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This is not a book about how to use Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, but rather a book that shows how to adapt it to work best for you. Visual Studio 2005 includes a range of tools to allow customization of the development environment. This book shows how to use editors and macros, the add-in architecture, the programmable user interface, and other extensibility features to make repetitive development tasks easier and give programming teams common tools.

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Paperback: 308 pages
Publisher: Microsoft Press (March 27, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0735623155
ISBN-13: 978-0735623156
Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.5 x 0.8 inches
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3.0 out of 5 stars Good to have if you are developing under Visual Studio 2005, August 5, 2006

By	Douglas W. Goodall (Central Coast, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

As a long term developer, I have used many different compilers and development environments. They are all different and somewhat confusing when you bring them up and are confronted with a multitude of icons and menu items. This book is the only printed material I could find about this version of the development environment from Microsoft Press. I was dissapointed by the length of the manual and it's focus. It is not so much a how to about the Visual Studio, as a technical reference about how to extend the environment. I am glad I bought it and I wouldn't return it. It is not enough information though for a new developer confronted with this powerful and complex development tool. In time there will be other books on Visual Studio 2005, and I will buy them to answer questions that linger. As always, a subscription to MSDN Library is the most valuable reference. MSDN Library however is a huge collection of data, some of which is obsolete, that has been thrown together over the years, like Microsoft's SDKs. In conclusion, the book is a valuable asset when using Visual Studio 2005 and I am glad I bought it. I recommend that developer's buy it, with the caveat that it is not enough by itself. I hope Visual Studio 2005 lasts long enough to become documented to a helpful extent.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A very useful book for what it covers, July 3, 2006

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The previous reviewer hates this book for the very reason I love this book. This book covers everything about customizing Visual Studio, and does so in a crisp, understandable way. Visual Studio may not be as customizable as Eclipse, but it's close, and this book shows you how to do it. I agree that it could use a better title.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Advanced book on VS 2005 Addins, January 7, 2007

By	Eric W. Engler "Avid Reader" (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The title of this book is misleading and that may explain some of the low ratings here. This is not a book that introduces you to Visual Studio (which the title seems to imply), but rather it's an advanced book on how to extend Visual Studio 2005. Readers who are not ready for this book, or readers who prefer [...], would likely want "Developing Visual Studio [...]

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This same book is included with the Visual Studio 2005 package when it ships. Jargon filled pages describe the menus and buttons to push, v.s. Read more

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1.0 out of 5 stars Of almost no use
It's hard to write a completely useless book about a product as complex as Visual Studio 2005, but the authors have managed to do it. Read more

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