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Customization and Enhancements: Chapter 6 - Pumping Up The IDE Coder To Developer - Mike Gunderloy

This document discusses customizing and enhancing the Visual Studio .NET integrated development environment (IDE). It focuses on customizing VS .NET through profiles and options, using macros to automate tasks, and adding functionality through add-ins from third parties. Specific customizations covered include changing keyboard shortcuts, window layouts, fonts and colors. The document also provides examples of useful add-ins for tasks like counting lines of code and simplifying code navigation. Finally, it notes that having too many add-ins can slow performance and cause conflicts.

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Customization and Enhancements: Chapter 6 - Pumping Up The IDE Coder To Developer - Mike Gunderloy

This document discusses customizing and enhancing the Visual Studio .NET integrated development environment (IDE). It focuses on customizing VS .NET through profiles and options, using macros to automate tasks, and adding functionality through add-ins from third parties. Specific customizations covered include changing keyboard shortcuts, window layouts, fonts and colors. The document also provides examples of useful add-ins for tasks like counting lines of code and simplifying code navigation. Finally, it notes that having too many add-ins can slow performance and cause conflicts.

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The Visual Studio .

NET IDE
Customization and Enhancements

Chapter 6 - Pumping up the IDE


Coder To Developer - Mike Gunderloy

Respected Professor: Dr. James Fawcett


Presented By: Ghanashyam N
Pumping Up The IDE
 In order to be useful to a developer an IDE
must have the following characteristics

 Support for Customization


 Developers must be able to define their own
shortcuts and choose their own window layouts
and keyboard settings
 It must be possible to automate repetitive tasks

 Support for Extensibility


 Developers must be able to use third-party tools
to achieve functionality that is not present (by
default) in the IDE
Pumping Up VS .NET

 This presentation will focus on the


following topics

 Customizing VS .NET

 Using VS.NET Macros

 Using VS.NET Add-Ins


Customizing VS .NET

 Using Profiles
(My Profiles tab on Help ►Show Start Page)

 Enables selection of a group of settings for


 Keyboard Scheme
 Window Layout
 Help Filtering
 Startup Options
Customizing VS .NET

 Setting VS .NET Options


(Tools ►Options)

 Environment ►General

Increase number
of items on most
recently used list
Customizing VS .NET

 Setting VS .NET Options


(Tools ►Options)

 Environment ►Documents

Get rid of
“Are you sure?”
prompts
Customizing VS .NET

 Setting VS .NET Options


(Tools ►Options)

 Environment ►Fonts and Colors

Use developer-
friendly fonts
(e.g. ProFont,
Sheldon)
Customizing VS .NET

 Setting VS .NET Options


(Tools ►Options)

 Environment ►Task List

Use your own


comment tags
to put items
In the Task List
Customizing VS .NET

 Setting VS .NET Options


(Tools ►Options)

 Text Editor ►C# ► General

Show line
numbering in
editor window
Customizing VS .NET

 Setting VS .NET Options


(Tools ►Options)

 Text Editor ►C# ► Tabs

Set tab size


and indent width
Customizing VS .NET

 Setting VS .NET Options


(Tools ►Options)

 Database Tools ►Server Explorer

Increase login
timeout for WAN
or Internet based
access
Customizing VS .NET
 Some More Tips
 Developer fonts - ProFont and Sheldon are
available for download at
http://www.tobias-jung.de/seekingprofont/

 For even more customization possibilities try VS


.NET PowerToys available at
http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/ide/

 Explore Tools ►Options for several more useful


options
Using VS .NET Macros
 Increase productivity by using Macros to avoid
repetitive work

 A macro is a series of actions saved in a


scripting language

 VS .NET includes
 A Macro recorder and playback facility
 A Macro editor
 Keyboard bindings for Macros
 An object model to let Macros work with the IDE
Using VS .NET Macros
 Macro Recorder
(Tools ►Macros ►Record Temporary Macro)
(Ctrl + Shift + R)
 Macro Playback
(Tools ►Macros ►Run Temporary Macro)
(Ctrl + Shift + P)
 Macro Explorer
(View ►Other Windows ►Macro Explorer)
 Provides a project abstraction for Macros
 Supports editing and saving of Macros and Macro projects
 Setting Macro Keyboard Shortcuts
(Tools ►Options ►Environment ►Keyboard)
Using VS .NET Add-Ins
 The VS .NET IDE was designed to be extensible and
many utility vendors have taken advantage of this
extensibility by developing Add-Ins that plug into it

 VS .NET uses an object model called the DTE (Design-


Time Environment) object model to support Macros as
well as Add-Ins

[For further details see - Inside Microsoft Visual Studio


.NET - Brian Johnson, Craig Skibo, and Marc Young]

 Add-Ins can make the IDE more productive, and often


help in analyzing and improving the quality of code that
you write
Useful VS .NET Add-Ins

 Project Line Counter (WndTabs)


http://www.wndtabs.com/plc/

Useful little Add-In for counting SLOC (Source


Lines of Code)
Useful VS .NET Add-Ins
 QuickJump .NET
http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/quickjump_net.asp

VS .NET already supports incremental search (Ctrl + I)


mode, class view and dropdown class and member lists
for easy navigation

QuickJump is an Add-In that simplifies source code


navigation in a different way
 Alt + G gives a window showing a list of members in the
current class which can be used for navigation
 Provides a search and filtering mechanism to simplify
navigation
More VS .NET Add-Ins
 Total .NET Analyzer (FMS)
http://www.fmsinc.com/dotnet/Analyzer
Code analyzer for .NET that warns regarding
deviations from best practices and likely errors

 CodeWright for VS .NET


http://www.codewright.com/cwnet/default.asp
Replaces VS .NET’s editor with CodeWright’s editor
and lets you use CodeWright’s keystrokes and color
syntax (amongst other features)
More VS .NET Add-Ins
 IBM Rational XDE Developer .NET
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/products/x
de/
Add-In that supports modeling through UML and also
supports reverse engineering and model-to-code
synchronization

 DevPartner Studio
Add-In that provides code coverage analysis along with
a rules-driven engine that can be used to locate
dangerous parts of code before they break down
Yet More VS .NET Add-Ins

 A definitive list of VS .NET Add-Ins and other


.NET utilities is available at
http://sharptoolbox.madgeek.com/
Add-In Hell

 Having too many Add-Ins installed can slow


down the IDE and affect system performance

 Too many Add-Ins can cause shortcut key


conflicts between individual Add-Ins

 It is a good practice to uninstall Add-Ins that


you no longer use
Thank You

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