Manipulating the Development Environment
The place to look for information about creating Add-Ins, customizing the appearance and behavior of the integrated development environment (IDE), and reference topics.
In This Section
- Customizing the Development Environment
Information about how to personalize the IDE for your convenience and productivity. - Automating Repetitive Actions by Using Macros
Information about creating and using macros. - Extending the Visual Studio Environment
Information about creating Add-Ins and using the automation model. - Visual Studio .NET SDK
Information on additional extensibility options for the IDE, including samples.
Related Sections
- Designing Distributed Applications
Information on application design decisions, such as system architecture, database design, and international considerations, as well as Enterprise Templates. - Managing Solutions, Projects, and Files
Information about the best ways to create and manage solutions and projects as well as information on miscellaneous files and storage-based and reference-based projects. - Working with Code, HTML, and Resource Files
Information on programming practices as well as editing code, HTML, XML, and styles. - Connecting to Remote Resources with Server Explorer
Information about how to access design time information about servers and databases via Server Explorer. - Building, Debugging, and Testing
Information about breakpoints, handling exceptions, edit and continue, as well as fine-tuning your application. - Deploying Applications and Components
Information about creating setup executables, packaging files, and publishing Web sites. - Reference
Information on the user interface, error messages, general reference, commands, as well as other reference topics.