Well it took me a while to get around to this one. Sorry I’ve been offline folks. I recently changed roles inside Microsoft and am now more directly focused on Visual Studio / TFS / Team Test / etc… Okay, on to the blog post! As you, hopefully, have heard by now Visual…
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Docking External Document Windows
Windows: CTRL + Double Click on Title Bar Menu: Window | Dock As Tabbed Document Command: Window.DockAsTabbedDocument SKU: Professional, Premium, Ultimate Versions: 2010, Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview Code: vstipEnv0065 In Visual Studio 2010 we introduced the ability to take document windows outside the IDE: However, the old trick of double-clicking…
Now Shipping! Coding Faster: Getting More Productive with Visual Studio (Covers Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, 2008, and 2010)
At long last it is with great pride that I can officially announce the availability our new book! After a year of work and a few interesting speed bumps along the way the book is now in stores world-wide. If you want the best price that I have seen so far, I suggest you…
Static Code Analysis – Understanding the Predefined Rules
SKU: Premium, Ultimate Versions: 2010 Code: vstipTool0140 In vstipTool139 (“Static Code Analysis – Simple Code Analysis”) we scratched the surface of code analysis for a simple class. Now we will begin to delve deeper into the extensive set of predefined rules available out-of-the-box in Visual Studio. In these examples I will be using…
Code Metrics – Lines of Code
SKU: Premium, Ultimate Versions: 2008, 2010 Code: vstipTool0130 [updated 5/15/2011: NASA has apparently removed the paper mentioned in this tip so I have added a new link] In vstipTool0129, “Code Metrics – Calculating Metrics,” I showed you how to obtain code metrics. Getting the data is only half the battle. You have to…
Code Metrics – Calculating Metrics
Windows: Alt, N, M (selected projects); Alt, N, L (solution); Alt, V, E, M, M, M, Enter (results) Menu: Analyze | Calculate Code Metrics For Selected Projects; Analyze | Calculate Code Metrics For Solution; View | Other Windows | Code Metric Results Command: Analyze.CalculateCodeMetricsforSelectedProjects; Analyze.CalculateCodeMetricsforSolution; Analyze.CancelCodeMetricsCalculation; View.CodeMetricsResults SKU: Premium, Ultimate Versions: 2008, 2010 Code: vstipTool0129…
VS2010 SP1 New Features: Performance Wizard Support for Silverlight
Windows: Alt, N, Z Menu: Analyze | Launch Performance Wizard Command: Analyze.LaunchPerformanceWizard SKU: Premium, Ultimate Versions: 2005, 2008, 2010 Languages: C#, VB Code: vstipTool0128 This post represents a new path I’m taking with Visual Studio Tips and Tricks. In the past, I have limited the information to just Visual Studio <version> Professional. Now I…
VS2010 SP1 New Features: Silverlight 4 Support
Versions: 2010 SP1 Languages: C#, VB Code: vstipProj0031 Before we get started with today’s tip, just a little house-cleaning: I am a couple of posts behind on the blog and will be catching up this week with an additional post on Thursday. Also, I have decided to stop producing videos for the time…
Configuring Offline Help with VS2010 SP1
General: CTRL + ALT + F1 (help settings); F1 (view help) Visual C# 2005: CTRL + F1, M (help settings); CTRL + F1, CTRL + M (help settings); F1 (view help) Windows: ALT + H, S (help settings); ALT + H, V (view help) Menu: Help | Manage Help Settings; Help | View Help Command:…