Most of us use Visual Studio but do we really know how to USE it? This session looks at the top tips and tricks that can jet propel your use of the IDE. Marvel as we move from simple editor features that you never think about all the way to arcane command prompt tricks that you can use to improve your programming experience.
5. How I Got Involved…
Sara Ford and I met at
DevLink in 2009 to discuss
how to continue the series
After several months of
conversations I agreed to
carry on the series
VS2010 Tips and Tricks
went live on Jan 1, 2010
http://blogs.msdn.com/ZainNab
6. Why?
Quick Test:
Which product do you spend more time in:
Visual Studio or (Word, Excel, Power Point)?
Most of the content out there doesn’t really focus on
Visual Studio as a product that you live in daily
If I can shave just a little time off your coding efforts
then you can go home, be with your family, play video
games, or whatever you want to do -- earlier
10. Zoom
CTRL + Mouse Wheel
New feature that enhances
the size of your code
Very useful for pair
programming
(or similar scenarios)
11. Reference Highlighting
Automatic highlighting of a
symbol
Can be used with declarations
and references, and many other
symbols
CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
(forward)
CTRL+SHIFT+UP ARROW
(reverse)
12. Box Selection
SHIFT + ALT + [ARROW]
AKA “Vertical Selection”
Two new features:
Zero-length selection
Copy single /
Paste multiple
29. Command Prompt History
F7
Show the list of
commands used
during any
command line
session
Allows for quick
access to
commands
Editor's Notes
DataTips are now like a Super Quick Watch. They can be pinned to source, have comments, and tell you values.
NOTE: See the demo doc (Pin a DataTip to source.docx) for a sample demo.