Introduction to Visual Studio

At the end of this topic, you should be able to:

• Define the term IDE
• List the key tools available in Visual Studio
• Describe the relationship between Solutions, Projects and Files in Visual Studio
• List three different types of projects in Visual Studio
• List three different web site templates in Visual Studio
• Describe the following parts of the Visual Studio IDE: Editor Window, Toolbox, Solution Explorer, Server Explorer, Error List, Output Window
• Identify the file extension for a Solution file
• Identify the file extension for a CSharp Project file
• Create a Asp.NET Web Application Project
• Create a Class Library project
• Create a blank solution
• Configure the tool options in Visual Studio