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About this Course

This course is intended for serious computer hobbyists, IT students, and IT professionals.

The free online textbook for this course is Sams Teach Yourself Visual Studio .NET 2003 in 21 Days. You should begin by reading the complete Introduction to the book.

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Lesson 2. Introduction to Visual Studio .NET

In this lesson you will learn about:

• The many windows and menu options available in Visual Studio .NET
• Generating help pages for your applications
• How to use Dynamic Help
• The different project types and what types of applications you can write
• Creating code libraries using the .NET Toolbox
• Customizing your development environment

Read the Introduction

Reading Assignments

Read the following sections from your free online textbook:

Introducing the Start Page

Using Dynamic Help

The New Projects Dialog

Exploring the Visual Studio .NET IDE

Using the Project Menu

Using the Build Menu

Managing Code Windows and Designers

Getting the Right Toolbars

Customizing Your Environment

 

Learning Activities

1. Use this search box to refine and expand your understanding of new terms and concepts in the reading assignments.

2. Read the Summary of the lesson.
3. Study the Q&A.
4. Take the Quiz to test your understanding.
5. Complete the hands-on Exercises.

   Return here after completing your hands-on session.

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