Special session on all enhancements that come under visual Studio 2012 IDE

1. Visual Studio 2012
Enhancements
BY ABHISHEK SUR
WEBSITE: WWW.ABHISHEKSUR.COM
EMAIL : CONTACT@ABHISHEKSUR.COM

2. Solution Explorer

3. UI – Solution Explorer
1. Search
2. Navigation
3. Home
4. Filter
5. Sync
6. Minimize
7. Properties
8. Preview

4. UI – Solution Explorer
1. Refresh
2. All Files
3. Dependency Graph

5. UI – Solution Navigator
 Navigation into the code structure

6. UI – Solution Navigation
 Scope to Element

7. UI – Solution Navigation
 Dependency
Graph

8. UI – Solution Navigation
 Search in Solution

9. UI – Solution Navigation
 Quick Filter
 File Content
 File Names

10. UI – Solution Navigation
 Solution Filter

11. UI – Solution Navigation
 Active Item Tracking

12. UI - Search
 Quick Search
 Ctrl-Q

13. UI – Quick Search
 Quick Search
 Scope Elements (@mru,menu,opt,doc)

14. UI - Search
 Direct Search
 Ctrl-F
 Ctrl-I (incremental)
 Type the search term without focus after Ctrl-I (i)

15. Web – HTML 5 & JavaScript
 HTML 5 IntelliSense
 JavaScript IntelliSense
 JQuery IntelliSense

16. Web – JavaScript IntelliSense
Extending JavaScript IntelliSense:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/hh874692.aspx
 Old Method – Include References
 Build Reference Groups, use _references.js

17. Web - IISExpress
 Easy deploy to IIS

18. Web – Page Inspector

19. Code – Code Clone Analyze
 Analyze  Analyze Solution for Code Clones

20. Code – Code Analysis
 Analyze  Run Code Analysis
 Alt-F11

21. Code – Code Metrics
 Analyze  Calculate Code Metrics
 Maintainability
 Inheritance
 Coupling
 Lines of Code 

22. Debugging – Hover Values
 Interactive debugger values in editor

23. Debugging – Direct Edit
 Directly change values

24. Debugging – Set Next Step
 Move debugger step up and down

25. Debugging – Breakpoint
Options
 More than just a break point

26. Debugging – Tracepoints
 Breakpoint  Context Menu  When hit
 Print a message
 Continue exec…
 {localVariable}
 {lv+=newVal}

27. Debugging – BreakPoint
Options
 Label
 Export / Import

28. Intellitrace
 Logs any live event
 Can be re-run
 Easily exportable

29. Shell – Package Manager
 Nuget.org
 Project  Enable Nuget Packages Restore

30. Shell – Export Template
 Item
 Solution

31. Editor – Simple Tricks
 Whitespaces: Ctrl-R Ctrl-W
 Select Rectangle: Alt + Select
 Fast Jump: Ctrl-Click
 Go to Definition: F12 (Shift-F12 == all)
 Back from Definition: Ctrl- – / Alt-Left Arrow
 Quick Task: Ctrl-. ENTER
 Navigate Symbols: Click, Highlight, Ctrl+Shift+Arrow
 Split/New Window (Window Menu)

32. Editor – Code Store
 Drag Drop Toolbox

33. Editor – Tasklist
 Tokens:
 TODO
 HACK
 UNDONE

34. Editor – XML as Code
<Customer>
<Name />
<Street />
<City />
</Customer>
 Paste XML as Classes
 Edit  Paste Special

35. Editor – Clipboard Cycle
 Ctrl-Shift-V
 Replacing Paste Operation

36. Editor – Code Snippets
 Snippet TAB TAB
 Surround: Ctrl-K Ctrl-S

37. Editor – Task Switcher
 Classic View – Jumplists only

38. Editor – Task Switcher
 Advanced View – Jumplists with Preview
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39. SQL – Object Explorer
 View  SQL Server Object Explorer
 Ctrl-^, Ctrl-S

40. Extensions – Color Themes

41. Extensions – Power Tools

42. Abhishek Sur, MVP (Client App Dev)
www.abhisheksur.com
Email: contact@abhisheksur.com
Twitter : @abhi2434
Thank you.
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