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

Languages

Tools

.NET Core

Concepts

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

Investigating advanced debugging

Becoming a skilled debugger can be the difference between fixing a bug in 5 minutes or 5 hours. Knowing how to step through code, inspect it at various points, and find that little copy and paste error you (or someone else!) injected is critical to being successful. Let's discuss a few strategies that you can use to be more successful.

Breakpoints

One of the most useful things you can use while debugging is a breakpoint.

To set a breakpoint, click on a line of code and hit F9 (or click in the margin to the left of the line number), and a red dot will appear. When the debugger reaches this line, it will stop and wait for your next command. Notice the breakpoint on line 14 in the following screenshot:

Figure 7.11 – The VS Code breakpoint

An advanced version of this technique is the conditional breakpoint. Set a breakpoint, right-click on it, and then click on Conditions (in Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio...