Getting Started with Visual Studio 2022

This revised edition covers the current release of Visual Studio 2022, presenting both its newest capabilities and the established features of the IDE. Readers are shown what has changed in the release and how to work within the environment so that it becomes a central tool for writing higher quality code more productively.

Among the recent additions are Subword Navigation, Multi-caret Editing, Code Cleanup on Save, and new breakpoint options, including temporary and dependent breakpoints. The Git integration has also been expanded, with coverage of multi-repo support, branch comparison, checking out a specific commit, and line staging.

The opening chapters survey the environment, including Live Share, Visual Studio Search, solution filters, and IntelliCode. The book then covers the available project templates, creating code snippets, managing NuGet and npm packages, and building a cross-platform MAUI application that uses SQLite.

Debugging topics include stepping into specific methods, using data tips, and applying the Debugger Display attribute. The book also introduces the unit testing tools for creating and running tests, then explains how source control is integrated into Visual Studio and how to use GitHub to put a source control strategy in place for your projects. It is intended for beginners and for software developers working on the .NET stack.