VS .NET Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
Before we dive into control development in the next chapter, a tour of the VS .NET IDE is in order. Understanding the development environment is essential when developing custom controls. After all, custom controls must interact with the environment during design-time to support code-serialization and design-time feedback for the developer using the control. Figure 1.3 shows the IDE during the design of a Windows application.
Figure 1.3. The parts of the VS .NET IDE.
The VS .NET IDE is geared toward RAD-style development and makes heavy use of the Toolbox and Property Browser for quickly creating ...
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