Over the past month or so, I have been on a mission to enhance my Visual Studio IDE experience. I have been trying out all sorts of add-ins with the end goal of being more productive and cutting down on un-needed laborious tasks. Here I share with all what I have found and love in the hopes of helping someone else utter the same words I did; “Coool!”.
Top 10 Essential Add-ins:
This is an excellent compilation of a number of add-ins which are must-haves. Topping the list for me are:
1. TestDriven.Net: Best add-in to run NUnit and TFS unit tests.
2. GhostDoc: Documenting code was never this easy.
3. CopySourceAsHTML: If you Blog then this is a must.
VS PowerToys:
The best one here is the Resource Refactoring tool. I use it and love it. I no longer procrastinate and leave strings in my code with the *intent* of moving them to a resource file later.
VS IDE Enhancements:
If you don’t have Resharper, which I can no longer live without, you may find the Indexed Find and Source Code Outliner handy. My suggestion: GET RESHARPER!
Consolas Font: (ClearType)
Changing to this font in the Visual Studio Text Editor was a refreshing experience. I love the strike-through zeros.