1. Introduction to Microsoft Visual Studio
And other IDE’s

2. What is an IDE? IDE means You can do many things using an IDE
Integrated Development Environment
An IDE is software a application
Microsoft Visual Studio is an IDE
You can do many things using an IDE
Implement databases
Design a user interface
Program an application
Compile/build an application
Test an application
Debug an application
Diagramming
Etc.

3. Programming languages
Visual Studio supports a number of programming languages, most notably C#
The programming language we are going to use
VB.NET
Others: C++, F#
You choose a programming language when you make a new project
Choose C#

4. Microsoft Visual Studio
Visual Studio is not just a single product.
Visual Studio comes in a number of editions
Ultimate
The edition we are using
Premium
Professional
Express
A free edition
Several sub-editions taylored for
web development – also known as Visual Web Developer
C# development, etc.

5. GUI building using drag-and-drop
IDE’s generaly support GUI building using drag-and-drop
GUI = Graphial User Interface
Visual Studio supports GUI building using drag-and-drop for
Desktop applications
Web applications
Visual Studio is a WYSYIWIG editor
What You See Is What You Get

6. IntelliSense A Visual Studio feature
IntelliSense helps you writing the program
Autocompletion
You write the a part of a word, IntelliSense suggest the rest of the word
Documentation
IntelliSense shows documentation on the current ”word”
Other IDE’s have similar features
But it’s not called IntelliSense

7. Web application project vs. Web site project in Visual Studio
Creating a new application Visual Studio has two different options to choose from
Web Application Project
More advanced
A lot of templates to choose from
Don’t forget to choose the right programming language: C#
Web Site Project
Less advanced
A few templates to choose from
Spaanjaars: Beginning ASP.NET, uses Web Site Projects

8. Some other IDE’s NetBeans Eclipse Microsoft WebMatrix MonoDevelop
Java, C/C++, Ruby, PHP
Eclipse
Java, C/C++, PHP, etc.
Microsoft WebMatrix
ASP.NET, PHP, etc.
MonoDevelop
C# and other .NET languages
Oracle JDeveloper
Java Applications, specially SOA