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This article describes the documentator macros for making code writing with Visual Studio 2003 a lot faster and easier.

This article provides a step-by-step introduction on Localization in ASP.NET 2.0 using the Visual Studio 2005.

Get the full set of C# Code Snippets for using within Visual Studio 2005 to have reusable, task-oriented blocks of code that you can easily paste into your development projects.

Windows Forms 2.0 increases support for data binding via the new BindingNavigator and BindingSource objects, which will save you a lot of effort. Find out how you can perform sorting and searching tasks using data binding and simplify the display of master-detail relationships in tables.

The Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System brings significant enhancements to the development of business solutions that rely on solutions based on Office, Excel, InfoPath and Outlook 2003. Extending the previous versions, the integration of these tools into Visual Studio 2005 is designed to solve many different business challenges.

In this screencast, available here we take a quick look at these tools and explores some of the core features they provide to developers. After viewing this Fast Tip we encourage you to review the following white paper for more information.

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An article on debugger visualizers in Visual Studio 2005

A wizard of wizards that can be configured without stopping Visual Studio.

An article on separating your working file from the Visual Studio .NET 2003 solutions.

Learn about the benefits of Visual Studio 2005 for .NET Compact Framework development. Each page of the tour provides a succinct introduction to a key feature or technology area of Visual Studio 2005 that impacts .NET Compact Framework developers.

Updated IDE features, new Menu, Toolstrip and multimedia controls, support for background threading, and a new deployment technology called ClickOnce aimed squarely at reducing the number of Web-based intranet applications are among the new capabilities in Visual Studio 2005.