Chapter 1. Exploring the Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment

After completing this chapter, you will be able to:

  • Start Visual Studio 2008.

  • Use the Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment.

  • Open and run a Visual Basic program.

  • Change property settings.

  • Move, resize, dock, and automatically hide tool windows.

  • Use the IDE Navigator.

  • Open a Web browser within Visual Studio.

  • Use new Help commands and customize Help.

  • Customize IDE settings to match this book's step-by-step instructions.

  • Save your changes, and exit Visual Studio.

Are you ready to start working with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008? This chapter gives you the skills you need to get up and running with the Visual Studio 2008 Integrated Development Environment (IDE)—the place where ...

Get Microsoft® Visual Basic® 2008 Step by Step now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.