One plugin that would be really useful would be a source verifier that alerts you when your code won't run on, say, a given version of .NET or Mono.
MoMA kind of does that - http://www.mono-project.com/MoMA
Visual Studio Add-Ins (Poll Result)
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Re: Visual Studio Add-Ins (Poll Result)
#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
There are an awful lot of people who swear by Resharper. If that's all you've replaced it with, it's likely you've not sampled all of the power it gives you. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong.
When I used Visual Studio 2003, Resharper was necessary to get anything done. When I used Visual Studio 2005, Resharper added a bunch of nice features that made it more pleasant. Now, when I'm using Visual Studio 2008, I no longer use ReSharper, since most of the functionality is native. There are a few features I miss, but to me they didn't motivate the longer startup times and general sluggishness that Resharper un…
How do you replace Navigate functionality of Resharper in native 2008?
(in IntelliJ IDEA keyboard layout)
Ctrl+N Go to Type
Ctrl+Shift+N Go to File
Ctrl+F12 Go to Member
These three bindings alone can make any developer 2-3x productive in daily coding activities.
Re: Visual Studio Add-Ins (Poll Result)
#13One plugin that would be really useful would be a source verifier that alerts you when your code won't run on, say, a given version of .NET or Mono.
MoMA kind of does that - http://www.mono-project.com/MoMA
Cool. Now we need one for Xcode that warns when code won't compile/run on GNUStep
Re: Visual Studio Add-Ins (Poll Result)
#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
When I used Visual Studio 2003, Resharper was necessary to get anything done. When I used Visual Studio 2005, Resharper added a bunch of nice features that made it more pleasant. Now, when I'm using Visual Studio 2008, I no longer use ReSharper, since most of the functionality is native. There are a few features I miss, but to me they didn't motivate the longer startup times and general sluggishness that Resharper un…
How do you replace Navigate functionality of Resharper in native 2008? (in IntelliJ IDEA keyboard layout) Ctrl+N Go to Type Ctrl+Shift+N Go to File Ctrl+F12 Go to Member These three bindings alone can make any developer 2-3x productive in daily coding activities.
Three times more productive?
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#15I've been using visual studio quite awhile now, and am still appalled that there is not good integration with any source control system. Subversion is only 3%!? Shouldn't every coder use source control? TFS doesn't count when CVS, SVN, hg, and git are all free and widely spread. VSS doesn't count either =P The subversion plugins are ok at best.
ReSharper adds a lot of features to VS that is standard in Eclipse and IntelliJ in the Java world, hence many people love ReSharper, esp transplants from the Java world.
Re: Visual Studio Add-Ins (Poll Result)
#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
When I used Visual Studio 2003, Resharper was necessary to get anything done. When I used Visual Studio 2005, Resharper added a bunch of nice features that made it more pleasant. Now, when I'm using Visual Studio 2008, I no longer use ReSharper, since most of the functionality is native. There are a few features I miss, but to me they didn't motivate the longer startup times and general sluggishness that Resharper un…
How do you replace Navigate functionality of Resharper in native 2008? (in IntelliJ IDEA keyboard layout) Ctrl+N Go to Type Ctrl+Shift+N Go to File Ctrl+F12 Go to Member These three bindings alone can make any developer 2-3x productive in daily coding activities.
Is it different from F12 Go to definition in VS?
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, I am also astounded that the refactoring tools in VS haven't been massively beefed up.
VS2010 is a step in that direction.
yep, I remember seeing a few discussions around 'do I really need Resharper with Visual Studio 2010?' because they added a whole bunch of functionality that Resharper had.
In fact it prompted this: http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/documentation/comparisonM...
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#18I've been using visual studio quite awhile now, and am still appalled that there is not good integration with any source control system. Subversion is only 3%!? Shouldn't every coder use source control? TFS doesn't count when CVS, SVN, hg, and git are all free and widely spread. VSS doesn't count either =P The subversion plugins are ok at best. ReSharper adds a lot of features to VS that is standard in Eclipse and In…
visualSVN is good and AnkhSVN is a decent free one. I've never placed a massive priority on source control integration to the IDE though, TortoiseSVN does fine for me.
What workflow do you use that requires it to be integrated into the IDE, or is it just a convenience thing?
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#19I think that Resharper is too bloated and instable. I use only Metascroll (a continuation of Rockscroll) for a fancy scrollbar and highlighting of intersting stuff in source.
it can be unstable, though the new version has solved most of my problems with it.
Re: Visual Studio Add-Ins (Poll Result)
#20I've been using visual studio quite awhile now, and am still appalled that there is not good integration with any source control system. Subversion is only 3%!? Shouldn't every coder use source control? TFS doesn't count when CVS, SVN, hg, and git are all free and widely spread. VSS doesn't count either =P The subversion plugins are ok at best. ReSharper adds a lot of features to VS that is standard in Eclipse and In…
I've been using the VisualSVN plugin for the past few years and have found it to be really pleasant. It's $50, but it's been well worth it for me. http://visualsvn.com/
Alternatively, it sounds like AnhkSVN has been making some great strides lately, but a bad experience with it several years back has kept me away from it. They're free, so they might be worth checking out as well. http://ankhsvn.open.collab.net/