Vstudio 2012

Visual Studio 2012 Product Guide

Microsoft

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Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2012 is an integrated solution that enables individuals and development teams of any size to turn their ideas into exceptional, compelling applications. It enables all stakeholders involved in software delivery to take advantage of state-of-the-art tooling to create outstanding experiences that delight theend users of your consumer and business applications, with a simplified development solution that enables quality through all the tasks and roles involved in a software project. With Visual Studio 2012, you enhance your team’s ability to implement state-of-the-art developer practices that are adapted to your team’s optimal rhythm. It provides workflows and tools that shorten delivery cycles,includes customers and operations in software construction, and eliminates waste. As a result, you reduce risks, solve problems faster, and continuously deliver value that exceeds customers’ expectations. This Visual Studio 2012 Product Guide provides a comprehensive overview of scenarios and features regarding:

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The new integrated development environment (IDE) Windows® 8 developmentWeb development Cloud development SharePoint development Application Life Cycle Management tools

This guide also provides information about the benefits that Visual Studio 2012 offers to diverse stakeholders in software delivery projects, including testers and operations staff.

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Contents
Introduction to Visual Studio 2012
Visual Studio 2012 Deploying Visual Studio 2012 Visual Studio2012 Product Family What’s new in Visual Studio 2012 Developing to standards Summary

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Visual Studio 2012 Developer Experience
New User interface Project Compatibility Managing the Environment Getting Started with Community Code and Extensions Platform Experience Services Experience Summary

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21 21 22 30 35 45 49

Developing for Windows 8
Windows 8 Applications areSimple to Use Windows 8 Applications Can Easily Connect and Communicate Windows 8 Applications Can Adapt to Their Environment

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Windows 8 Applications are Device Friendly Windows 8 Applications are Mobile and Scalable Windows 8 Applications are Trustworthy and Safe Windows Runtime and application model Building Windows Store applications with C++ by Using Visual Studio 2012Designing Games for Windows 8 Summary 71 75 77 57 56 55 54

Developing for the Web
Develop to Standards Find Problems Faster Develop for a Modern Platform Develop Web services Summary

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79 86 89 93 99

Developing for the Cloud
Azure Roles Coding for Azure Windows Azure SQL Database Publishing to the Cloud

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Building Hybrid Cloud Solutions with Windows Azure Profilingand Tracing Web Applications and Services in the Cloud Enabling Continuous Delivery in the Cloud Building and Deploying Applications to the Cloud by Using Visual Studio LightSwitch Summary 121 127 120 119 117

Developing for SharePoint
Accelerate SharePoint Site Development Easily Incorporate Silverlight Web Parts into SharePoint Sites Quickly Reuse Items from Existing SharePoint Sites...