Visual Studio 2019 In Depth: Discover and make use of the powerful features of the Visual Studio 2019 IDE to develop better and faster mobile, web, and desktop applications

This book peeks into every corner of the Visual Studio IDE and will help you get started with the latest 2019 version. Right from installation, you'll discover new features within the tool and the optimal way to use the features you may already know. You'll learn, for example, how to extend Visual Studio with your own customizations, so that you can make it perform the way you want. You will then explore everything about NuGet package, test applications using Live Unit Testing, and learn how to make code templates using the T4 code generation tool. You'll get to grips with the richer JavaScript IntelliSense, which will help you focus more on coding. Moving on, you'll learn to work with the dedicated workloads for data storage and data science. You will also review the more advanced architecture tools concealed within the IDE and finally create cloud-first applications powered by Microsoft Azure using the built-in suite of Azure tools. By the end of the book, you will be able to tackle any solution for any platform head-on. You will create real-world solutions from start to finish. By using the tools and extensions outlined in this book, you will be able to code better and faster, debug better, share your code with more peers, test your code better, and install or publish your apps quicker and without issues. The book is intended for any .NET developer. You can be a seasoned developer or a newbie just starting out. This book will play a pivotal role in presenting all the tools you need to become a better developer. 1. Getting started with Visual Studio 2. Digging in the Visual Studio IDE 3. IntelliSense 4. Language & coding changes in C# 5. What's new in .Net core 6. Built-in tools 7. Debugging tools 8. Testing tools 9. ASP.NET tools 10. Mobile tools 11. Azure tools 12. IDE extensions 13. ASP.NET extensions 14. Mobile extensions 15. Azure DevOps extensions Ockert du Preez is a self-taught developer who started learning programming since the days of QBasic. He has written several articles over the years detailing his programming quests and adventures. .NET is his second love, just after his wife and kid. He has always been an avid supporter of .NET since the beginning, and is an expert in VB and C#.He was given the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award for .NET (2008-2017). He has worked as a moderator and an article reviewer and currently writes articles for CodeGuru, Developer.com, DevX, and the Database journal. https://www.codeguru.com/member.php/Hannes+DuPreez/