Visual Studio

Visual Studio Basics

• Visual Studio 2013 and C# Demo 01 (for absolute beginners) - goes slow but covers a lot of information for those that want a thorough walkthrough
• Introduction to Debugging (in Visual Studio) - about as simple as you can get, includes very informative images
• MSDN basics on the debugger and its parent page - Debugging in Visual Studio
• Various video tutorials on the debugger - 1 - 2 - 3
• MSDN basics on IntelliTrace, an alternative debugging tool available in VS Ultimate
• Various video tutorials on IntelliTrace - 1
• Code map example, a visual debugging tool available in VS Ultimate

Productivity

• MSDN Productivity Tips for Visual Studio and subpage with list of keyboard shortcuts
• 6 Visual Studio Tips to Increase Your Productivity (video)

Source Code Control (with focus on tools integrated within VS)

• Source code control slides
• The .vsproj file consistency problem is also an issue when using GIT - some additional discussion and solutions here and here
• Team Foundation Version Control within Visual Studio
• GIT within Visual Studio

Testing

• Testing Jargon
• MSDN video tutorial on unit tests
• Visual Studio Online testing tools
• MSDN tutorials on Testing
• CSE 3902 Software Testing slides
  

Code Analysis Tools in VS

• Code Clone
• Code Metrics
• Code Analysis and tutorial
• Using the Visual Studio Code Review tool

On comparing Visual Studio to other IDEs

• Visual Studio vs. Eclipse - be sure to read the comments too.

Additional tools and plugins (optional)

• Other Code Analysis tools
  • Resharper - of all these tools this seems to be the most popular
  • StyleCop
  • FxCop
  • NDepend
  • Source Monitor
• VS Extensions
  • http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/
  • http://stylecop.codeplex.com/