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  Professional Visual Studio 2010 (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)

  Book (Wrox)
  

  Rating (12 reviews):

  (3.9/5)

  

  Visual Studio Tome

  I've been using Visual Studio for development for as long as .NET has been around,I've had no problem getting code written, compiled and debugged.In the back of my mind I knew that Visual Studio had a heap of features andwould often see a presenter press a button here, or change a setting there,and would think that one day I'll spend some time digging deeper into Visual Studio.With the release of 2010, Visual Studio is bigger than ever, and I'm really glad thatI choose this book as my tour guide.I was a bit arrogant to think that I could learn all the features of Visual Studio withoutthis book, it took 4 authors (and it's not a little book at all), to cover Visual Studio 2010.Any full time developer who hasn't read a book on Visual Studio, now's about time you did, and I recommend this tome(did I mention its not a little book?!). 4/5 Jason Schluter (Adelaide, Australia) - See all my reviews This review is from: Professional Visual Studio 2010 (Wrox Programmer to Programmer) (Paperback) I've been using Visual Studio for development for as long as .NET has been around,I've had no problem getting code written, compiled and debugged.In the back of my mind I knew that Visual Studio had a heap of features andwould often see a presenter press a button here, or change a setting there,and would think that one day I'll spend some time digging deeper into Visual Studio.With the release of 2010, Visual Studio is bigger than ever, and I'm really glad thatI choose this book as my tour guide.I was a bit arrogant to think that I could learn all the features of Visual Studio withoutthis book, it took 4 authors (and it's not a little book at all), to cover Visual Studio 2010.Any full time developer who hasn't read a book on Visual Studio, now's about time you did, and I recommend this tome(did I mention its not a little book?!). Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you? , June 22, 2010

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  Great Book for novice and experienced

  Two huge learning curves await anyone that wants to know about MSFT's .NET framework 1) The Framework itself and 2) The tool to develop the applicaitons. Having spent lots of time learning just the framework (going back to version 1.0) I hadn't dug into the IDE much. I just downloaded the free versions of Visual Studio Express and dug in. Owning the current version of VS2010 Professional has changed that for me, and I figured I should "dig-in". This book is perfect for that.There are 57 chapters in this book with almost 100% focus on Visual Studio. Very rarely does the book go into the Framework details other than to show you how to set up specific things within Visual Studio to go to next step. It's exactly the book you need if you are a good .NET programmer but want to take it to the next "Professional" level. By learning the internals of Visual Studio itself, you are destined to become a "Professional" .NET developer.I highly recommend this one, as... 5/5 John W. Peters "Mr. Javaman" (Texas) - See all my reviews, September 20, 2010

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  Good coverage, some missing sentences, broken examples

  As shortly said in the title:according to me this book offers a good (i.e. extended) coverage of the features offered by Visual Studio 2010, including the many new features in this 2010 version. There's plenty of features described, and as a professional you cannot go without at least knowing that they exist... You have to know well your main tool!In the final chapters the book also gives an overview of so-called "Application Lifecycle Management" related features: check the other Visual Studio Wrox book on A.L.M. if you need a deeper description on those topics.Maybe, in order to get the book done so quickly after VS2010 release, not everything has been thoroughly reviewed: and here's the bad part.It happened many times to find broken/bugged code examples; code samples with missing bits or missing textual description; changes in subsequent versions of a code sample with misleading highlighted differences. The result is that sometimes you are left to wonder if... 3/5 GiUmaTo - See all my reviews This review is from: Professional Visual Studio 2010 (Wrox Programmer to Programmer) (Paperback) As shortly said in the title:according to me this book offers a good (i.e. extended) coverage of the features offered by Visual Studio 2010, including the many new features in this 2010 version. There's plenty of features described, and as a professional you cannot go without at least knowing that they exist... You have to know well your main tool!In the final chapters the book also gives an overview of so-called "Application Lifecycle Management" related features: check the other Visual Studio Wrox book on A.L.M. if you need a deeper description on those topics.Maybe, in order to get the book done so quickly after VS2010 release, not everything has been thoroughly reviewed: and here's the bad part.It happened many times to find broken/bugged code examples; code samples with missing bits or missing textual description; changes in subsequent versions of a code sample with misleading highlighted differences. The result is that sometimes you are left to wonder if... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you? , November 22, 2010

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  Visual Studio 2010 Professional

  Software (Microsoft Software)
  

  Rating (12 reviews):

  (4.3/5)

  

  Awesome Tool, incredibly intuitive and packed with features

  I've done VBA programming for awhile and I decided to take the plunge into .NET programming, primarily with VB.net. I've had this for only a day but I am extremely impressed with the robust features and "on-the-fly" developing support tools this has. I mostly played in the Office 2010 add-in templates and it is impressive how much work it saves you. It has everything from the calling procedures, ribbon customizations, and deployment solutions all set up and ready to go. And that is only one small functionality for one purpose. I cannot wait to start dabbling in the database functionalities and other features this has to offer. 5/5 T. Nield - See all my reviews, November 16, 2011

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  Great Product

  This product has some great new improvements and seems to work fine. My only complaint is that Microsoft really socks it to you in terms of price. Apple provides its new Xcode 4 software good for programming on Macs, iPhones, and Ipads to non developers for less than 5 bucks. Free if you are a member of their developers group. 4/5 J. White - See all my reviews, March 14, 2011

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  Visual Studio 2010 Pro

  Visual Studio 2010 is an excellent product. I am using it for Visual Basic development. It makes programming easy and intuitive. 5/5 Kevin F. Kinion (Port Orange, FL USA) - See all my reviews, June 10, 2011

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  Windows Development

  Test Case Management

  Unit Testing

  Office and SharePoint Development

  Microsoft Visual Studio Team Explorer 2010

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  Visual Studio 2010 All-in-One For Dummies

  Book (For Dummies)
  

  Rating (5 reviews):

  (3.8/5)

  

  VS 2010 FOR ROCKET SCIENTISTS

  There are some subjects that should naturally be beyond the scope of dummy books. One should not expect a title like, "Flying a spacecraft for dummies". The question then is, does Visual Studio 2010 belong in the rocket science class of subjects? I doubt that Microsoft will take it as a compliment if anyone says that this product is so tough that only nuclear physicists can understand it. I have no doubt that Andrew Moore put a lot of effort into the 900-page book, which going by other Dummy books, is a giant. However, I suggest that the publishers do another review of the title in the interest of the Dummy Book industry.To start with, Andrew Moore states on page 2 that he intends the book to help a lot of people, from application developers to advanced developers and others. One wonders then who a dummy is in his imagination. Please bear in mind that a dummy book should address the needs of a dummy to start with. A dummy of Visual Studio 2010 can be someone who is... 1/5 Glint - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Visual Studio 2010 All-in-One For Dummies (Paperback) There are some subjects that should naturally be beyond the scope of dummy books. One should not expect a title like, "Flying a spacecraft for dummies". The question then is, does Visual Studio 2010 belong in the rocket science class of subjects? I doubt that Microsoft will take it as a compliment if anyone says that this product is so tough that only nuclear physicists can understand it. I have no doubt that Andrew Moore put a lot of effort into the 900-page book, which going by other Dummy books, is a giant. However, I suggest that the publishers do another review of the title in the interest of the Dummy Book industry.To start with, Andrew Moore states on page 2 that he intends the book to help a lot of people, from application developers to advanced developers and others. One wonders then who a dummy is in his imagination. Please bear in mind that a dummy book should address the needs of a dummy to start with. A dummy of Visual Studio 2010 can be someone who is... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you? , September 13, 2010

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  Highly Recommended - Definitely a Keeper

  This is an excellent comprehensive study of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET development and web development. It covers all the new bells and whistles in Visual Studio 2010. Many of the sections are "for dummies" because if you have a Visual Studio 2008 background, there is a lot of repetition. But if you're new to .NET development, this book is very detailed and everything you need to know about everything in regard to programming.If you're an experienced developer, it has a lot of entry level material that's easy to skim over. It has a section on creating a Facebook app that I'm looking forward to trying out.This book is definitely a keeper. It advertises 7 books in one, and that is certainly true. There is so much in this book. Although it is definitely best for a beginner, even an experienced developer will learn a lot of new things pertinent to VS2010. 5/5 Nannette "Nannette" (Kansas USA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Visual Studio 2010 All-in-One For Dummies (Paperback) This is an excellent comprehensive study of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET development and web development. It covers all the new bells and whistles in Visual Studio 2010. Many of the sections are "for dummies" because if you have a Visual Studio 2008 background, there is a lot of repetition. But if you're new to .NET development, this book is very detailed and everything you need to know about everything in regard to programming.If you're an experienced developer, it has a lot of entry level material that's easy to skim over. It has a section on creating a Facebook app that I'm looking forward to trying out.This book is definitely a keeper. It advertises 7 books in one, and that is certainly true. There is so much in this book. Although it is definitely best for a beginner, even an experienced developer will learn a lot of new things pertinent to VS2010. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you? , November 22, 2010

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  Visual Studio 2010 All-in-One For Dummies

  I always cringe when I see a "For Dummies" book. Therefore, it was particularly challenging for me to buy this one. However, I have a Kindle and got to review the downloaded free sample. Now that I have it, I can say that it's a well-written thorough introduction to VS2010. Recommended. 5/5 Allan L. Kaminsky - See all my reviews, August 5, 2010

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  Microsoft Visual Studio 2010: A Beginner's Guide

  Book (McGraw-Hill Osborne Media)
  

  Rating (14 reviews):

  (3.3/5)

  

  A great introduction to Visual Studio 2010

  One may wonder how anyone could write a decent introductory book to Visual Studio and related programming, do it just over 400 pages with decent sized type and screenshots, and still cover a little bit of everything from Asp.Net to MVC to WPF. This book successfully manages that task quite well.The first four chapters get you up to speed on finding your way around visual studio enough to get a project started. It also includes brief tutorial on programming in both Visual Basic and C#. If you have programmed in other languages, or you are just starting programming, this will give you just enough knowledge to get started inside Visual Studio.. It covers program structure, some language syntax, and how to best use the Visual Studio make programming tasks easier.The next three chapters cover creating projects, debugging, and accessing data. While whole books can be written on these subjects, Joe manages to hit the useful high points. Since much time can be... 5/5 K. Halvorson - See all my reviews, May 16, 2010

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  For Beginners

  I am a beginning programmer at least in C#, this book has been helpful in a lot of ways but I have to mention that the author must have been in a hurry to get this book out as a lot of his C# code samples are missing required brackets "{" and some lines of code, for instance take page 76 under C# (MessagePrinter.cs)in the middle of the page you will notice 3 opening brackets and 4 closing brackets, which means the reader has to figure out what the author forgot to type in, in this case it was the class statement that was missing, if you are looking to learn C# i would be carefull with this book at is seem's to be missing a few statements in the examples, visual basic readers may not have had this problem in their code samples....ThanksEric. 3/5 Eric "Eric" (Laguna Beach, Ca. USA) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010: A Beginner's Guide (Paperback) I am a beginning programmer at least in C#, this book has been helpful in a lot of ways but I have to mention that the author must have been in a hurry to get this book out as a lot of his C# code samples are missing required brackets "{" and some lines of code, for instance take page 76 under C# (MessagePrinter.cs)in the middle of the page you will notice 3 opening brackets and 4 closing brackets, which means the reader has to figure out what the author forgot to type in, in this case it was the class statement that was missing, if you are looking to learn C# i would be carefull with this book at is seem's to be missing a few statements in the examples, visual basic readers may not have had this problem in their code samples....ThanksEric. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you? , May 23, 2010

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  Helpful but some assembly necessary

  I like the book and it's really helping me in making 'baby steps' into C#. But if I were an absolute beginner, some of the technical difficulties might have made me give up. While I'm only through Chapter 3 so far, there are two things I'd point out (one of which another reviewer has mentioned):1. The code samples have mistakes in them. I know how hard it is, trust me, and it may well be an editor's error - it may well be unique to the Kindle edition as well. But as has been mentioned, leaving out important directives in code just really frustrates the reader no end. If Joe or the publisher had, on a web site, a link to an 'errata' page that would be *ever* do nice.2. The other thing that took some getting used to for me was that the book covers both C# and VB; and nearly every discussion of code snippets addresses both. Until i got used to skipping over the paragraphs that were not C# (and the even-harder-to-skip-over in line parenthetic comments about VB), I kept goign... 4/5 Miles Kehoe (Cupertino, CA) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 : A Beginner's Guide (A Beginners Guide) (Kindle Edition) I like the book and it's really helping me in making 'baby steps' into C#. But if I were an absolute beginner, some of the technical difficulties might have made me give up. While I'm only through Chapter 3 so far, there are two things I'd point out (one of which another reviewer has mentioned):1. The code samples have mistakes in them. I know how hard it is, trust me, and it may well be an editor's error - it may well be unique to the Kindle edition as well. But as has been mentioned, leaving out important directives in code just really frustrates the reader no end. If Joe or the publisher had, on a web site, a link to an 'errata' page that would be *ever* do nice.2. The other thing that took some getting used to for me was that the book covers both C# and VB; and nearly every discussion of code snippets addresses both. Until i got used to skipping over the paragraphs that were not C# (and the even-harder-to-skip-over in line parenthetic comments about VB), I kept goign... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you? , September 3, 2010

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  Stephens' C# Programming with Visual Studio 2010 24-Hour Trainer (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)

  Book (Wrox)
  

  Rating (16 reviews):

  (4.5/5)

  

  The fastest way to learn C#!

  This is not the only book I bought to learn C#, but after a lot of searching, it's the one I believed could get me "up and running" in minimum time. After a few days with Rod's book and DVD combo, I'm more convinced than ever it's "that good" if you are just getting started with Visual C#. And don't let the title fool you--there is a lot of breadth in the book and sufficient depth to keep you occupied, even while Stephens makes the learning enjoyable.I'm fairly experienced with the Visual Basic product line (through VB6) and initially intended to move to .NET programming with Visual Basic 2008. Yet, for a number of reasons (mainly to rewrite a commercial application) I decided to learn C# instead. I do not write programs for a living, however, and I'm largely self-taught (OK, one class in college--FORTRAN--which I hated and swore would be the last of my life. It was!).Rod's book is perfect for me and a lot of others, I believe, who 1.) think learning a... 5/5 astroguy - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Stephens' C# Programming with Visual Studio 2010 24-Hour Trainer (Wrox Programmer to Programmer) (Paperback) This is not the only book I bought to learn C#, but after a lot of searching, it's the one I believed could get me "up and running" in minimum time. After a few days with Rod's book and DVD combo, I'm more convinced than ever it's "that good" if you are just getting started with Visual C#. And don't let the title fool you--there is a lot of breadth in the book and sufficient depth to keep you occupied, even while Stephens makes the learning enjoyable.I'm fairly experienced with the Visual Basic product line (through VB6) and initially intended to move to .NET programming with Visual Basic 2008. Yet, for a number of reasons (mainly to rewrite a commercial application) I decided to learn C# instead. I do not write programs for a living, however, and I'm largely self-taught (OK, one class in college--FORTRAN--which I hated and swore would be the last of my life. It was!).Rod's book is perfect for me and a lot of others, I believe, who 1.) think learning a... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you? , July 19, 2010

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  The book does the job..

  I'm coming from C++/MFC background and wants to pick up on C#/WPF. I used C# before but not extensively, so I wanted a book to help me review on the Windows Form controls. This book does nicely especially with the videos provided. If you have a background in C# working with console, this book will give you a good introduction to the controls. You will be able to understand the controls and be able to get started immediately. The try-it exercise is a nice plus. You follow the steps by steps guide. Overall, it's a good book if you have some background in C#. Be warn though, if you're totally new to the programming environment and never program before, you will get lost eventhough the book says no previous programming required. 4/5 Cody "damda" (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Stephens' C# Programming with Visual Studio 2010 24-Hour Trainer (Wrox Programmer to Programmer) (Paperback) I'm coming from C++/MFC background and wants to pick up on C#/WPF. I used C# before but not extensively, so I wanted a book to help me review on the Windows Form controls. This book does nicely especially with the videos provided. If you have a background in C# working with console, this book will give you a good introduction to the controls. You will be able to understand the controls and be able to get started immediately. The try-it exercise is a nice plus. You follow the steps by steps guide. Overall, it's a good book if you have some background in C#. Be warn though, if you're totally new to the programming environment and never program before, you will get lost eventhough the book says no previous programming required. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you? , June 15, 2010

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  Great starting point, but know what to expect...

  The field of computer programming has changed irrevocably since the days of line-by-line typing. Programming used to involve typing on a novel-length scale, with millennial durations to match. Today, Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) that require dragging, dropping and clicking have arrived. Many of these generate large sections of code to reduce both typing and, possibly, tendonitis. As such, deep knowledge of these tools has become almost as important as knowing the details of the programming language itself. And that's exactly where "Stephens' C# Programming 24-hour trainer" begins. Lesson 1 dives the reader into the IDE headfirst. Many C# books start with Console programming, which resembles old style line by line coding. Not here. This book dives into Windows forms from the get go. Of course, this approach has advantages and disadvantages. Ingrain the word "24-hour trainer" into your mind when purchasing this book. First, this book will take anyone, even a highly... 4/5 ewomack "ewomack" (MN USA) - See all my reviews, November 26, 2010

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  Visual Studio 2010 Professional Upgrade

  Software (Microsoft Software)
  

  Rating (7 reviews):

  (3.9/5)

  

  Excellent Upgrade For Visual Studio

  I installed the product on a Win 7 64 bit system and it works great. Anyone with prior Visual Studio experience will no doubt be very happy with it. 4/5 J. White - See all my reviews, December 13, 2010

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  VS2010

  VS is a great developmnet tool. This package also includes a basic msdn subscription.I use it together with xamarin - mono for android to write android applications in C#. An excellent combination. 5/5 Henrik - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Visual Studio 2010 Professional Upgrade (Software) VS is a great developmnet tool. This package also includes a basic msdn subscription.I use it together with xamarin - mono for android to write android applications in C#. An excellent combination. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you? , January 19, 2012

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  Works great - nice upgrade

  Visual Studio just keeps getting better with 2010 - even seems to load faster than my old 2005 model. Much cleaner navigation and work area. Installed very easily on Windows XP - no problems at all. 5/5 William L. Anfin Jr. "a.k.a. Walkin' Willie" (Rock Hill, SC) - See all my reviews, September 19, 2011

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  Cloud Development

  Work Item Tracking

  Web Development

  Version Control

  Customizable Development Experience

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  Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Unleashed

  Book (Sams)
  

  Rating (3 reviews):

  (3.3/5)

  

  Meaningless book

  Nothing about this book is actually "unleashed". This is more of a beginner book that constantly references outside material. Except it's not a very good beginner book, because it doesn't even explain basic questions about common syntax, etc. I'd say there were maybe 2 chapters of value in the book. 2/5 Dan Welter - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Unleashed (Paperback) Nothing about this book is actually "unleashed". This is more of a beginner book that constantly references outside material. Except it's not a very good beginner book, because it doesn't even explain basic questions about common syntax, etc. I'd say there were maybe 2 chapters of value in the book. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you? , December 13, 2010

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  Great starting point.

  If you want to learn C#, then this book's not for you, as obvious from the title.I am a very experienced programmer transitioning from Java Eclipse to .NET Visual Studio.This book has been really useful in getting me up to speed. The book reads very well front to back, and each chapter is coherent.I actually think that I now know more about Visual Studio in a week, than I do about Eclipse after 5 years.I have been building a large (massively complex) application while working in parallel with the book.For example, I needed to add unit tests. Yesterday I added unit tests while reading the chapter on that topic.It made the job a lot easier. The only issue is that sometimes it's not obvious where the command is executed on the screen, or from which menu item.There's a lot in the book ( I am about 1/3 through it ) and I'll obviously go back to it again as I get more experience.I have the Kindle version so I run the book on... 4/5 John Mors (Arlington) - See all my reviews, February 3, 2012

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  ok

  This book is fine. It's not a good reference book as I expected it was, but lots of good info 4/5 whatsapenname - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Unleashed (Paperback) This book is fine. It's not a good reference book as I expected it was, but lots of good info Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you? , November 23, 2010

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  Professional Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2010 (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)

  Book (Wrox)
  

  Rating (14 reviews):

  (4.6/5)

  

  Great overview of the 2010 features. Quick read. Goes down easy.

  I got my copy of Pro ALM with VS2010 last week and really liked the book. Nice job.VS2010/TFS2010 is a huge new release and it was nice to have a comprehensive overview of the product in one place rather than scattered across 20 different blogs. Even though I've been working with the betas of Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010 for months, there were still things that I'd missed. Plus, for the pieces/features that I already knew about, it was nice to read someone else's take.It reads easy and it will give you a fast, efficient brain-dump for getting going with 2010. 5/5 B. Day (Brookline, MA United States) - See all my reviews, April 11, 2010

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  Nice Job covering a TON of stuff!!!

  This is a pretty sweet book. There are a ton of features in Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010. This book does a great job of covering all of them that are related to Application Lifecycle Management.The book goes into enough detail to give you a good understanding of the feature they are covering. With the number of features covered to go into great detail would have made the book 5 times larger. I did not read any topic that did not have enough detail to give me a good understanding of the feature.The book is broken down into 5 parts. Architect, Developer, Tester, Team Foundation Server, and Project/Process Management.The book covers UML, using the Architecture Explorer, using Layer Diagrams, Unit Testing, Code Analysis and Code Metrics, Profi ling and Performance, Database Development/Testing/Deployment, IntelliTrace, Web Performance and Load Testing, Coded User Interface Testing, Lab Management, the Team Foundation... 5/5 T. Anderson (PA USA) - See all my reviews, April 29, 2010

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  Excellent overview of Visual Studio 2010 lifecycle tools

  I lead a small software development team that has significant experience using Visual Studio. This book has been really helpful for moving to VS 2010 because it covers the complete breadth of the lifecycle tools available in VS 2010, which has been perfect for us to quickly ramp up on the new features, as well as the new (and sometimes subtle) improvements to existing features. While there are high-level explanations of lifecycle concepts (use case diagramming, unit testing, etc), the book focuses much more on practical usage of the features of VS.I would highly recommend this book to software professionals who plan to use VS 2010 at some point. Even if you're not working in a team--or if your team hasn't standardized on using these features--you'll produce better software and save a lot of time by understanding how to use these tools.I would not recommend this book to people looking to learn about programming basics or for a deep theoretical discussion about... 5/5 Ed Kaim - See all my reviews, April 28, 2010

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  Visual Studio 2010 Professional with MSDN

  Software (Microsoft Software)
  

  Rating (3 reviews):

  (3.0/5)

  

  Save money and get what you paid for!

  This version is identical to the product purchased directly from Microsoft, I have no idea why the earlier reviewer suggested otherwise. You may want to plan for someone to be at home since the package will be shipped with signature required because of the value. 5/5 Codecrafter (Florida) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Visual Studio 2010 Professional with MSDN (DVD-ROM) This version is identical to the product purchased directly from Microsoft, I have no idea why the earlier reviewer suggested otherwise. You may want to plan for someone to be at home since the package will be shipped with signature required because of the value. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you? , January 4, 2011

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  Be careful what you get....

  Be careful when you buy this!!! I thought that I was getting a MSDN Professional Subscription with this product, but instead I got a MSDN Essentials subscription which means you don't get all of the benefits of the subscription that is advertised. (For example, you don't get the magazine subscription or the Education package and your software downloads are a lot LESS than what the Professional subscription offers) I'll keep the software because the tools are what I wanted, but be wary of the subscription. 2/5 Grodoz - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Visual Studio 2010 Professional with MSDN (DVD-ROM) Be careful when you buy this!!! I thought that I was getting a MSDN Professional Subscription with this product, but instead I got a MSDN Essentials subscription which means you don't get all of the benefits of the subscription that is advertised. (For example, you don't get the magazine subscription or the Education package and your software downloads are a lot LESS than what the Professional subscription offers) I'll keep the software because the tools are what I wanted, but be wary of the subscription. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you? , September 28, 2010

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  What A Rip Off

  Microsoft raised the price and removed useful tools, such as Office. Too many confusing SKUs. Takes up to two weeks to activate, unless you pay hundreds of dollars more to buy direct from Microsoft. Combined with the fact that increasing amounts of the work I do are for non Microsoft platforms, they picked a really bad time to deliver me such a crummy deal. If it weren't for ASP.NET I could probably be done with them for good. They should definitely watch their virtual backs, the people writing the apps increasingly don't need to put up with this. 2/5 Eric Ruck "NearChaos" (Ellicott City, MD USA) - See all my reviews, December 2, 2010

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  Unit Testing

  Office and SharePoint Development

  Microsoft Visual Studio Team Explorer 2010

  Windows Development

  Test Case Management

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  Professional Visual Studio 2010 (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)

  eBooks (Wrox)
  

  Rating (12 reviews):

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  Visual Studio Tome

  I've been using Visual Studio for development for as long as .NET has been around,I've had no problem getting code written, compiled and debugged.In the back of my mind I knew that Visual Studio had a heap of features andwould often see a presenter press a button here, or change a setting there,and would think that one day I'll spend some time digging deeper into Visual Studio.With the release of 2010, Visual Studio is bigger than ever, and I'm really glad thatI choose this book as my tour guide.I was a bit arrogant to think that I could learn all the features of Visual Studio withoutthis book, it took 4 authors (and it's not a little book at all), to cover Visual Studio 2010.Any full time developer who hasn't read a book on Visual Studio, now's about time you did, and I recommend this tome(did I mention its not a little book?!). 4/5 Jason Schluter (Adelaide, Australia) - See all my reviews This review is from: Professional Visual Studio 2010 (Wrox Programmer to Programmer) (Paperback) I've been using Visual Studio for development for as long as .NET has been around,I've had no problem getting code written, compiled and debugged.In the back of my mind I knew that Visual Studio had a heap of features andwould often see a presenter press a button here, or change a setting there,and would think that one day I'll spend some time digging deeper into Visual Studio.With the release of 2010, Visual Studio is bigger than ever, and I'm really glad thatI choose this book as my tour guide.I was a bit arrogant to think that I could learn all the features of Visual Studio withoutthis book, it took 4 authors (and it's not a little book at all), to cover Visual Studio 2010.Any full time developer who hasn't read a book on Visual Studio, now's about time you did, and I recommend this tome(did I mention its not a little book?!). Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you? , June 22, 2010

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  Great Book for novice and experienced

  Two huge learning curves await anyone that wants to know about MSFT's .NET framework 1) The Framework itself and 2) The tool to develop the applicaitons. Having spent lots of time learning just the framework (going back to version 1.0) I hadn't dug into the IDE much. I just downloaded the free versions of Visual Studio Express and dug in. Owning the current version of VS2010 Professional has changed that for me, and I figured I should "dig-in". This book is perfect for that.There are 57 chapters in this book with almost 100% focus on Visual Studio. Very rarely does the book go into the Framework details other than to show you how to set up specific things within Visual Studio to go to next step. It's exactly the book you need if you are a good .NET programmer but want to take it to the next "Professional" level. By learning the internals of Visual Studio itself, you are destined to become a "Professional" .NET developer.I highly recommend this one, as... 5/5 John W. Peters "Mr. Javaman" (Texas) - See all my reviews, September 20, 2010

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  Good coverage, some missing sentences, broken examples

  As shortly said in the title:according to me this book offers a good (i.e. extended) coverage of the features offered by Visual Studio 2010, including the many new features in this 2010 version. There's plenty of features described, and as a professional you cannot go without at least knowing that they exist... You have to know well your main tool!In the final chapters the book also gives an overview of so-called "Application Lifecycle Management" related features: check the other Visual Studio Wrox book on A.L.M. if you need a deeper description on those topics.Maybe, in order to get the book done so quickly after VS2010 release, not everything has been thoroughly reviewed: and here's the bad part.It happened many times to find broken/bugged code examples; code samples with missing bits or missing textual description; changes in subsequent versions of a code sample with misleading highlighted differences. The result is that sometimes you are left to wonder if... 3/5 GiUmaTo - See all my reviews This review is from: Professional Visual Studio 2010 (Wrox Programmer to Programmer) (Paperback) As shortly said in the title:according to me this book offers a good (i.e. extended) coverage of the features offered by Visual Studio 2010, including the many new features in this 2010 version. There's plenty of features described, and as a professional you cannot go without at least knowing that they exist... You have to know well your main tool!In the final chapters the book also gives an overview of so-called "Application Lifecycle Management" related features: check the other Visual Studio Wrox book on A.L.M. if you need a deeper description on those topics.Maybe, in order to get the book done so quickly after VS2010 release, not everything has been thoroughly reviewed: and here's the bad part.It happened many times to find broken/bugged code examples; code samples with missing bits or missing textual description; changes in subsequent versions of a code sample with misleading highlighted differences. The result is that sometimes you are left to wonder if... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you? , November 22, 2010

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