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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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Aaron Cure Aaron Cure
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Paul Schroeder Paul Schroeder
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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

Justification for investing time

Why do we feel it is worth investing your time to learn keyboard shortcuts? Visual Studio aside, think about what you do when you are browsing the web and you want to open a new tab in your browser. Do you remove your hand from the keyboard, place it on the mouse, reposition the cursor over the + button to the right of other open tabs, click, and then switch your hand back to the keyboard? If so, you just lost precious seconds of your life that cannot be recovered. Many people are familiar with using the Ctrl + T shortcut (Command + T for Mac) and prefer doing so versus the fine motor coordination it takes to navigate and click the mouse.

Chances are you do not think much about the time lost by using a mouse more than is necessary. Personally, I'm reminded of it every time I start typing garbage and realize my fingers did not return perfectly to their home row position on the keyboard.

For the sake of making a point, pretend a scientific...

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