Visual Studio is an environment that can be used to develop websites, mobile apps, web applications, and web services. As it caters to a lot of developers’ needs, it serves as the premier tool for developers who are targeting the Microsoft platform.

The latest version of Visual Studio, Visual Studio 2015, is packed with improvements that help increase your productivity.

Packt’s Video Learning Paths are an amalgamation of multiple video courses that are logically tied together to provide you with a larger learning curve.

In this Learning Path, we will start exploring the features of Visual Studio 2015, and learn about Universal Windows Platform Apps, and look at various ways to debug your .NET-based code.

The second half of the Learning Path deals with the use of asynchronous code, unwrapping C++ development, which tackles the elder statesman of languages. We will also learn about working with Team Foundation Server 2015, which describes how Team Foundation Server can benefit your productivity. We will also look at other languages apart from .NET and C++, which include TypeScript and Python that can be used in the VS environment.

After completing this course, you will be able to use the rich features of Visual Studio 2015 to create optimized applications.

About the author:

This Learning Path is authored by Jeff Martin. Jeff Martin has been a contributing writer for InfoQ for over four years, focusing on .NET and Microsoft-based platforms. Experienced in writing, testing, and designing software, he enjoys learning about new technologies and explaining them to a broader audience. You can follow his work at InfoQ as .NET lead editor.