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VB IDE Tips and Tricks

FT33. VB IDE Tips and Tricks. Dustin Campbell Program Manager Microsoft Corporation. CodeRush Xpress. Massively powerful add-in for Visual Studio 2008 provided by DevExpress Supports both Visual Basic and C# Includes the following features: Productivity enhancements

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VB IDE Tips and Tricks

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  1. FT33 VB IDE Tips and Tricks Dustin Campbell Program Manager Microsoft Corporation

  2. CodeRush Xpress • Massively powerful add-in for Visual Studio 2008 provided by DevExpress • Supports both Visual Basic and C# • Includes the following features: • Productivity enhancements • TDD-style code generation • 50+ refactorings • FREE! • Available at http://devexpress.com/coderushx • Coming soon for Visual Studio 2010!

  3. Investments in Productivity Modernize the IDE Deep Insight Speed to Solution

  4. demo

  5. Modernize the IDE • Start Page Enhancements • New look and feel • Pin and remove items in “Recent Projects” list • Enable “Close page after project load” • New Project Dialog • Sort templates • Search templates (Ctrl + E) • Extension manager • Easily find and install extensions(Tools  Extension Manager)

  6. Modernize the IDE • Multi-monitor Support • Move/Dock floating windows(Win + <arrow key>) • Float/Dock tab (Ctrl + Double Click) • New WPF Code Editor • Zoom (Ctrl + mouse scroll) • Type Colorization • “Softer” Line Separators

  7. Deep Insight • High Level Understanding • Architecture Explorer • Sequence Diagram • Understanding Source • Next/Previous Method (Ctrl + Up/Down) • Highlight References (Ctrl + Shift + Up/Down) • Hide selection (Ctrl + M, H) • Stop hiding selection (Ctrl + M, U) • Understanding While Debugging • IntelliTrace™ • “Pin-able” data tips

  8. Speed to Solution • Consume First Development • IntelliSense Suggestion Mode (Ctrl + Alt + Space) • Generate From Usage • Faster Editing Experience • Smart Tags (Ctrl + .) • Code Snippets (Ctrl + K, X) • IntelliSense Filtering (Substring and Camel Case) • Multi-line Editing (Alt + Up/Down -or- Alt + Mouse Up/Down) • Quick Navigation • Navigate To (Ctrl + ,)

  9. Related Sessions Future Directions for C# and Visual Basic November 17, 11:00 - 12:00 – Hall F Luca Bolognese Dynamic Binding in C# 4 November 17, 12:30 - 13:15 – Hall F Mads Torgersen Using Dynamic Languages to Build Scriptable Applications November 17, 12:30 - 13:15 – 403AB Dino Viehland Code Like the Wind with Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 November 18, 13:00 - 13:45 – Petree Hall D Lucian Wischik F# for Parallel and Asynchronous Programming November 19, 11:30 - 12:30 – 515A Luke Hoban Microsoft Visual C# IDE Tips and Tricks November 19, 12:45 - 13:30 – Petree Hall D DJ Park Microsoft Visual Basic IDE Tips and Tricks November 19, 12:45 - 13:30 – Petree Hall C Dustin Campbell

  10. Resources • Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 • http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=151797 • VB Developer Center • http://msdn.com/vbasic • VB 2010 Resources • http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/dd819153.aspx • VB Forums • http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/visualbasic • Bugs & Suggestions • https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio

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