Visual Studio 2019 Tricks and Techniques
A developer's guide to writing better code and maximizing productivity
Published on 15. January 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
386 pages
978-1-80020-352-5 (ISBN)
Description
Harness the full power of the Visual Studio IDE to take your coding skills to the next level by learning about IDE productivity practices and exclusive techniques
Key Features
Increase your productivity by leveraging Visual Studio 2019's improvements and features
Explore powerful editing, code intelligence, and source code control features to increase productivity
Delve into VS's powerful, untapped features such as custom project templates and extensions
Book DescriptionVisual Studio 2019 (VS 2019) and Visual Studio Code (VS Code) are powerful professional development tools that help you to develop applications for any platform with ease. Whether you want to create web, mobile, or desktop applications, Microsoft Visual Studio is your one-stop solution. This book demonstrates some of the most sophisticated capabilities of the tooling and shows you how to use the integrated development environment (IDE) more efficiently to be more productive.
You'll begin by gradually building on concepts, starting with the basics. The introductory chapters cover shortcuts, snippets, and numerous optimization tricks, along with debugging techniques, source control integration, and other important IDE features that will help you make your time more productive. With that groundwork in place, more advanced concepts such as the inner workings of project and item templates are covered. You will also learn how to write quality, secure code more efficiently as well as discover how certain Visual Studio features work 'under the hood'.
By the end of this Visual Studio book, you'll have learned how to write more secure code faster than ever using your knowledge of the extensions and processes that make developing successful solutions more enjoyable and repeatable.What you will learn
Understand the similarities and differences between VS 2019 and VS Code
Get to grips with numerous keyboard shortcuts to improve efficiency
Discover IDE tips and tricks that make it easier to write code
Experiment with code snippets that make it easier to write repeating code patterns
Find out how to customize project and item templates with the help of hands-on exercises
Use Visual Studio extensions for ease and improved productivity
Delve into Visual Studio's behind the scene operations
Who this book is forThis book is for C# and .NET developers who want to become more efficient and take advantage of features they may not be aware of in the IDE. Those looking to increase their productivity and write quality code more quickly by fully utilizing the power of the Visual Studio IDE will also find this book useful.
Key Features
Increase your productivity by leveraging Visual Studio 2019's improvements and features
Explore powerful editing, code intelligence, and source code control features to increase productivity
Delve into VS's powerful, untapped features such as custom project templates and extensions
Book DescriptionVisual Studio 2019 (VS 2019) and Visual Studio Code (VS Code) are powerful professional development tools that help you to develop applications for any platform with ease. Whether you want to create web, mobile, or desktop applications, Microsoft Visual Studio is your one-stop solution. This book demonstrates some of the most sophisticated capabilities of the tooling and shows you how to use the integrated development environment (IDE) more efficiently to be more productive.
You'll begin by gradually building on concepts, starting with the basics. The introductory chapters cover shortcuts, snippets, and numerous optimization tricks, along with debugging techniques, source control integration, and other important IDE features that will help you make your time more productive. With that groundwork in place, more advanced concepts such as the inner workings of project and item templates are covered. You will also learn how to write quality, secure code more efficiently as well as discover how certain Visual Studio features work 'under the hood'.
By the end of this Visual Studio book, you'll have learned how to write more secure code faster than ever using your knowledge of the extensions and processes that make developing successful solutions more enjoyable and repeatable.What you will learn
Understand the similarities and differences between VS 2019 and VS Code
Get to grips with numerous keyboard shortcuts to improve efficiency
Discover IDE tips and tricks that make it easier to write code
Experiment with code snippets that make it easier to write repeating code patterns
Find out how to customize project and item templates with the help of hands-on exercises
Use Visual Studio extensions for ease and improved productivity
Delve into Visual Studio's behind the scene operations
Who this book is forThis book is for C# and .NET developers who want to become more efficient and take advantage of features they may not be aware of in the IDE. Those looking to increase their productivity and write quality code more quickly by fully utilizing the power of the Visual Studio IDE will also find this book useful.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Birmingham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
719 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80020-352-5 (9781800203525)
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A developer's guide to writing better code and maximizing productivity
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Persons
Aaron Cure is an avid developer, instructor, and innovator. During his 10 years in the military as a linguist and a satellite communications repair technician, he learned that his real love was computer programming.
After various throes with PHP, Classic ASP, VB, and a brief encounter with Java/JSP, he found a real passion for the .NET framework. After searching for a "better way" to carry out database storage and retrieval, Aaron stumbled across the NHibernate framework.
Unsatisfied with the options for interacting with this great framework, he founded the NHibernate Generation project (nhib-gen) on SourceForge to reduce the "barrier to entry" for most developers.
Aaron and his family run a small consulting and web hosting company doing web design and custom software development for various organizations across the country. One of their more interesting projects has been software to control laser cutting machines.
In his spare time, he also enjoys developing projects with his daughters, using everything from Lego NXT (using C# and Bluetooth communications) to the Microchip PIC platform (using JAL and USB). He also collects and restores classic farm tractors, engines, and farm equipment, as well as semi trucks and trailers. He and his family display them at tractor shows, parades, schools, and various other community events. Paul Schroeder is a versatile application developer, speaker, author, and managing director at MSC Technology Consulting. Along with a multi-decade professional IT career, Paul has a bachelor's degree in computer science and an MBA, and has earned an MCSD certification for web development.
Whether coding or not, Paul enjoys spending time with his marvelous and talented wife, Robin, herself a Xamarin developer/speaker who creates Bluetooth mesh mobile applications.
Drawn to code generation, Paul is the inspiration behind CodeGenHero (TM), an innovative Visual Studio extension, covered in Chapter 14, Be Your Team's Hero with CodeGenHero. Follow Paul at PaulBSchroeder.
After various throes with PHP, Classic ASP, VB, and a brief encounter with Java/JSP, he found a real passion for the .NET framework. After searching for a "better way" to carry out database storage and retrieval, Aaron stumbled across the NHibernate framework.
Unsatisfied with the options for interacting with this great framework, he founded the NHibernate Generation project (nhib-gen) on SourceForge to reduce the "barrier to entry" for most developers.
Aaron and his family run a small consulting and web hosting company doing web design and custom software development for various organizations across the country. One of their more interesting projects has been software to control laser cutting machines.
In his spare time, he also enjoys developing projects with his daughters, using everything from Lego NXT (using C# and Bluetooth communications) to the Microchip PIC platform (using JAL and USB). He also collects and restores classic farm tractors, engines, and farm equipment, as well as semi trucks and trailers. He and his family display them at tractor shows, parades, schools, and various other community events. Paul Schroeder is a versatile application developer, speaker, author, and managing director at MSC Technology Consulting. Along with a multi-decade professional IT career, Paul has a bachelor's degree in computer science and an MBA, and has earned an MCSD certification for web development.
Whether coding or not, Paul enjoys spending time with his marvelous and talented wife, Robin, herself a Xamarin developer/speaker who creates Bluetooth mesh mobile applications.
Drawn to code generation, Paul is the inspiration behind CodeGenHero (TM), an innovative Visual Studio extension, covered in Chapter 14, Be Your Team's Hero with CodeGenHero. Follow Paul at PaulBSchroeder.
Content
Table of Contents
Flavors of Visual Studio
Keyboard Shortcuts
IDE Tips and Tricks
Working with a Repository
Working with Snippets
Database Explorers
Compiling, Debugging, and Version Control
Introduction to Project and Item Templates
Creating Your Own Template
Deploying Custom Templates
Overviewing VS 2019 Extensions
Overviewing VS Code Extensions
CodeMaid is Your Friend
Be Your Team
Secure Code with Puma Scan
Appendix - Other Popular Productivity Extensions
Flavors of Visual Studio
Keyboard Shortcuts
IDE Tips and Tricks
Working with a Repository
Working with Snippets
Database Explorers
Compiling, Debugging, and Version Control
Introduction to Project and Item Templates
Creating Your Own Template
Deploying Custom Templates
Overviewing VS 2019 Extensions
Overviewing VS Code Extensions
CodeMaid is Your Friend
Be Your Team
Secure Code with Puma Scan
Appendix - Other Popular Productivity Extensions