Visual Studio Walkthroughs

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.