.NET Core, C#, and Visual Studio Extensions

.NET Core, C#, and Visual Studio Extensions

• start the course
• demonstrate the improved web editing features in VS 2017
• install the ASP.NET and web development workload to VS 2017
• perform client-side debugging of both JavaScript and TypeScript in Google Chrome
• describe the updates to the tooling for .NET Core and ASP.NET Core
• use response compression with ASP.NET core in VS 2017
• use SSH to debug a .NET application on a Unix machine
• use the out variable in a C# program
• identify how to use C# tuples
• perform pattern matching in Visual Studio 2017
• apply the ref locals and returns feature in Visual Studio 2017
• work with C# local function in VS 2017
• describe the use of expression-bodied members in C#
• use the new throw expressions in C#
• use the async modifier to return types other than Task and Task in C#
• demonstrate how to use the new tokens for C# numeric literals
• manage lightweight solution loading in Visual Studio 2017
• monitor extensions in Visual Studio 2017
• demonstrate how to manage extension prerequisites in VS 2017
• create a custom extension in Visual Studio 2017
• create a C# application utilizing new features for VS 2017

Tools and C++ Updates

Tools and C++ Updates

• start the course
• recognize the key new features in Git for VS 2017
• utilize the structure visualizer in a project in VS 2017
• validate architecture dependencies with VS 2017
• work with the roaming extensions manager in VS 2017
• work with the identity services manager in VS 2017
• identify the C++ conformance improvements in VS 2017
• list and describe the new C++ compiler switches in VS 2017
• demonstrate the use of codegen in Visual C++ in VS 2017
• describe the C++ code security improvements in VS 2017
• use the improved C++ toolset in VS 2017
• illustrate the use of improved diagnostics for VS 2017
• describe the key improvements to the C++ Standard Library
• work with the various IntelliSense improvements for C++
• demonstrate how to read and edit C++ code using the improved Open Folder in VS 2017
• describe what Cmake is and illustrate its use in Visual Studio
• identify the various workloads available for C++ in VS 2017 and describe their features
• use the UWP Bridge to convert a Windows desktop application to a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app
• configure the C++ Code Analysis tool
• build a project utilizing the /bigobj switch for VS 2017
• use C++ code in Visual Studio

Visual Studio 2017 Installation and New Features

Visual Studio 2017 Installation and New Features

• start the course
• demonstrate how to install Visual Studio 2017
• configure common settings in the Visual Studio IDE
• provide a tour of the Visual Studio 2017 interface
• demonstrate the key editing improvements in Visual Studio 2017
• use the code navigation features in Visual Studio 2017
• detail debugging improvements in Visual Studio 2017
• implement Live Unit Testing in Visual Studio 2017
• detail the key Apache Cordova improvements in Visual Studio 2017
• demonstrate the support for Visual C++ for Linux in Visual Studio 2017
• use refactoring the improvements in Visual Studio 2017
• use the key new features of Visual Studio 2017