Appendix A. Visual Studio .NET IDE

A development environment as large as Visual Studio .NET 2003 might seem a little daunting to those whose coding environment was restricted to straight text editors. The Integrated Development Environment (IDE) uses a series of tool windows that wrap around the most important window of them all, the source window. This appendix outlines the various facets of the IDE and how to organize it to obtain an environment more suited to your style.