Getting Started with Visual Studio 2010

This section introduces some basics in getting Visual Studio installed and the basics of creating a new project. Experienced users may want to skip this section and move to the next section, which covers creating a web part.

If needed, Visual Studio Professional or Ultimate can be downloaded from Microsoft at http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/ for a 60-day trial. The Professional, Premium, and Ultimate versions of Visual Studio 2010 all contain the SharePoint add-in that makes it possible to develop for SharePoint 2010. Although Visual Studio 2010 supports development and deployment of SharePoint components on a remote server, most templates cannot be developed or deployed unless SharePoint is installed ...

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