Introduction
Visual Studio has been the primary integrated development environment (IDE) for Microsoft software development for several years. Visual Studio 2010 (VS), the
subject of this book, is therefore a mature evolution, building upon the success of its predecessors. This book will show you how to leverage Visual Studio 2010 to your advantage, increasing your skill set, and helping you become more productive in building software. The software you will learn to write will be for .NET (pronounced “Dot Net”), which is a Microsoft platform for writing different types of applications.
As the title suggests, this is a book for beginners. However, there are many opinions about who a beginner is, so let’s discuss what beginner means in the context of this book. You should probably have some understanding of what programming is from a general perspective. It would help to have at least written a batch file, macro, or script that instructed the computer to perform some task. A beginner could also be someone who has written software with technology, such as Cobol, Dreamweaver, or Java, but who is unfamiliar with Visual Studio. Whatever your background, this book provides a gradual
