The ultimate developers'' guide to Visual Studio 2012

This expert Wrox guide is what you need to get up and running quickly on Visual Studio 2012. Written by a Microsoft Visual C# MVP, it guides you through the integrated development environment (IDE), showing you how to maximize all new tools and improvements.

Professional Visual Studio 2012 uses a unique, IDE-centric approach to help you get up and running quickly on this exciting new release.

Key Features

Offers programmers a fast way to IDE-centric programming success

Demonstrates new IDE features, including the new Metro style app project templates and Windows 8 app store features

Explains each feature, then illustrates the context in which it will help you solve problems

Covers timely and essential topics related to rich client app development, web applications, application services, file configuration, debugging and testing, and more

Helps advanced users customize and extend Visual Studio through the Automation Model, writing macros, working with the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF), and more

Provides ample detail for programmers who are new to Visual Studio 2012, as well as for experienced programmers exploring the advanced capabilities of the IDE