Touring the VS2013 IDE

The user interface in VS2013's IDE has several differences from VS2012 and the previous versions of Visual Studio. Let's take a look at what is available in this recipe.

Getting ready

All you will need for this recipe is a copy of VS2013 so that you can follow along with where different options are located. The following screenshot provides an overview of what will be covered:

Getting ready

The legend for the highlighted items in the preceding screenshot is as follows:

  • The user's account entry/selection is indicated with 1
  • The notification center is indicated with 2
  • The Feedback menu is indicated with 3
  • The scrollbar thumbnail is indicated with ...

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