This presentation looks at what has changed in the Visual Studio world in regards to plugins and how they are created. It then covers the two heavy weights: CodeRush and Resharper and ends with some other plugins worth your attention.

1. Visual Studio Productivity Tools robertmaclean www.sadev.co.za ∞ @rmaclean ∞ robert@sadev.co.za

2. Braai Rules Don’t talk about Politics Religion Coke vs. Pepsi Emacs vs. Vi CodeRush vs. Resharper IE vs. FireForx vs. Chrome iPhone vs. Android vs. WP7 My bias: Coke, Emacs, CodeRush, IE, uh?

3. Visual Studio AddOn Support Visual Studio 2010 MEF Big investment Visual Studio Gallery Visual Studio 2010, 2008, 2005 COM+ Based Plugins .NET wrapper

4. What does an add-in look like? Demo

5. In the Gallery? Third party. Lots of new features 2.3 million in top 10 downloads! Microsoft. Proving ground for future editions. Microsoft. Way of sorting out references. Third party. Way to visualise code. Microsoft. Lots of features for TFS Microsoft. Lots of new features. Third Party. LOTS of new features Third party. Controls for ASP.NET Microsoft. Change VS colours Third party. Change default VS browser

6. Gallery Support in Visual Studio Demo

7. Heavy weights CodeRush DevExpress Free edition ReSharper R# JetBrains More Popular

8. Both CodeRush & R# do Code Analysis UI Indications Solution Wide Analysis Quick Fixes Navigation Assistance Localisation Code Completion Templates Unit Test Runners Extensions

9. Let’s see CodeRush Demo

10. CodeRush vs. R#

11. CodeRushvsReSharper source: http://jesseliberty.com/2010/05/28/code-rush-vs-resharper/

12. Which should you use? If you use R# today: R# If you use CR today: CR If you use neither: Try + Measure with CR Express

13. Extensions worth your attention StyleCop GhostDoc Productivity Power Tools

14. Questions?