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

Roslyn analyzers

With the advent of the Roslyn compiler, Microsoft has exposed a way for us to write our own custom rules (called analyzers) and have them executed by the compiler. We can now write rules that run as we type and show up in the IDE, just as with the built-in functionality such as undeclared variables, and we can even add code fixes for them!

To develop Roslyn rules in Visual Studio 2019 for Windows, we need the .NET Compiler Platform SDK functionality. This can be installed using the Visual Studio Installer by selecting it from the Individual components tab, under the Compilers, build tools, and runtimes category. You can easily get to the installer by selecting Tools | Get Tools and Features in Visual Studio. The following screenshot shows the .NET Compiler Platform SDK functionality:

Figure 11.9 – .NET Compiler Platform SDK

Roslyn in Visual Studio 2019 for Windows

This functionality was broken in Visual Studio 2019 for Windows...