Code Samples and Software Requirements

Good explanations often require effective code examples. The companion source code for this book can be downloaded from www.informit.com/title/9780672334504. Code samples are organized by chapter so that it is easy to find the code you need. In order to load, compile, and test the source code, you need Microsoft Visual Studio 2015. If you are not an MSDN subscriber or you did not purchase one of the paid editions, you can download Visual Studio 2015 Community, which is available for free and is enough to run the sample code. You can download Visual Studio 2015 Community (as well as a trial of the Enterprise edition) from https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/visual-studio-2015-downloads-vs. You are also encouraged to download and install the Visual Studio 2015 Software Development Kit (SDK), which is a requirement in some chapters and is available from the same location as the free download.