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.