These walkthroughs introduce the important areas of the Visual Studio product. Each walkthrough discusses the development of a specific application type or major application feature using a series of steps. In most cases, each walkthrough incorporates methods or features from various parts of Visual Studio. This provides a hands-on introduction to the numerous major features of Visual Studio in a clear and ordered manner.
In This Section
- Rich Client Application Walkthroughs
- Demonstrates the development of a rich Windows client application using the Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) library or Windows Forms.
- Web Forms Application Walkthroughs
- Demonstrates the development of an application based on Web Forms by creating an XML Web service and middle-tier components. A Web Forms project is then created to consume them.
- Creating and Accessing XML Web Services Walkthroughs
- Demonstrates the development of an XML Web service using Visual C#, Visual Basic, ATL Server, and Managed Extensions for C++. There are also corresponding walkthroughs for consuming the XML Web service.
- Creating a Distributed Application
- Demonstrates how to create a multitiered, distributed application that has both a rich Windows client and a browser interface.
- Visual Basic Walkthroughs
- Provides links to walkthroughs demonstrating various tasks in Visual Basic .NET.
- Visual C# Walkthroughs
- Provides links to walkthroughs demonstrating various tasks in Visual C# .NET.
- Visual C++ Walkthroughs
- Provides links to walkthroughs demonstrating various tasks in Visual C++ .NET.
- Enterprise Template Walkthroughs
- Provides links to walkthroughs demonstrating enterprise templates.
- Deployment Walkthroughs
- Provides links to walkthroughs demonstrating deployment with Visual Studio .NET.
Related Sections
- >Visual Basic and C# Walkthroughs
- Provides a list of all the Visual Basic and C# step-by-step topics that show how to create distributed Web applications, author components and controls, work with Windows Forms and Web Forms, and others. There are also links to step-by-step topics that demonstrate features of the Visual Basic language, such as how to call APIs and handle events.
- >Visual C++ Attributes Walkthroughs
- Provides a list of step-by-step topics that show how to use attributes for creating COM objects, ActiveX controls, and COM DLLs.
- >Visual J# Walkthroughs
- Provides links to step-by-step topics that show how to create distributed Web applications, author components and controls, work with Windows Forms and Web Forms, and perform data-related tasks.
- Debugging Samples and Walkthroughs
- Provides a list of the debugging step-by-step topics that show how to debug Web applications, including: setting and removing breakpoints, viewing variables in your application, controlling execution, stepping and continuing, and attaching.
- Smart Device Walkthroughs
- Provides instructions on how to create different types of applications and components in the .NET Compact Framework.
- Policy Walkthroughs with TDL Files
- Provides a list of several walkthroughs that demonstrate how to create a new Enterprise Template for a distributed application and how to work with Template Description Language (TDL) to modify Enterprise Templates.
- Source Control Walkthroughs
- A series of walkthroughs that demonstrate how to set up integrated source control services, create and manage multiproject solutions, perform shared checkouts, and merge changes.