Visual Studio 2023: The Most Concise and Detailed Guide to Mastering all the Features

Length: 230 pages
Edition: 1
Language: English
Publisher: Independently published
Publication Date: 2023-04-01
ISBN-10: B0C12P63J7
ISBN-13: 9798389680821
Sales Rank: #0 (See Top 100 Books)

Microsoft offers an integrated development environment (IDE) called Visual Studio. Websites, web applications, online services, and mobile applications are all created using it. Microsoft software development platforms like Windows API, Windows Forms, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Store, and Microsoft Silverlight uses Visual Studio. It can generate both native and managed code.

Code refactoring and IntelliSense (the code completion feature) are supported by the code editor in Visual Studio. The built-in debugger functions as both a machine-level debugger and a source-level debugger. Additional built-in tools include a code profiler, a designer for creating GUI apps, a web designer, a designer for classes, and a designer for designing database schemas. It accepts plug-ins that increase functionality at almost every level, such as adding support for source control programs (such as Subversion and Git) and new toolkits, such as editors and visual designers for programming languages with specialized functions, or toolkits for different stages of the software development lifecycle (like the Azure DevOps client: Team Explorer).

With the constant evolution of technology, Visual Studio Code will become increasingly important in the software development process. It is undoubtedly “THE THING” to stay ahead of the competition in this constantly expanding IT industry with its constantly evolving capabilities and soon-to-be-added new features, which will enable users to work with it from anywhere.
This book offers a comprehensive guide for easy navigation, exploring all the latest features of Microsoft Visual Studio Code Editor.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE
GETTING STARTED WITH VISUAL STUDIO
    Downloading and Installing Visual Studio Code
    UNDERSTANDING IDE SETUP
    HOW TO CUSTOMIZE THE MENU AND THE TOOLBARS
    HOW CROSS-PLATFORM WORKS
    WHAT IS NEW IN THE LATEST VISUAL STUDIO?
    ASPECTS OF THE VISUAL STUDIO YOU SHOULD KNOW
CHAPTER TWO
EXPLORING VISUAL STUDIO USER INTERFACE
    UNDERSTANDING VISUAL STUDIO USER LAYOUT
    DIFFERENT EDITORS ARE OPEN
    UNDERSTANDING VISUAL STUDIO EXPLORER
    UNDERSTANDING VISUAL STUDIO MINIMAP
    UNDERSTANDING VISUAL STUDIO INDENT GUIDES
    UNDERSTANDING VISUAL STUDIO BREADCRUMBS
    VISUAL STUDIO ADVANCED TREE NAVIGATION
    UNDERSTANDING VISUAL STUDIO OUTLINE VIEW
    VISUAL STUDIO OPEN EDITORS
    UNDERSTANDING VIEWS
    VISUAL STUDIO ACTIVITY BAR
    VISUAL STUDIO COMMAND PALETTE
    CONFIGURING YOUR VISUAL STUDIO EDITOR
    UNDERSTANDING ZEN MODE
    UNDERSTANDING CENTERED EDITOR LAYOUT
    UNDERSTANDING VISUAL STUDIO TABS
    UNDERSTANDING TAB ORDERING
    UNDERSTANDING PREVIEW MODE
    UNDERSTANDING VISUAL STUDIO EDITOR GROUPS
    UNDERSTANDING VISUAL STUDIO GRID EDITOR LAYOUT
    UNDERSTANDING VISUAL STUDIO WINDOW MANAGEMENT
    UNDERSTANDING COLOR THEMES
    UNDERSTANDING VISUAL STUDIO USER AND WORKSPACE SETTINGS
    UNDERSTANDING GROUPS SETTINGS
    UNDERSTANDING SETTINGS EDITOR FILTERS
    UNDERSTANDING MODIFIED SETTINGS
    UNDERSTANDING VISUAL STUDIO TERMINAL WINDOW
    UNDERSTANDING TERMINAL SHELLS
    UNDERSTANDING TERMINALS MANAGEMENT
    UNDERSTANDING GROUPS OR SPLIT PANES
    UNDERSTANDING THE EDITOR AREA TERMINALS
    UNDERSTANDING VISUAL STUDIO OUTPUT WINDOW
    UNDERSTANDING VISUAL STUDIO SOURCE CONTROL
    UNDERSTANDING DEBUG CONSOLE
    UNDERSTANDING DEBUGGING
    UNDERSTANDING DEBUGGER EXTENSIONS
CHAPTER THREE
UNDERSTANDING FILES, FOLDERS, AND PROJECT EXPLORER
    UNDERSTANDING VISUAL STUDIO PROJECT
    UNDERSTANDING VISUAL STUDIO FILES
    UNDERSTANDING FOLDERS
    UNDERSTANDING DECORATIONS IN VISUAL STUDIO
    UNDERSTANDING WORKSPACES
    UNDERSTANDING SEARCH
    UNDERSTANDING FIND AND REPLACE
    EXPLORING THE SEED SEARCH STRING FROM SELECTION
    UNDERSTANDING FIND IN SELECTION
    UNDERSTANDING SOPHISTICATED FIND AND REPLACE OPTIONS
CHAPTER FOUR
INTEGRATING WITH SOURCE CONTROL
    USING GIT
    KNOW THE FOLLOWING ABOUT GIT
    WORKING WITH GITHUB IN VISUAL STUDIO CODE
    THE GITHUB PULL REQUESTS AND ISSUES EXTENSION SHOULD BE INSTALLED
    HOW TO BEGIN WITH GITHUB PULL REQUESTS AND PROBLEMS
    REPOSITORY SET-UP
    USING AN EXISTING REPOSITORY FOR AUTHENTICITY
    UNDERSTANDING EDITOR INTEGRATION
    UNDERSTANDING PULL REQUESTS
    HOW TO CREATE PULL REQUESTS
    UNDERSTAND HOW TO CREATE ISSUES
    WORKING ON ISSUES
    UNDERSTANDING GITHUB REPOSITORIES EXTENSION
    UNDERSTANDING SWITCHING BRANCHES
    UNDERSTANDING REMOTE EXPLORER
    UNDERSTANDING HOW TO CREATE PULL REQUESTS
    UNDERSTANDING VIRTUAL FILE SYSTEM
    UNDERSTANDING GITHUB COPILOT
    HOW TO CLONE A REPOSITORY
    UNDERSTANDING STAGING AND COMMITTING
    UNDERSTANDING BRANCHES AND TAGS
    UNDERSTANDING MERGE CONFLICTS
    UNDERSTANDING REMOTES
    UNDERSTANDING GIT STATUS BAR ACTIONS
    UNDERSTANDING GUTTER INDICATORS
    UNDERSTANDING THE GIT OUTPUT WINDOW
    INITIALIZING A REPOSITORY
    UNDERSTANDING SCM EXTENSION PROVIDERS
    UNDERSTANDING VISUAL STUDIO CODE AS A GIT EDITOR
CHAPTER FIVE
UNDERSTANDING DEBUGGING
    UNDERSTANDING DEBUGGER EXTENSIONS
    HOW TO INITIATE DEBUGGING
    UNDERSTANDING RUN AND DEBUG VIEW
    UNDERSTANDING RUN MENU
    HOW TO LAUNCH CONFIGURATIONS
    UNDERSTANDING LAUNCH AND ATTACH CONFIGURATIONS
    ADDING A FRESH CONFIGURATION
    UNDERSTANDING DEBUG ACTIONS
    UNDERSTANDING RUN MODE
    UNDERSTANDING BREAKPOINTS
    UNDERSTANDING LOGPOINTS
    UNDERSTANDING DATA INSPECTION
    UNDERSTANDING LAUNCH.JSON ATTRIBUTES
    UNDERSTANDING VARIABLE SUBSTITUTION
    UNDERSTANDING PLATFORM-SPECIFIC PROPERTIES
    UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL LAUNCH CONFIGURATION
    UNDERSTANDING CONDITIONAL BREAKPOINTS
    UNDERSTANDING INLINE BREAKPOINTS
    UNDERSTANDING FUNCTION BREAKPOINTS
    UNDERSTANDING DATA BREAKPOINTS
    UNDERSTANDING DEBUG CONSOLE REPL
    INPUT/OUTPUT IS REDIRECTED TO/FROM THE DEBUG TARGET
    UNDERSTANDING MULTI-TARGET DEBUGGING
    UNDERSTANDING COMPOUND LAUNCH CONFIGURATIONS
    UNDERSTANDING REMOTE DEBUGGING
    WHEN DEBUGGING A SERVER PROGRAM, HOW TO AUTOMATICALLY OPEN A URI
    UNDERSTANDING TRIGGER DEBUGGING VIA MICROSOFT EDGE OR CHROME
    UNDERSTANDING HOW TO ACTIVATE AN ARBITRAL LAUNCH CONFIGURATION
CHAPTER SIX
EXTERNAL TOOLS AND TASK AUTOMATION
    UNDERSTANDING TASK AUTO-DETECTION
    UNDERSTANDING CUSTOM TASKS
    UNDERSTANDING COMPOUND TASKS
    UNDERSTANDING USER-LEVEL TASKS
    UNDERSTANDING OUTPUT BEHAVIOR
    UNDERSTANDING RUN BEHAVIOR
    CONFIGURATION OF AUTO-DETECTED TASKS
    WORKOUT PROCESSING USING PROBLEM MATCHERS
    TASK-BINDING KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
    UNDERSTANDING VARIABLE SUBSTITUTION
    PROPERTIES SPECIFIC TO AN OPERATING SYSTEM
    ESCAPING CHARACTER IN POWERSHELL
    CHANGING A TASK'S OUTPUT ENCODING
    TYPESCRIPT TO JAVASCRIPT TRANSPILATION
    TRANSPILING INTO CSS USING LESS AND SCSS
    DEFINING A PROBLEM MATCHER
    A MULTILINE PROBLEM MATCHER'S DEFINITION
    CHANGING A PREVIOUS PROBLEM MATCHER
    KNOWING THE HISTORY AND WATCHING THE TASK
CHAPTER SEVEN
UNDERSTANDING EMMET AND SNIPPEST
    EMMET IN VISUAL STUDIO CODE
    HOW TO EXPAND EMMET ABBREVIATIONS AND SNIPPETS
    USING TAB FOR EMMET EXPANSIONS
    UNDERSTANDING EMMET SUGGESTION ORDERING
    IMPLORING EMMET ABBREVIATIONS IN OTHER FILE TYPES
    UNDERSTANDING EMMET WITH MULTI-CURSORS
    UNDERSTANDING FILTERS
    UNDERSTANDING BEM FILTER (BEM)
    UNDERSTANDING COMMENT FILTER
    UNDERSTANDING THE TRIM FILTER
    USING CUSTOM EMMET SNIPPETS
    UNDERSTANDING HTML EMMET SNIPPETS
    UNDERSTANDING CSS EMMET SNIPPETS
    UNDERSTANDING TAB STOPS AND CURSORS IN CUSTOM SNIPPETS
    UNDERSTANDING EMMET CONFIGURATION
    HOW TO SET VALUE DESCRIPTION
    VISUAL STUDIO CODE SNIPPETS: AN INTRODUCTION
    UNDERSTANDING THE VISUAL STUDIO BUILT-IN SNIPPETS
    INSTALLING SNIPPETS FROM THE MARKETPLACE
    UNDERSTANDING HOW TO ESTABLISH YOUR SNIPPETS
    UNDERSTANDING FILE TEMPLATE SNIPPETS
    UNDERSTANDING SNIPPET SCOPE
    UNDERSTANDING LANGUAGE SNIPPET SCOPE
    UNDERSTANDING PROJECT SNIPPET SCOPE
    UNDERSTANDING SNIPPET SYNTAX
    VARIABLE TRANSFORMATION
    UNDERSTANDING PLACEHOLDER-TRANSFORM
    UNDERSTANDING GRAMMAR
    UNDERSTANDING TEXTMATE SNIPPETS
    KEYBINDINGS AND HOW TO ASSIGN THEM TO SNIPPETS
CONCLUSION
INDEX