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

To get the most out of this book

You will need Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 or Visual Studio Code installed on your system. Choosing the right version of Visual Studio 2019 is covered in the first chapter. Some of the chapters cover all three major flavors of Visual Studio. A few chapters are more partial to Visual Studio for Windows and some exercises contain sample code that uses the full .NET Framework v4.7.2.

Although not strictly required, installing the following workloads with Visual Studio for Windows will allow you to walk through all examples:

ASP.NET and web development
.NET desktop development
.NET Core cross-platform development
Visual Studio extension development

In chapters that require special setup or attention, specific instructions are provided at the outset. For example, the chapters on CodeGenHero™ and Puma Scan contain plenty of screenshots to communicate the material, but registration for free trial versions is necessary to walk through the step-by-step exercises.

If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code via the GitHub repository (link available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.