Exploring the Visual Studio .NET IDE

After the ExploringVSNET project is open, you're given the default Form1 in the main window. Figure 2.11 shows you not only the new project, but it also highlights some of the main features of Visual Studio .NET.

Figure 2.11. The ExploringVSNET project.

To maximize your development environment, the main windows in the IDE slide in and out if you hover the mouse over the tab on the right or left side of the screen.

If you want a window to be visible all the time, you can click the pushpin on the window's toolbar to pin it to the screen, and from that point on, it remains open. The horizontal or vertical position ...

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