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Introduction
V
isual Studio has been the primary integrated development environment (IDE) for
Microsoft software development for several years. Visual Studio 2010 (VS), the
subject of this book, is therefore a mature evolution, building upon the success of its
predecessors. This book will show you how to leverage Visual Studio 2010 to your
advantage, increasing your skill set, and helping you become more productive in building
software. The software you will learn to write will be for .NET (pronounced “Dot Net”),
which is a Microsoft platform for writing different types of applications.
As the title suggests, this is a book for beginners. However, there are many opinions
about who a beginner is, so let’s discuss what beginner means in the context of this book.
You should probably have some understanding of what programming is from a general
perspective. It would help to have at least written a batch file, macro, or script that
instructed the computer to perform some task. A beginner could also be someone who
has written software with technology, such as Cobol, Dreamweaver, or Java, but who is
unfamiliar with Visual Studio. Whatever your background, this book provides a gradual
on-ramp to developing applications with Visual Studio 2010.