Using the Visual Studio .NET Start Page

By default, the Visual Studio Start Page shown in Figure 2.1 is the first thing you see when you start C# (if C# isn't running, start it now). The Visual Studio Start Page is a gateway for performing tasks with C#. From this page, you can open previously edited projects, create new projects, edit your user profile, and browse information provided by Microsoft.

Figure 2.1. The Visual Studio Start Page is the default starting point for all Visual Studio programming languages, including C#.

From this page, you can have C# load the last solution you edited, show the Open Project dialog box, show the New Project ...

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