Visual C# Express - Summary

Microsoft .NET Framework, ASP.NET, Visual C# (CSharp, C Sharp, C-Sharp) Developer Training, Visual Studio

By now you should have a basic understanding of how to manipulate different parts of the C# Express IDE.

• When you develop applications with C# Express, you are using an Integrated Development Environment (IDE). The IDE contains all of the tools you need to develop .NET programs using Visual Basic, C# or C++.

• The Start Page is displayed by default when you start Visual C# Express Edition. t contains four areas that let you work with projects, access areas of help, see what is making the headlines and hook into an RSS feed from MSDN.

• A solution can hold one or more projects, but often contains just a single project. To work with the files in a project, you use the Solution Explorer.

• A solution may contain projects that are written in more than one .NET supported language, although C# Express does not give you the ability to do this.

• The Code Editor window is where source code is written that does all of the hard work in the application.

• IntelliSense can dramatically increase your productivity when developing an application.

• Code folding can reduce the amount of information that you are reading into more manageable chunks of information.

• Collapsing windows allows more space for the Form Designer or the Code Editor.

• The solution explorer lists all of the files that make up the solution.

• To add a class to a project, select Add Class... from the Project menu or use the keyboard shortcut Shift+Alt+C.

• To change which project in a solution is the startup project, simply right-click on the project that you wish to be the startup one, then select Set as StartUp Project.

• The Class View displays the fields and methods for all classes in a project.

• The Properties Window is used for configuring properties and events on controls in your user interface. Properties specify an object’s attributes, such as the name, text and color of a control object, without writing any code.

• The Options dialog box enables you to configure the integrated development environment (IDE) to more suit your own coding requirements.