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Microsoft Visual Studio.NET is a pivotal product in the history of programming tools, since it brings together multiple languages that can interoperate in the Microsoft.NET Framework. This title offers an in-depth examination of the architecture of Microsoft Visual Studio.NET to help professional developers get the most out of its capabilities. It drills down into the Visual Studio.NET integrated development environment (IDE), code editors, application design, and project management tools. It also covers features that allow developers to use Visual Studio.NET with their favorite programming tools. By the end of this book, developers will understand what Visual Studio.NET is and how and why it works as it does, learn how to maximize their productivity with it, and know how to customize its tools and environment to suit the projects at hand.