Summary
In this chapter, you learned how to use snippets that come pre-installed with Visual Studio and how to manage them with the Code Snippets Manager dialog. We also detailed the special keywords and different XML elements and that make up a snippet file's definition. Finally, you were able to import a custom snippet and put it to use in a sample project.
Sharing and using snippets is one technique developer teams can use to make it easier to standardize common internal practices. Moreover, code snippets simply make you a more efficient developer; knowing how they work makes you more proficient, and knowing how to craft your own is even better!
In the next chapter, we are going to add another tool to your utility belt when we examine database explorers. This handy bit of functionality is available right within the Visual Studio IDE without the need to use separate tools, unless you prefer that approach, of course.
