Create "Notepad" in 12 minutes in this tutorial
Okay, I admit that it's not as fully featured as Notepad, but if you want to learn about some of the IDE features in C# 2005 and you're a little hesitant to install beta software on your machin, then this tutorial is for you.
It's interactive! Rather then reading an article or watching a non-interactive video, this tutorial walks you through actually building a simplified version of Notepad using Visual C# Express. You'll learn to:
The Create a User Interface portion you'll learn about the docking features, use the OpenFileDialog control and use the and the new ToolStrip control to design the UI.
In the Writing Code section, you'll learn about the new File I/O methods, use IntelliSense, code snippets and the new "auto-using" feature (see below)
In the Editing Programs section, you'll learn about refactoring, debugger data tips, and debugger visualizers.
What do you all think? Good? Not good? Do more? Do Less?
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October 12, 2004
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October 12, 2004
I can't get it to work in FireFox on Windows.Anonymous
October 12, 2004
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October 12, 2004
Wow, that was wicked cool.Anonymous
October 12, 2004
cool, cool & cool!Anonymous
October 12, 2004
Funny how many people on a Microsoft blog are using non-microsoft browsers. Wake-up call for the browser team? ;)
(I'd be really interested to see the browser stats for blogs.msdn.com actually)Anonymous
October 25, 2004
Thanks a lot. I found it very very useful for me and realized by 8 minutes.Anonymous
May 25, 2005
Thanks alot for that !!! :)))Anonymous
November 14, 2005
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January 14, 2006
Doesn't work in 64-bit windows, i have tried with both IE 64-bit edition and IE 32-bit edition. Under IE 64-bit it doesn't even install the ActiveX control. In IE 32-bit it install's the control. starts to play, but as soon as it get's interactive it crashes.Anonymous
March 28, 2006
You can find an interactive tutorial for C# using Visual Studio Express here. This tutorial will walk...Anonymous
March 28, 2006
You can find an interactive tutorial for C# using Visual Studio Express here. This tutorial will walk...Anonymous
May 16, 2006
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February 07, 2007
"File or directory not found" -- using IE7 ... this happens for all 3 links. Running Windows XP Home Edition SP2. Can you fix this? Please ...Anonymous
July 18, 2007
I want to coding C of notepadAnonymous
March 03, 2008
i want to coding for notepad now.Anonymous
June 29, 2008
It's pretty useless now since none of the links work since it's 4 years old.