Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Express Edition: Build a Program Now!

Build a Program

Microsoft®

Visual C#
®
2005

Express Edition

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Contents

Coding Your Console Application

37

Customizing the IDE

39

Introducing Microsoft® Visual C#® 2005 Express

Creating a Windows Application

41

Edition

1

What Is .NET?

2

What Is C#?

4

Create Your Own Web Browser in Less Than

Is C# an Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Language?

4

Five Minutes!

45

What Is Visual C# 2005 Express Edition?

9

What Is a Project?

46

What Kinds of Applications Can You Build with

Visual C# 2005 Express Edition?

10

What Is the Design Layout?

47

What Are the Key Features You Need to Know About?

11

Putting It All Together

54

®

Installing Visual C# 2005 Express Edition

15

Creating Your First Full Windows Application 57

Preparing to Install Visual C# 2005 Express Edition

16

Snap and Align Those Controls Using Snap Lines 58

Installing Visual C# 2005 Express Edition

17

Using IntelliSense—Your New Best Friend! 59

IntelliSense and Ctrl+Spacebar 60

IntelliSense and Period/Left Parenthesis 60

Creating Your First Application

25

IntelliSense Filtering: Pre-Selecting the "Most Recently

Used" 62

Two Types of Applications: What’s the Difference?

26

IntelliSense Code Snippets: The Time Saver 63

Getting Started

27

How to Invoke Code Snippets 64

IDE Components

30

IntelliSense Auto-Using Statements 66

On to the Projects

31

Renaming and Refactoring 66

Building a Console Application

31

What Can You Rename? 67

Getting to Know Solution Explorer

32

How and Where to Use the Rename Feature 67

Getting Help: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition

Refactoring–Extract Method 70

Documentation

33

Common Windows Controls 71

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