Visual Studio 2008 IDE Tips and Tricks Sara

Visual Studio 2008 IDE Tips and Tricks Sara Ford Program Manager http: //www. codeplex. com 2

Activities Coding Customizing 3 Debugging

Basics Tip #0 – Don’t take notes Content provided on blog 4

Coding Search • Use the right search for the job Editing • Code more in less time Navigation • Go to code and files with ease 5

Coding Tips 6

Search Tip #1 – Incremental search Tip #2 – Find in Files Tip #3 – Repeat search 7

Editing Tip #4 – Box selection Tip #5 – Clipboard ring cycle Tip #6 – Toolbox general tab Tip #7 – Snippet tab 8

Navigation Tip #8 – Find Combo Box Tip #9 – File Tab Channel 9

Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts • Changing keyboard shortcuts Window Management • Increase font size; reposition windows Project System • Fine-tune your project 10

Customizing Tips 11

Customizing Tip #10 – Change Keybindings Tip #11 – Change Font Sizes Tip #12 – Window Layouts Tip #13 – Miscellaneous files Tip #14 – Opening Visual Studio 12

Debugging Breakpoints • Break when needed Code Cleanup • Remove what is not needed Examining • Take a closer look 13

Debugging Tips 14

Breakpoints and Code Cleanup Tip #15 – Tracepoints Tip #16 – Conditional Breakpoints Tip #17 – Using Statements 15

Examining Tip #18 – Watch Windows Tip #19 – Data. Tips Windows Tip #20 – Immediate window Tip #21 – Record macros 16

Summary Coding Customizing 17 Debugging

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