Getting Started with Visual Studio 2019

Dirk Strauss is a software developer from South Africa with over 13 years of programming experience. He has extensive experience in SYSPRO Customization, with C# and web development being his main focus. He studied at the Nelson Mandela University where he wrote software on a part-time basis to gain a better understanding of the technology. He remains passionate about writing code and imparting what he learns with others.

Chapter 1:  Getting To Know Visual Studio 2019



Chapter Goal: To familiarize the reader with Visual Studio features (especially if the reader is new to Visual Studio) and to highlight the new features in Visual Studio 2019.



No of pages    40



Sub -Topics



1.      Installing Visual Studio and using Workloads



2.      The solution explorer, toolbox and properties



3.      The code editor, navigation code, various helper windows (command, immediate, error list etc.)



4.      Features and productivity tips in Visual Studio such as code fixes and refactoring



5.      New features in Visual Studio 2019 such as IntelliCode, Visual Studio Live Share, Solution Filters etc. 



Chapter 2:  Working with Visual Studio 2019



Chapter Goal: To introduce the reader with what is available in Visual Studio from an application creation perspective.



No of pages: 30



Sub - Topics  



1.      Various project types available in Visual Studio and when to use them



2.      Manage NuGet packages



3.      Creating Project Templates



4.      Creating and using code snippets in Visual Studio



5.      Using bookmarks and code shortcuts



6.      Server Explorer Window



Chapter 3: Debugging your code 



Chapter Goal: Explain the concept of debugging code and highlight how Visual Studio can assist developers in effectively finding bugs and fixing problems.



No of pages : 30



Sub - Topics: 



1.      Using breakpoints, conditional breakpoints, breakpoint actions and labels and exporting breakpoints



2.      Making use of data tips in debugging



3.      The DebuggerDisplay attribute



4.      Diagnostic tools and Immediate window



5.      Attaching to a running process



 



Chapter 4: Unit testing



Chapter Goal: This chapter will introduce the reader to unit testing and the tools Visual Studio provides to accomplish unit tests.



No of pages: 25



Sub - Topics:



1. Creating and Running Unit tests



2.  Using Live Unit Tests



3. Using IntelliTest to generate unit tests



4. Determine code coverage in Visual Studio



Chapter 5: Source control



Chapter Goal: This chapter will introduce the reader to the source control integration inside of Visual Studio. The reader will understand how to use GitHub to implement a source control strategy for their code.



No of pages: 30         



1.      What is GitHub and creating an account



2.      Create and clone a repository



3.      Committing your changes



4.      Create branches from your code



5.      Creating and handling pull requests