After i have Resharper (thanx to the inland empire .net user group) i understand that IDE can really help you write better code. Visual studio is a very powerful ide and i dont think i, myself utilize it too much, i want to a list of nice things i like with visual studio.
- Line numbering, i love to see line number in the code file so whenever the error message is talking about a line number, i can easily navigate to that line, how do you activate it for all your codes ? Go to Tools => Options => Text Editor => All Languages => Check Line Numbers section
- When you are writing the code, and you refer to a .net class but dont have the using statement ? Hit Control+.
- Your IDE's default language setting has changed from C# to VB.NET (or anything else?) ? Tools =>Import and Export Settings => Reset All Settings => No, just reset... => Select your language
- You need to come back to a certain line of code? put a bookmark,Edit=>Toogle Bookmarks r Control K,Control K , to go to that line Control K+N
- You want to leave a note to urself or to a friend who is going to maintain the same project? Comments to too difficult to manage task. Just add a comment that starts with //TODO: and when you compile the code, you will see the note in the tasks window.
- TODO: isnt good enough? you want to add your own types? Tools=> Options =>Environment => Task List. You can add yours tasks types here giving them a priority too
Do you have any more ?