Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Tips and Tricks

1. Required Slide SESSION CODE: DEV315 Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Tips and Tricks Visual Studio 2010 Tips and TricksTeam Talk ( Twitter Hash #DEV315 ) Dustin Campbell Microsoft Corporation Scott Cate (@ScottCate) myKB.com Software.

2. Agenda • Get the most out of Visual Studio 2010 • Better / Faster / Code Tricks / Fun Facts / Bets with Friends • Why are you here? • Everyone will learn something • If one tip saves one minute per hour • Do some fuzzy math and …. • Every tip will save you 1 year of coding • Retire Today!

3. Entire presentation is available online • Mini Screen Cast Series on ScottCate.com/Tricks No Need for Notes DEMO Twitter Discussion: #DEV315

4. camelCase / Substring Filters • Suggestion mode [CTRL]+[ALT]+[SPACE] • Undeclared types after “new” ( C# Only ) Intellisense DEMO http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/DEV315-Intellisense Twitter Discussion: #DEV315

5. Pinning and Unpinning Projects • Remove projects from list • Close start page after load • Show/Hide Startup Page • Pin to Win7 Task Bar • [WIN]+[ALT]+[Position] Start Page DEMO http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/DEV315-StartPage Twitter Discussion: #DEV315

6. Call Hierarchy ( C# Only ) • Find all references [SHIFT]+[F12] • Metadata as Source ( C# Only ) • Code Definition Window ( C# Only ) • Highlight references and keywords • Navigating Highlights [CTRL]+[SHIFT]+[UP|DOWN] • Multi Line Edit – Box Select • ZOOM Mouse and Keyboard [CTRL]+[SHIFT]+[<|>] Code Editor Tricks DEMO http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/DEV315-EditorTricks Twitter Discussion: #DEV315

7. Floating document(s) window(s) • Windows 7 [WIN]+[ARROW] Support • Double click behavior Multiple Monitor Support DEMO http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/DEV315-MultiMon Twitter Discussion: #DEV315

8. Ad-Hoc Regions • Hide [CTRL]+[M],[H] • Show [CTRL]+[M],[U] • Collapse to definition • Outlining preview on margin hover • Double click margin to Expand/Collapse Outlining DEMO http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/DEV315-Outlining Twitter Discussion: #DEV315

9. Go to Definition [F12] • Go to Definition Stack ( C# Only ) [CTRL]+[SHIFT]+[7|8] • Iterate List Window (IE. Find Results) [F8] • Navigate To [CTRL]+[,] • Navigate to open file selection [CTRL]+[ALT]+[DOWN] • Next | Previous Method ( VB Only) [CTRL]+[UP|DOWN] Navigation DEMO http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/DEV315-Navigation Twitter Discussion: #DEV315

10. Quick Code • Samples • Throw Away Code • Keep Hard Drive clean • Save if you want • No Solution Support • Single Projects Only Throw Away or Temp Projects DEMO http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/DEV315-TempProjects Twitter Discussion: #DEV315

11. Sort Templates • Search / Filter Templates • Add / Find new Templates • Online Templates New Project Dialog DEMO http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/DEV315-NewProjects Twitter Discussion: #DEV315

12. Background Squigglies • Smart Tag Shortcut [CTRL]+[.] • Add Using|Import statements • Generate from Usage • Error Correction ( VB Only ) Writing Code Faster DEMO http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/DEV315-WriteCodeFaster Twitter Discussion: #DEV315

13. Double [TAB] Expansion • Insert Snippet • [CTRL]+[K] and [CTRL]+[X] • [?]+[TAB] Snippets Dialog ( VB Only ) • Toggle Snippet Visibility ( VB Only ) Code Snippets DEMO http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/DEV315-CodeSnippets Twitter Discussion: #DEV315

14. IntelliTrace – Back in Time • Breakpoint Name / Group [On|Off] / Export / Import • Trace Points • Pin / Persists Data Tips • Adjust Data Tips Transparency • Run to Cursor [CTRL]+[F10] • Debugger Visualizers Debugging DEMO http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/DEV315-Debugging Twitter Discussion: #DEV315

15. New Modeling Project • Diagrams *.dgml • Sequence Diagrams • Layer Diagrams Architecture Diagrams DEMO http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/DEV315-Diagrams Twitter Discussion: #DEV315

16. Extension Manager • Online Gallery • Easy to Enable|Disable • Safe Mode • Devenv.exe /SafeMode Extending Visual Studio 2010 DEMO http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/DEV315-ExtendVS2010 Twitter Discussion: #DEV315

17. Document Tab Enhancements • Highlight Current Line • Column Guides • And many more … Professional Power Tools DEMO http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/DEV315-PowerTools Twitter Discussion: #DEV315

18. http://ScottCate.com/Tricks Video Blog 100’s of Visual Studio Tips and Tricks Community Project PARTNER

19. Required Slide Track PMs will supply the content for this slide, which will be inserted during the final scrub. Track Resources • Visual Studio – http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/ • Soma’s Blog – http://blogs.msdn.com/b/somasegar/ • MSDN Data Developer Center – http://msdn.com/data • ADO.NET Team Blog – http://blogs.msdn.com/adonet • WCF Data Services Team Blog – http://blogs.msdn.com/astoriateam • EF Design Blog – http://blogs.msdn.com/efdesign

20. Required Slide Resources Learning • Sessions On-Demand & Community • Microsoft Certification & Training Resources www.microsoft.com/teched www.microsoft.com/learning • Resources for IT Professionals • Resources for Developers • http://microsoft.com/technet • http://microsoft.com/msdn

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