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Chapter 1. The Evolution of
Visual Studio .NET
The normal development cycle for a Microsoft product is about two years. Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, which was released in February 2002, took more than three years to develop. The reason this product revision took longer than usual was .NET, Microsoft's technology for managed applications and XML Web services, which was also released in 2002. Visual Studio .NET 2003, the focus of this book, was released nearly a year after .NET. It was revised to be released in tandem with Microsoft .NET Server 2003; both use the .NET Framework version 1.1.In this chapter, we'll provide a brief overview of .NET and unmanaged development in Visual Studio .NET. We'll then introduce some of the features of the integrated development environment (IDE) to provide some context for the extensibility and customization discussion throughout the rest of the book. And finally, we'll discuss the extensibility features that make Visual Studio .NET an extremely compelling tool for programmers who are really looking to customize and extend their development environment.
