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Visual Studio 2010 Tips and Tricks. Sean Laberee seanla @ microsoft.com Lead Program Manager Visual Studio – Pro Experience . Introduction. Visual Studio is Complex 12+ programming languages 50+ Toolbars 100+ Project and Item Templates 4000+ Commands Tips and Tricks
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Visual Studio 2010 Tips and Tricks Sean Laberee seanla @ microsoft.com Lead Program Manager Visual Studio – Pro Experience
Introduction Visual Studio is Complex 12+ programming languages 50+ Toolbars 100+ Project and Item Templates 4000+ Commands Tips and Tricks Customize Visual Studio 2010 Gain deep insight into your code Writing Code Faster
Customize Start Page Enhancements New look and feel Pin and remove items in “Recent Projects” list Enable “Close page after project load” New Project Dialog (Ctrl + Shift + N) Sort templates Search templates (Ctrl + E) Get Templates Online
Customize Extension manager Easily find and install extensions (Tools Extension Manager) Quick Access Search for anything in the IDE (Ctrl + 3) Floating Document Support Move/Dock floating windows(Win + <arrow key>) Float/Dock tab Improved Tabwell(Right-click to customize)
Insight High Level Understanding Architecture Explorer Dependency Graph Understanding Source Highlight References (Ctrl + Shift + Up/Down) Call Hierarchy (Ctrl + K, T – C# only) Solution Navigator (Ctrl + 1 or Hover and click) Understanding While Debugging IntelliTrace™ “Pin-able” data tips
Speed Consume First Development IntelliSense Suggestion Mode (Ctrl + Alt + Space) Generate From Usage Faster Editing Experience Smart Tags (Ctrl + .) Automatic Brace Completion Code Snippets (Ctrl +K, X or ?<tab>) IntelliSense Filtering (Substring and Camel Case) Multi-line Editing (Alt+Shift+Up/Down or Alt+Mouse Up/Down) New Add Reference Dialog
Speed Quick Navigation Navigate To (Ctrl + ,) Ctrl + Click to go to definition Highlight References (Ctrl + shift + up/down )
Resources Visual Studio Blog http://blogs.msdn.com/visualstudio Visual Studio Gallery http://www.visualstudiogallery.com Extending Visual Studio http://msdn.com/vsx