
Let's jump into the course and we'll start off with a little Course Overview to let you know what topics we're going to talk about and then we'll just kind of jump into learning about Visual Studio, especially the 2010 version. I'll show you some basics here and help you understand how to use Visual Studio to create some simple projects. We'll talk about the various versions, and for you guys who are totally new to Microsoft development, you will see how to use Visual Studio to get started. In this course we're going to take a look at all the various features, what's new in Visual Studio 2010, some of the cool new things you can do. Now Microsoft released this back in April of 2010 and the big question everyone always has is, is this worthy of an upgrade? Should I stick with 2008 or 2005, wherever you happen to be? Are there enough new functionalities, bells, whistles, conveniences, cool new tools in Visual Studio to warrant the expense both in money and then time for learning some new features to go to Visual Studio in 2010? I think you're going to find out that absolutely yes, you do want to upgrade. By working with Microsoft SharePoint and cloud applications, developers are able to work within a personalized environment and speed up the coding process.

Hello, my name's Mark Long and I'll be your instructor for this course, and we're going to take quite a bit of time here, probably somewhere in excess of six hours or so, to take a look at Visual Studio 2010. Visual Studio 2010 enables developers to bring their vision to life using powerful design surfaces and innovative collaboration methods. Welcome to a Virtual Training Company presentation of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.
