IDE Proficiency
Visual Studio is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
It is considered a Rapid Application Development(RAD) tool
It is the tool used to create various applications in .Net with any compatible language.
Start Page:
• you can create a new project or open an existing
one
• gives you access to community pages that are
downloaded dynamically
• allows you to set up a profile and choose from
templates in different languages
• if a new version is available it allows you to click a
hyperlink and get the latest version
Type of Projects
- ASP.Net Application Project
- Files for creating an ASP.Net web site
- Windows Application Project
- Files for creating a desktop Windows application
- ASP.Net Web Services Project
- Files for creating an XML web service
- Web Control Library Project
- Files for creating custom ASP.Net web form controls
- Class Library Project
- Files for creating classes that can be shared across many projects
Understanding solutions and projects:
Solutions contain one or more project
Projects collection of files
When you create a new project a new solution is automatically created unless one is already open.
Information about the solution is stored in 2 files
These files are stored in my documents under the Visual Studio projects directory.
Project Settings:
- Click on the Tools menu
- Select Options
- Click the plus sign by Projects and Solutions
- Select General
You can choose where to save projects
If you check Save New Projects When created Visual Studio allows you to choose the location when you create the project
Create a new project:
Project is a collection of code files
When a project is created several files are created for you that has information about your project
.vbproj
holds the information about your project
Example:
Click on new project button
Or click on file | new | project
view project dialog box
select Project Type (Visual Basic)
Select template (Windows Application)
Name the project
Select the location
Project Files:
Visual Studio creates a project file for you
It will be stored in your MyDocuments folder unless you specify the location
Here are my solution files:
Inside the folder is my project file:
Closing a Project:
Close project by file
• file | close –only closes 1 file
Open a project:
4 ways to open project
1) Project tab has list of recent projects you used last time visual studio was open
2) Open project button on start page- must find your project on the start page
3) Click on file | open project
4) Click on file | recent projects
Double click files to open them
Closing a Solution:
• Close solution closes everything
