The Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 series provides an overview of the Visual Studio 2010 Integrated Development Environment, a toolset that helps you write .NET applications. Topics include UI enhancements, code snippets, templates, IDE customization, and extending the capabilities of the program.

This series is for anyone who's upgrading to Visual Studio 2010.

• Flash and audio provide animated, interactive Lesson Introductions, Activities, and Simulations.
• Streaming video scenarios illustrate real world issues and solutions discussed in the course.
• Audio accompanies each lesson page throughout the course.
• MindNotes provide printable quick-reference sheets and other files to be used as learners apply their skills on the job.
• Flash-based instructional demonstrations applying course concepts.
• Instructional audio with graphics highlighting key points.
• Activities allow learners to apply course concepts in an interactive questioning environment.
• Exercises allow learners to practice in the actual application being studied.
• Supplied sample files include sample documents, application files, programs, and programming code that enable learners to practice with these files, enhancing the learning experience.
• A Course Topics list contains active hyperlinks, permitting quick access to specific topics.
• Find-A-Word allows learners to look up an unfamiliar term in the Glossary, on the Web, or in a dictionary. In addition, it lets them find other occurrences of the term in the same course.
• Search text enables learners to rapidly search all text within a course to easily retrieve information required.
• Courses challenge the learner with a variety of question formats, including multi-step simulations, true/false, multiple choice, and fill-in-the-blank.
• A skill assessment generates a customized learning path based on the results of a pre-test.
• A glossary provides a reference for definitions of unfamiliar terms.
• Bookmarking tracks the learner's progress in a course.