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Visual Studio 2019 Tricks and Techniques

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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800203525
Length 386 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

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 19. Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix

Fixing problems in the template definition

The reason we received a build error in the prior exercise is because, by default, the wizard we used previously to export project templates does not include a <RootNamespace> element in the bundled project file. One terrible option would be to tell users of our template to manually edit the generated .csproj project file to insert a line, such as the following, for the missing element:

<RootNamespace>WPF_Console_Starter1</RootNamespace>

A better option is to tweak our template bundle a bit to avoid the issue altogether, and that is what we will cover in the next exercise.

Time saver

If you prefer to skim the following detailed steps for fixing the template issues, you may simply skip to the next exercise and use the WPF Console Starter Fixed.zip file that is provided in the Completed folder alongside the code for this chapter. It contains the fixes that we walk through in this exercise.

Of course, as long...

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