Manipulating the Development Environment

The place to look for information about creating Add-Ins, customizing the appearance and behavior of the integrated development environment (IDE), and reference topics.

In This Section

• Customizing the Development Environment
  Information about how to personalize the IDE for your convenience and productivity.
• Automating Repetitive Actions by Using Macros
  Information about creating and using macros.
• Extending the Visual Studio Environment
  Information about creating Add-Ins and using the automation model.
• Visual Studio .NET SDK
  Information on additional extensibility options for the IDE, including samples.

Related Sections

• Designing Distributed Applications
  Information on application design decisions, such as system architecture, database design, and international considerations, as well as Enterprise Templates.
• Managing Solutions, Projects, and Files
  Information about the best ways to create and manage solutions and projects as well as information on miscellaneous files and storage-based and reference-based projects.
• Working with Code, HTML, and Resource Files
  Information on programming practices as well as editing code, HTML, XML, and styles.
• Connecting to Remote Resources with Server Explorer
  Information about how to access design time information about servers and databases via Server Explorer.
• Building, Debugging, and Testing
  Information about breakpoints, handling exceptions, edit and continue, as well as fine-tuning your application.
• Deploying Applications and Components
  Information about creating setup executables, packaging files, and publishing Web sites.
• Reference
  Information on the user interface, error messages, general reference, commands, as well as other reference topics.