Chapter 1. Getting Started

“A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care […]”

Frank Herbert “Dune”

This chapter addresses tasks that would be immediately beneficial as you work in Visual Studio. The main themes here are exporting your development settings, learning the Start Page, adjusting your performance, and other key tasks.

This chapter is arguably the most important one you will read in this book—and yet, I suspect, the one people will think they need the least. If you have been using Visual Studio for any length of time, you might easily feel that the tasks in in this chapter have little application to your situation. But whether you have been using Visual Studio for ten days or ten years, these tips will help ensure that all ...

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