Microsoft Visual Studio is an IDE for the .NET family of languages.
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Why would you use built-in WebDev instead of local IIS
Since starting developing ASP.NET projects I find myself familiar just touching F5 for debugging. I think most of us are learned that way?
From then and much later I learned to live with the spooky ...
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Is there any evidence that Intellisense reduces productivity? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Should newbies use IDE autocomplete (Intellisense)?
I was having a conversation with another developer the other night about the pros and cons of Visual Studio. He was ...
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Is the rule of 10% code is comments still valid?
I've used some older languages before C# and I always felt the need to comment what I was doing so it is clear for anyone who reads the code.
But now that I use C# decently, I often feel that it's a ...
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If you use MFC how did find it best to learn the concepts?
I'm currently working with C++ MFC applications in Visual Studio 2008. I have spent most of my time up to this point working with Java Swing development which seems to be not quite as involved as ...
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Ms Build publishing vs Visual Studio IDE publishing
I am currently working on ms build to publish my winform application based on the environment selected (Dev or Prod). I am using Ms Build Community Task and referencing this article to achieve this ...
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Visual Studio Setup - why is solution explorer on the right?
Every time I install VS (whichever version going back years) it installs with the Solution Explorer on the right. Now as most UIs have the navigation in a left hand column (and at the top of the ...
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Today VS 2010 SP1 comes out, any news on the roadmap for Visual Studio 2012?
Today Visual Studio 2010 SP1 comes out as general availability release. This made me wondering about the upcoming release of Visual Studio 2012:
What are Microsoft's plans for Visual Studio 2012? I ...
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Should I avoid SharePoint Development in Visual Studio?
Not long ago I started an internship at a company that supplies SharePoint consultancy, hosting and development. While their consultancy seems to be pretty good and solid, I feel their development ...
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How to use external file comparer in MS TFS
I don't like ms diff that integrated into Visual Studio 2008 TFS Edition. Is it possible to change this file comparer to external one (Beyond Compare, for example)?
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Is there any plugin for better viewing of exceptions?
I don’t think that I’m the only one that thinks that Visual Studio exception window is very poor. Trace information lacking formatting and is hardly readable.
Is there any plugin or external tool ...
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Why doesn't my IDE do background compiling/building?
Today I develop on a fairly complex computer, it has multiple cores, SSD drives and what not. Still, most of the time I'm programming the computer is leasurely doing nothing. When I need to compile ...
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Visual Studio Notepad++ Sync Color Schemes
Is there an easy way to sync the color scheme/theme between visual studio 2008/2010 and notepad++? I would like to have it so that I could point visual studio and notepad++ to the same document and ...
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What features/changes would you most like to see in Visual Studio 2012? [closed]
Or at least the "next version".
There are some very interesting, grand ideas out there, threatening to revolutionise the way we code. Equally, there is likely a whole flurry of little improvements ...
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Where can I still buy Visual Studio 2008?
Where can I still buy Visual Studio 2008 in Canada? I see it on eBay but I'm not sure how to tell if it's legit.
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I can get visual studio for free through school, should I?
I am currently using dev++, I am a complete beginner, (Freshman CS major) learning C++. I can get one of the newest versions of visual studio (2008 or 2009 i think) for free through my school. Not ...
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How does NUnit for C# compare with Unit Test facility integrated with Visual Studio
I need to work in a team to develop a mid scale Desktop application developed using C# .NET. Prior to this, I have not applied Unit Testing and Test Driven Development. I am aware that there exists ...
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Why isn't it possible to switch between header and cpp in Visual Studio?
For the last eight years I wait for Microsoft to add the basic C++ functionality of switching back and forth between .h and .cpp files, and it keeps astonishing me it is still not supported in Visual ...
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Is Visual Studio just an IDE?
For Windows Development I mean.
Looking over other questions there are alternatives to VS, but they seem to be web based ones, which is fine, or you could program an entire .net website in notepad, ...
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What keymap do you prefer in ReSharper?
I am using ReSharper since version 3 and I always used InteliJ Idea/Resharper 2.x keymap schema. Recently I have learned Ilya's Visual Studio keymap. They each have advantages.
What keymap do you ...
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Real world T4 usage
How many of you have ever used (or even know of) the Visual Studio Text Templating Engine?
I mean, T4 templates have been around for quite some years now. The where initially included in Visual ...
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Noobie wants to use source control, how would you guide them?
Let's say you know of an anonymous noobie that wants to be lead upon the path of righteousness. This noobie wants to use some sort of source control tools simply for the experience of using source ...
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Should I go with PHP.NET and Resharper or PHPStorm
I am a fairly adept .NET and PHP programmer. These days my pattern of choice for complex web apps is an SOA approach where I use PHP as the front end, and WCF web services as the middle tier. My ajax ...
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Which features from other IDEs/editors you wish you have in Visual Studio? [closed]
What are the features of other IDEs or editors you wish you have in Visual Studio? Here I am asking mainly for built-in features. So, if a feature is available via some plug-ins, still you can state ...
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What features in Eclipse is not available in Visual Studio? [closed]
I have done much development in Java using Eclipse, and now I have started to use Visual Studio for .NET development. So far I find the IDEs to be able to do the same things, but just different.
What ...
