Professional Visual Studio 2012

1108 Pages·2012·45.726 MB·English

by  Bruce Johnson

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PROFESSIONAL VISUAL STUDIO® 2012
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxxix
(cid:2) PART I INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT
CHAPTER 1 A Quick Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CHAPTER 2 The Solution Explorer, Toolbox, and Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
CHAPTER 3 Options and Customizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
CHAPTER 4 The Visual Studio Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
CHAPTER 5 Find and Replace and Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
(cid:2) PART II GETTING STARTED
CHAPTER 6 Solutions, Projects, and Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
CHAPTER 7 IntelliSense and Bookmarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
CHAPTER 8 Code Snippets and Refactoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
CHAPTER 9 Server Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
CHAPTER 10 Modeling with the Class Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
(cid:2) PART III DIGGING DEEPER
CHAPTER 11 Unit Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177
CHAPTER 12 Documentation with XML Comments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
CHAPTER 13 Code Consistency Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
CHAPTER 14 Code Generation with T4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233
CHAPTER 15 Project and Item Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257
CHAPTER 16 Language-Specifi c Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275
(cid:2) PART IV RICH CLIENT APPLICATIONS
CHAPTER 17 Windows Forms Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
CHAPTER 18 Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305
CHAPTER 19 Offi ce Business Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
CHAPTER 20 Windows Store Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Continues
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(cid:2) PART V WEB APPLICATIONS
CHAPTER 21 ASP.NET Web Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
CHAPTER 22 ASP.NET MVC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .395
CHAPTER 23 Silverlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .425
CHAPTER 24 Dynamic Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .439
CHAPTER 25 SharePoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
CHAPTER 26 Windows Azure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .483
(cid:2) PART VI DATA
CHAPTER 27 Visual Database Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
CHAPTER 28 DataSets and DataBinding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .509
CHAPTER 29 Language Integrated Queries (LINQ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .535
CHAPTER 30 The ADO.NET Entity Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561
CHAPTER 31 Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .583
(cid:2) PART VII APPLICATION SERVICES
CHAPTER 32 Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619
CHAPTER 33 Windows Workfl ow Foundation (WF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .639
CHAPTER 34 Client Application Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661
CHAPTER 35 Synchronization Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .679
CHAPTER 36 WCF RIA Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .689
(cid:2) PART VIII CONFIGURATION AND RESOURCES
CHAPTER 37 Confi guration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .703
CHAPTER 38 Connection Strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721
CHAPTER 39 Resource Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731
(cid:2) PART IX DEBUGGING
CHAPTER 40 Using the Debugging Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .751
CHAPTER 41 Debugging with Breakpoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .769
CHAPTER 42 DataTips, Debug Proxies, and Visualizers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781
CHAPTER 43 Debugging Web Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .793
CHAPTER 44 Advanced Debugging Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .811
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(cid:2) PART X BUILD AND DEPLOYMENT
CHAPTER 45 Upgrading with Visual Studio 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831
CHAPTER 46 Build Customization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .837
CHAPTER 47 Assembly Versioning and Signing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .853
CHAPTER 48 Obfuscation, Application Monitoring, and Management . . . . . . . . . . . 861
CHAPTER 49 Packaging and Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881
CHAPTER 50 Web Application Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .895
(cid:2) PART XI CUSTOMIZING AND EXTENDING VISUAL STUDIO
CHAPTER 51 The Automation Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .909
CHAPTER 52 Add-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917
CHAPTER 53 Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 931
(cid:2) PART XII VISUAL STUDIO ULTIMATE
CHAPTER 54 Visual Studio Ultimate for Architects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .953
CHAPTER 55 Visual Studio Ultimate for Developers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .965
CHAPTER 56 Visual Studio Ultimate for Testers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .983
CHAPTER 57 Team Foundation Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .997
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1021
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PROFESSIONAL
Visual Studio® 2012
Bruce Johnson
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I’d like to thank my wife, Ali, and my four children,
Kyle, Cameron, Gillian, and Curtis, for their love
and support. While they might not have written any
of the words directly, they certainly helped create an
environment where I could get my ideas out my head
and into the computer.
— Bruce Johnson
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