The document discusses Visual Studio and its benefits for web development. It introduces the presenter Robert MacLean and his website. The bulk of the document outlines new features in Visual Studio 2013 like CodeLens, Browser Link, and HTML/CSS improvements that make web development easier. It demonstrates building an HTML page in Visual Studio 2012.2 using extensions like Git and Web Essentials. The document concludes that Visual Studio provides a happy development experience for web developers, especially with features like LESS, Emmet, JavaScript support, and easy deployment with Web Deploy.

1. VISUAL STUDIO
The best tool for web developers.

2. WHO IS THIS GUY?
Robert MacLean
@rmaclean
www.sadev.co.za
DeveloperUG.org.za

3. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO SEE?
Very simply: Visual Studio is the best web development IDE
Visual Studio
Extension Gallery

4. NEW LOOK MICROSOFT
New releases & updates all the time
Decoupling Visual Studio, ASP.NET, .NET etc… all can update as when
they need!
Stop the “not invented here” behaviour

5. VISUAL STUDIO 2013
Beta was released on Wednesday, with loads of features
Some highlights for web developers:
CodeLens, Browser Link, One ASP.NET, Edit & Continue for
x64, MVC 5, Entirely new HTML editor, HTML attribute
IntelliSense, Cloud based load testing
& that is just the preview (more in RTM)

6. DEMO
Build a page – get a feel for how development is today
Build some HTML
Improve our CSS
Jump to LESS for even more improvements
Build <blink> with JavaScript
Deploy to production quickly
Using: VS 2012.2 + Git Extension + Web Essentials Extension

7. RECAP
Visual Studio for Web Dev = Happiness
CSS is a pleasure to work with
but LESS is even better
ZenCoding (Emmet) is fun & fast
JavaScript is a first class citizen in Visual Studio
Web Deploy makes it easy to ship
Microsoft Git

8. THANKS
Questions?
Feedback please: @rmaclean
Get slides & demo bits: www.sadev.co.za