In this chapter, we have seen that browsers and explorers are Visual Studio windows that typically provide a hierarchical view of their content. They tend to share common interface elements (tree views, toolbars, and elements), and they are, in effect, the primary means to visualize and interact with project elements within the IDE. Browsers and explorers provide simple point-and-click interfaces for
Although certain browsers/explorers touch underlying concepts that are fairly deep and complicated (performance profiling for instance), they are all geared toward a common goal: extending the reach of the IDE as a rapid application development tool for tasks beyond simple code file editing. |