MS Visual Studio 2015 UNLEASHED

It empowers you to write next-generation applications for any modern environment: mobile, web, cloud, universal Windows 10/8.x, database, and beyond. This end-to-end deep dive will help working developers squeeze maximum productivity out of MS powerful new toolset.The authors combine authoritative and detailed information about MS latest IDE, with extensive insights and best practices drawn from decades of development experience. Developers will quickly get comfortable with This updated interface, master its new capabilities, leverage its extensive new support for open standards, and discover multiple opportunities to leverage its .NET 4.6 platform and language improvements.By focusing entirely on Visual Studio 2015 Professional, the authors go deeper into MS core product than ever before. You’ll find expert coverage of everything from debugging through deploying to Azure, IDE extension and automation through cross-platform mobile development. Throughout, this book’s focus is relentlessly practical: how to apply MS tools to build better software, faster.

* Detailed confidence in changes and refactoring
* Extend the IDE and Code Editor by creating custom, productivity-enhancing solutions
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* It updated interface and key tools: Solutions, Projects, Browsers, Explorers, Editors, and Designers to improve productivity
* Develop robust cross-platform mobile apps for Windows, iOS, and Android using Apache Cordova templates for Visual Studio
* Use the new ASP.NET 5 to build modern web solutions that run on Windows, Mac, or Linux
* Develop Single Page Applications (SPAs) based on HTML5 and rich client-side JavaScript frameworks such as Knockout, AngularJS, Bootstrap, and more
* Accelerate cloud development with the Azure SDK, QuickStart templates, and Azure management portal
* Create mobile service solutions using ASP.NET Web API and WCF
* Streamline data development across multiple platforms with Entity Framework 7
* Develop modern MS Office business applications
* Perform robust, automated unit testing as you code, increasing your

Part I Introducing Visual Studio 2015
1 A Quick Tour of Visual Studio 2015 1
2 The Visual Studio IDE
3 The .NET Languages

Part II An In-Depth Look at the IDE
4 Solutions and Projects
5 Browsers and Explorers
6 Introducing the Editors and Designers

Part III Working with the Visual Studio Tools
7 Working with Visual Studio’s Productivity Aids
8 Testing Code
9 Refactoring Code
10 Debugging Code
11 Deploying Code
12 Developing Applications in the Cloud with Windows Azure
13 Working with Databases

Part IV Extending Visual Studio
14 Introducing the Automation Object Model
15 Extending the IDE 651
16 Extending the Code Editor

Part V Building Web Applications
17 Building Modern Websites with ASP.NET 5
18 Using JavaScript and Client-Side Frameworks
19 Building and Consuming Services with Web API and WCF

Part VI Building Windows Client Apps
20 Building Windows Forms Applications
21 Building WPF Applications
22 Developing Office Business Applications

Part VII Creating Mobile Apps
23 Developing Windows Store Applications
24 Creating Windows Phone Applications
25 Writing Cross-Platform Mobile Applications with Apache Cordova

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Lars Powers, Mike Snell