VisualStudio also encloses all the code it generates in a namespace that is given the same name as the project name.
VisualStudio is expecting this generated code to be in a certain format, and if you mess with it, it may not be able to read it back in the next time you open the project.
VisualStudio is implying that this is the only way you can write a modern Windows or web program because there are certain aspects of modern programming that only it knows about.
Visual FoxPro, an xBase programming language now allied to but independent from the VisualStudio platform.
The successor to VisualStudio 2005, code named Orcas, is currently scheduled to be released at the same time as Windows Longhorn.
VisualStudio supports Microsoft's Add-in Architecture, a facility for developers to write extensions (or add-ins) for VisualStudio to extend its capabilities.