What this book covers

Chapter 1, Discovering Visual Studio 2013, starts us off by taking a tour of the new features found in the editor itself and covers all VS2013's key refinements, from logging in to project navigation.

Chapter 2, Getting Started with Windows Store Applications, examines the development process for Windows Store apps for Windows 8.1. The full process of obtaining a developer license to building, testing, and publishing an app is covered.

Chapter 3, Web Development – ASP.NET, HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript, covers several areas of web development and how VS2013 can assist you. Here, the multi-browser preview is covered as well as editor enhancements that can benefit HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript programmers.

Chapter 4, .NET Framework 4.5.1 Development, focuses on developing applications that run on .NET. Desktop application development is still a key market and shows ways VS2013 can help.

Chapter 5, Debugging Your .NET Application, profiles the various ways to debug your .NET-based code. Code isn't always available on your development environment and this profile shows ways to deal with separate machines, whether they are tables or in production.

Chapter 6, Asynchrony in .NET, deals with the use of asynchronous code to provide more responsive output and how it may benefit your applications.

Chapter 7, Unwrapping C++ Development, tackles the elder statesman of languages severed by VS2013. Several recipes are provided, which will benefit your C++ usage; some of the areas covered include unit testing, XAML, and DirectX.

Chapter 8, Working with Team Foundation Server 2013, describes how Team Foundation Server can benefit your productivity. Whether you are an independent developer or part of a large corporate effort, you'll see how modern source control can help.

Chapter 9, Languages, takes a moment to look at some useful languages that are new to Visual Studio: TypeScript and Python. Python has a long and successful history, and now it is a first-class citizen on Visual Studio. We'll take a look at how Python can help .NET developers.

Appendix, Visual Studio Medley, the assortment of preceding topics doesn't cover everything that VS2013 can do. We'll cover some ways to extend Visual Studio's abilities and how to get your app ready for consumption by end users.