"Developers, developers, developers, developers, developers, developers," Steve Ballmer can be heard chanting while bouncing around on stage in a popular movie clip that circulated the Internet a while back. This movie is pretty recent, but this has really been the mantra of Microsoft since the very beginning. One thing Microsoft has always understood is that the platform that developers love is the platform that will have the most applications. Naturally the platform with the most applications is the platform that will be popular with users.Because Microsoft has always focused on developers, providing high-quality documentation and high-quality development tools has been a high priority for them from the beginning. Visual Studio is the culmination of more than 20 years of development tools. Visual Studio is one of the best development environments available anywhere and has long been considered one of the best reasons to use Microsoft development languages.Visual Studio includes an incredible number of features, is very customizable, has a complete automation model, and much more. On top of the normal features in Visual Studio are hosts of free add-ins, macros, and power toys that can further enhance the functionality of Visual Studio. This book is all about exploring those features, add-ins, macros, and power toys and, through that, helping you become a better and more efficient developer.