Visual Studio Time Saver - How can I keep track of unfinished code?

Quick tips to make you more efficient in Visual Studio. Today’s tip: tracking your to do list of unfinished code

When we write code, its rare that we sit down and code a single module from start to finish. Typically, we work on multiple pieces of an application at the same time: CSS files, code behind pages, HTML code, an assortment of classes managing data access or business rules and validation. You code a class, but, leave a couple of functions incomplete because you are missing information or need to wait for another programmer to finish their code. You make a note to come back later and update the code. I used to put in comments with the string “XXXXXXXXX” anywhere I needed to go back and modify or complete unfinished code. Then I would search for the string “XXXXXXXXX” to go back and fix those bits of code. Not a very elegant method to track unfinished code, but it did the job. There is a much cleaner way to track your unfinished code. Check out this little video on the Task List Window in Visual Studio to find out:

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