Summary

Although it's impossible to introduce every feature in a tool as comprehensive as Visual Studio, Chapter 1 demonstrated a few of them and introduced you to many.

You should now be aware of several key features supported by .NET and have a good idea where to find comprehensive material on those subjects.

Visual Basic is a first-class language, supporting real object-oriented programming. WebForms and Web applications make Internet programming as fun and productive as Windows programming. Web Services support building and using solutions across the Internet and around the world. Visual Studio .NET supports macros and the Automation Extensibility Model, allowing you to fully customize and extend your development environment.

If all Visual ...

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