This book is intended to help you discover the possibilities in each Microsoft® Visual Studio™ tool, by describing what you can do with each tool and pointing you to product samples and documentation. This book also introduces the Island Hopper News sample application at a high level. The book includes the following sections.
| Section | Description |
| Chapter 1: Developing Applications with Visual Studio 6.0 | Provides information on how to use the book, brief overviews of the Visual Studio tools, and high-level discussions of the types of applications you can build using Visual Studio. Includes overviews of important related technologies. |
| Chapter 2: Choosing the Right Tools for the Job | Examines each Visual Studio tool in terms of its support for fast development, Web applications, and data-centric applications. |
| Chapter 3: Island Hopper News Sample | Describes the Island Hopper News sample application. Includes information about the pieces of the sample and how those pieces fit together. |