Chapter 1. Introducing Visual Studio 2005

In this chapter, we'll provide a brief overview of Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005. We'll show you some of the features of the integrated development environment (IDE) to provide some context for the extensibility and customization discussion throughout the rest of the book. And finally, we'll discuss the extensibility features that make Visual Studio 2005 an extremely attractive tool for programmers who are looking to customize and extend their development environment.

What Is Visual Studio 2005?

Visual Studio 2005 is the latest version of Microsoft's Visual Studio line of development ...

Get Working with Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 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.