Choosing Visual Studio 2008 tools and technologies

Inside that document, you'll find an outline view of the development process, as practiced and preached by Microsoft, which guides you to and through various tools based on your needs. This view also prompts you into various elements based on your answers to basic questions.

Thus, for example, if you answer yes to the question "Are you building an application with a user interface?" you will find pointers to help you choose between WinForms and Web Forms, as well as an accompanying WinForms Overview and a discussion of Web Site Projects and Solutions.

You'll also find ample coverage of Windows Controls (another time-honored user interface toolset), including WinForms Controls, ASP.NET Web Server Controls, HTML Server Controls, ASP.NET User Controls, and even how to develop custom versions of your own ASP.NET Server Controls. Next, there's information about Server-based components for user interface

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s, including information about monitoring Windows services, monitoring and managing Windows processes, as well as dealing with performance counters and data, event logs, file system events and more.

For applications without interfaces, you'll find information about command line applications and Windows services under an "Executable" heading, and information about XML Web services and .NET components under a "Library" heading.

There are also document hierarchies that address the following topics:

Other topics include XML Web services, Office development solutions, custom controls and components, task automation and environment extensions, and more. There's also plenty of discussion of how to build, debu, and test Visual Studio 2008 applications, how to profile and deploy them, and how to upgrade them from previous Visual Studio versions. There's even a complete list of What's New items for all the elements in the Visual Studio 2008 development toolset and environment, so developers can quickly check out what to expect from this pending product set. In short, there's something for everyone in here. Check it out!

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