Created for the seasoned developer, this session explores the features that can, literally, save hours of work. Learn how to create your own templates all the way to special DevEnv switches you can use to quickly reconfigure your environment. These are the super tips that can turn a ten minute task into ten seconds.

2. http://www.amazon.com/Coding-Faster-Getting-Productive-
Microsoft/dp/0735649928/

3. User Groups
.NET User Groups
BR, NOLA, Lafayette, Shreveport, and Hammond
ALM User Group
Starting Sept 2011 (Mike Moles)
SharePoint User Groups
BR, NOLA, Lafayette, and Shreveport

4. Classic Help
Get your contents back
Just like “old school”
help
Requires online help
option

5. Item / Project Templates
Roll your own templates
for items and projects
Cut down significantly
on time to get started
coding

6. ResetSettings Switch
Resets settings to defaults
Useful for multi-layout
scenarios
Can export settings (like
windows layouts) and
modify shortcuts to use
them

7. Multiple Startup Projects
Solution Properties
Can set the order of
startup for projects

8. Customize Find Results
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
SoftwareMicrosoft
VisualStudio10.0Find
String:
Find result format
Sample:
$f$e($l,$c):$trn
Files
$p path
$f filename
$v drive/unc share
$d dir
$n name
$e .ext
Location
$l line
$c col
$x end col if on first line, else end of first line
$L span end line
$C span end col
Text
$0 matched text
$t text of first line
$s summary of hit
$T text of spanned lines
Char
n newline
s space
t tab
slash
$ $

9. Select to Last
Go Back Marker
CTRL + =
Selects from current
location to last marker
Go Back Markershttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/zainnab/archive/2010/03/01/navigate-backward-and-navigate-
forward-vstipedit0024.aspx

10. Import / Export DataTips
Pinned Data Tips can be
imported and exported
Debug -> Import /
Export Data Tips

11. Generate from Usage
Used to automatically
create stub code
Enables you to use classes
and members before you
define them

12. Call Stack Breakpoints
Breakpoints (and
tracepoints) can be set
in the Call Stack
Great way to work with
deep stacks

13. Debugging
Start With vs. Start Without
Start Without Debugging
just means it doesn’t
attach the debugger
Start Without Debugging
is NOT a Release build