Visual Studio Toolbox: Simplification of the Visual Studio 11 Development Environment

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In this episode, Sam Zaiss and Dan Dole of the Visual Studio User Experience team join us to talk about simplification and reduction in the Visual Studio 11 development environment. They show how much easier it is to navigate both within code and within the IDE, and also that the complexity of the IDE has been reduced. Heres a quick episode guide: Searching in the Solution Explorer http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Visual-Studio-Toolbox/Visual-Studio-Toolbox-Simplification-of-the-Visual-Studio-11-Development-Environment#time=03m50s [03:50] Using the Preview Tab http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Visual-Studio-Toolbox/Visual-Studio-Toolbox-Simplification-of-the-Visual-Studio-11-Development-Environment#time=05m00s [05:00] Viewing the classes contained in code files and the class members while in the Solution Explorer http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Visual-Studio-Toolbox/Visual-Studio-Toolbox-Simplification-of-the-Visual-Studio-11-Development-Environment#time=12m00s [12:00] Viewing the relationships between classes while in the Solution Explorer http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Visual-Studio-Toolbox/Visual-Studio-Toolbox-Simplification-of-the-Visual-Studio-11-Development-Environment#time=12m45s [12:45] Using multiple Solution Explorers at the same time http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Visual-Studio-Toolbox/Visual-Studio-Toolbox-Simplification-of-the-Visual-Studio-11-Development-Environment#time=13m00s [13:00] Navigation history http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Visual-Studio-Toolbox/Visual-Studio-Toolbox-Simplification-of-the-Visual-Studio-11-Development-Environment#time=15m30s [15:30] Viewing the relationships between methods while in the Solution Explorer http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Visual-Studio-Toolbox/Visual-Studio-Toolbox-Simplification-of-the-Visual-Studio-11-Development-Environment#time=19m00s [19:00] Using Quick Launch to find and execute commands http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Visual-Studio-Toolbox/Visual-Studio-Toolbox-Simplification-of-the-Visual-Studio-11-Development-Environment#time=22m30s [22:30] <img src="http://m.webtrends.com/dcs1wotjh10000w0irc493s0e_6x1g/njs.gif?dcssip=channel9.msdn.com&dcsuri=http://channel9.msdn.com/Feeds/RSS&WT.dl=0&WT.entryid=Entry:RSSView:a59c0dc6450242e9b27ca00f0157aa43

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