You're reading from Visual Studio 2019 Tricks and Techniques A developer's guide to writing better code and maximizing productivity

Product type Paperback

Published in Jan 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800203525

Length 386 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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.NET Core

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Application Development

Authors (2):

Aaron Cure

Paul Schroeder

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Visual Studio IDE Productivity Essentials

2. Chapter 1: Flavors of Visual Studio FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Keyboard Shortcuts

4. Chapter 3: IDE Tips and Tricks

5. Chapter 4: Working with a Repository

6. Chapter 5: Working with Snippets

7. Chapter 6: Database Explorers

8. Chapter 7: Compiling, Debugging, and Versioning

9. Section 2: Customizing Project Templates and Beyond

10. Chapter 8: Introduction to Project and Item Templates

11. Chapter 9: Creating Your Own Templates

12. Chapter 10: Deploying Custom Templates

13. Section 3: Leveraging Extensions for the Win

14. Chapter 11: Overviewing Visual Studio 2019 Extensions

15. Chapter 12: Overviewing VS Code Extensions

16. Chapter 13: CodeMaid is Your Friend

17. Chapter 14: Be Your Team's Hero with CodeGenHero

18. Chapter 15: Secure Code with Puma Scan

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Appendix

What are VS Code extensions?

Extensions in VS Code add functionality to the integrated development environment (IDE) that isn't built in. It can be something as small as a utility to insert a line of code, to a full-blown debugger/code formatter/syntax highlighter (that is, the C# for Visual Studio Code (powered by OmniSharp) extension that provides a full C# compiler and debugging environment). The functionality you can provide with an extension is virtually limitless.

In VS Code, we manage extensions using the Extensions view. We can access it using either the View | Extensions menu item or the Extensions icon on the sidebar, or through the Ctrl + Shift + X keyboard command (Shift + Command + X on a Mac). The Extensions view is shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 12.1 – Extensions view

This view lists all of the extensions currently in scope, as well as details about the extension in the right pane, and the installation status of the...