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Microsoft Visual Studio Intermediate
Learn how to work with Visual Studio editors, debugging tools, and SQL databasesPreview the first lesson free — get full access to all 18 lessons.
Intermediate Provider : Mark Young 5 chapters · 18 Lessons · 1h 48m in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese
Course Description
Consistent software quality and development team productivity often directly impact a company’s bottom line, which is why it is important to understand common strategies that can help development teams utilize Microsoft Visual Studio to build and maintain software solutions and streamline their development environments and SDLC processes. These configurations are largely exportable and facilitate standardization across development team members, and they can help reduce new developer onboarding time and costs, ensure consistent software deliverable quality, and allow development teams to seamlessly work together and focus on building software solutions that meet the company’s needs.
In this course, you will learn how to utilize the tools and settings that allow you to optimize your development workspace, implement standardized coding conventions, and increase development productivity and overall software quality. We will explore debugging scenarios to help easily identify and fix coding issues and the tools used to work with and connect to a SQL server database. By the end of this course, you will be able to configure the IDE to fit your working style and development goals.
What You'll Learn
- Configure the Visual Studio IDE to fit your working style and development goals
- Optimize your development workspace using resource-specific editors and their configurations
- Implement standardized coding conventions to increase productivity and software quality
- Debug coding issues using typical debugging scenarios to identify and fix problems
- Connect to a SQL Server database and understand connection string details
- Troubleshoot SQL-related configuration issues when working with an external data store
Key Takeaways
- Consistent software quality and development team productivity can directly impact a company's bottom line.
- Visual Studio configurations are largely exportable, which facilitates standardization across development team members.
- Standardized configurations can help reduce new developer onboarding time and costs and ensure consistent software deliverable quality.
- Optimizing the IDE and implementing standardized coding conventions can increase development productivity and overall software quality.
- The course covers debugging scenarios and the tools used to work with and connect to a SQL Server database.
Frequently Asked Questions
What will I be able to do by the end of this course?
By the end of the course, you will be able to configure the IDE to fit your working style and development goals.
What topics does this course cover?
It covers optimizing your development workspace, implementing standardized coding conventions, debugging scenarios to identify and fix coding issues, and the tools used to connect to a SQL Server database.
What skills will I gain from this course?
The course covers skills including Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio Debuggers, Microsoft Visual Programming Language, SQL Server Management Studio, Visual Studio Online, and Microsoft Certified Professional Developer.
Does this course cover working with databases?
Yes. It includes a databases overview, connecting to a SQL database, understanding connection string details, and troubleshooting SQL-related configuration issues.
Why is standardizing the development environment important?
Exportable configurations facilitate standardization across team members, which can help reduce new developer onboarding time and costs, ensure consistent software deliverable quality, and allow teams to work together seamlessly.
