Visual Studio has every tool you need to be a productive developer. But it is a vast ecosystem. This course provides a comprehensive overview of the IDE, code editors, Team Foundation Server, accounts and notifications, and personalization settings that make up the core of Visual Studio. Author Walt Ritscher provides beginners with a glimpse of the breadth of the program, and gives established pros a look at the most recent changes in 2015, including new Azure tools for building scalable applications and Blend, a complementary IDE for creating modern XAML-based applications.


Topics include:
* Installing Visual Studio
* Exploring the command prompt
* Logins and Microsoft accounts
* Notifications
* Exploring Blend