapter 9: Implementing Git Integration

Getting started with Git settings

Creating a Git repository

Cloning a Git repository.

Fetching, pulling, and pushing Git repositories

Fetching repositories

Pulling repositories

Pushing to repositories

Managing branches

Viewing changes in repositories

Linking GitHub issues

Chapter 10: Sharing Code with Live Share

Understanding Live Share

Using Live Share

Performing live editing

Sharing a terminal with other collaborators

Chapter 11: Working with Extensions in Visual Studio

Working with the Extensions tool

Searching for and installing extensions

Reviewing VS Marketplace

Setting up extensions

Creating a simple VS 2022 extension

Chapter 12: Using Popular Extensions

Using HTML Snippet Pack

Cleaning up code with CodeMaid

Compiling web libraries with Web Compiler

Identifying white spaces with Indent Guides

Optimizing images with Image Optimizer

Highlighting messages in the Output window with VSColorOutput64

Managing .resx files easily with ResXManager

Chapter 13: Learning Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcuts for use in source code

Shortcuts for searching and navigating source code

Shortcuts for editing and refactoring

Shortcuts for debugging and testing

The most common shortcuts for use in the IDE

Creating custom shortcuts

Farewell

Index

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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781835081525

1835081525

OCLC:

1425969752