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Lars Powers
Mike Snell

800 East 96th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240 USA

Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Unleashed

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ISBN-13: 978-0-672-33736-9
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2015907636

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First Printing August 2015

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Mike Snell spends his work life helping teams build great software that exceeds the expectations of end users. He runs the Solutions division at CEI (www.ceiamerica.com). Mike and his team deliver architecture, consulting, and mentoring to clients looking for help with enterprise projects, commercial software, mobile applications, or cloud-based solutions. He is also a Microsoft Regional director.

Lars Powers is currently the director of application development at Newgistics, Inc. Prior to Newgistics, he held various technical management positions at 3M and spent many years with Microsoft as a platform evangelist focused on emerging technologies.

To my wife, Carrie Snell. Thank you.
Mike Snell
To Cheryl, once again.
Lars Powers

Mike Snell:

I would like to thank all the fine people involved with the making of this book. This includes the team at Pearson: Joan Murray, Mark Renfrow, Elaine Wiley, and Christophe Nasarre-Soulier. I would also like to thank the team of developer-architects at CEI for acting as a sounding board for so many topics. Of course, Im also grateful to my co-author, Lars Powers, for the many years of collaboration.

Lars Powers:

Nothing of consequence is delivered without team work. This book is no exception. Id like to acknowledge the Pearson team who did all the hard work to get this book into your hands. Joan Murray alternately cajoled, supported, and pushed us along. Mark Renfro and Elaine Wiley stitched all the pieces together for us. And Christophe Nasarre-Soulier ensured we stayed on the mark for technical accuracy.

And to my co-author, Mike: as always, projects are easier with you on board.

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Visual Studio 2015 is Microsofts first, big release since moving to a more open-source approach for .NET and related technologies. This includes the new Roslyn compiler for C# and Visual Basic, the .NET Core Framework, ASP.NET itself, and more. The result is enabling a wider reach for .NET applications, including both building and deploying on Mac, Linux, and Windows.

Microsoft has also worked to integrate Visual Studio with community-driven, open source JavaScript frameworks, package managers, and UI kits. The ASP.NET 5 model simplifies modern web development using frameworks such as Bootstrap, AngularJS, Knockout, Gulp, and many more.