Getting Started

In this chapter, we will get started with the fundamentals of Visual Studio extensibility. We start by creating our very first Visual Studio 2022 extension, which does nothing. We will then dissect this created extension and understand its structure, format, and what files comprise a Visual Studio extension. Next, we will see the code walkthrough of a sample Visual Studio extension and understand the purpose of each file that comes up with the default Visual Studio boilerplate template code. We will conclude this chapter by seeing how Visual Studio discovers and loads an extension. We have a lot to cover, so let’s get the ball rolling!