visual studio 2015 - productivity tips & tricks

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Christos Matskas

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Visual Studio 2015

IDE Tips & Tricks C# 6 language features Debugging

Agenda

• Menu Bar Capitalization• Roaming Settings• Tab Drag & Drop• Solution Explorer clone• Dock & Undock• Tab Pinning• Tab Split View• Open Containing Folder• Inline navigation Ctrl+,• Move Code Alt+Key Up/Key Down

Demo #1

• Quick Launch (Ctrl+Q)• Filtering using @• Search

• Tools -> Options• Output• Error List• Solution Explorer

• Team Explorer Search (Ctrl+#)• Custom Window Layouts

Demo #2

• Roslyn Compiler• Collapse/Expand• Light Bulb -> Smart options• Smart Refactoring (Ctrl+.)• Inline Renaming - (Ctrl+R, Ctrl+R)• Plug-and-Play Analyzers• NuGet – New Functionality

Demo #3

• C#6 Language Version• Static Using Syntax• Auto Property Initializer• Dictionary Initializer• Exception Filters• Async/Await in try/catch/finally• nameof• String Interpolation• Null Conditional Operator ?.

Demo #4

• WPF Improved editor• Peek into in XAML• Live Visual Tree• Live Property Explorer• Web tools for XAML

Demo #5

• Project Properties Launch Options• Start with Stepping• Return Values• Set Next Statement• Step Into Specific• Run to Cursor• Edit and Continue• Step Out• Run to Cursor From Call Stack

Demo #6

• Debugger.IsAttached• Debugger.Break()• Visualizers (6)• Peek Definition (Alt + F12)• DebuggerDisplay Annotation• DataTips

• Transparency• Pinning• Floating• Comments

• Mark Object ID• Add Watch From Watch

Demo #7

• Conditional Breakpoints

• Hit Count Breakpoints• Breakpoints on

Properties• Lamda Debugging• Immediate Window• Restart Debugging• Diagnostic tools

Demo #8

• TracePoints• Edit Variable Value • Exception Settings• CallStack Window

• Async• Show Parameter Value• Show External Code

• Full Screen Mode

Demo #9

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