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VB IDE Tips and Tricks

Dustin CampbellProgram ManagerMicrosoft Corporation

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Investments in Productivity

Modernizethe IDE

DeepInsight

Speed to Solution

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Modernize the IDE> Start Page Enhancements

> New look and feel> Pin and remove items in “Recent Projects”

list> Enable “Close page after project load”

> New Project Dialog> Sort templates> Search templates (Ctrl + E)

> Extension manager> Easily find and install extensions

(Tools Extension Manager)

Modernize the IDE> Multi-monitor Support

> Move/Dock floating windows(Win + <arrow key>)

> Float/Dock tab (Ctrl + Double Click)

> New WPF Code Editor> Zoom (Ctrl + mouse scroll)

> Type Colorization> “Softer” Line Separators

Deep Insight

> High Level Understanding> Architecture Explorer> Sequence Diagram

> Understanding Source> Next/Previous Method (Ctrl + Up/Down)

> Highlight References (Ctrl + Shift + Up/Down)

> Hide selection (Ctrl + M, H)

> Stop hiding selection (Ctrl + M, U)

> Understanding While Debugging> IntelliTrace™> “Pin-able” data tips

Speed to Solution

> Consume First Development> IntelliSense Suggestion Mode (Ctrl + Alt + Space)

> Generate From Usage

> Faster Editing Experience> Smart Tags (Ctrl + .)

> Code Snippets (Ctrl + K, X)

> IntelliSense Filtering (Substring and Camel Case)

> Multi-line Editing (Alt + Up/Down -or- Alt + Mouse Up/Down)

> Quick Navigation> Navigate To (Ctrl + ,)

Related Sessions

Code Like the Wind with Microsoft Visual Basic 2010November 18, 13:00 - 13:45 – Petree Hall D Lucian Wischik

Microsoft Visual C# IDE Tips and TricksNovember 19, 12:45 - 13:30 – Petree Hall D DJ Park

F# for Parallel and Asynchronous ProgrammingNovember 19, 11:30 - 12:30 – 515A Luke Hoban

Microsoft Visual Basic IDE Tips and TricksNovember 19, 12:45 - 13:30 – Petree Hall C Dustin Campbell

Future Directions for C# and Visual Basic November 17, 11:00 - 12:00 – Hall F Luca Bolognese

Using Dynamic Languages to Build Scriptable ApplicationsNovember 17, 12:30 - 13:15 – 403AB Dino Viehland

Dynamic Binding in C# 4 November 17, 12:30 - 13:15 – Hall F Mads Torgersen

Resources> Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2

> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=151797

> VB Developer Center> http://msdn.com/vbasic

> VB 2010 Resources> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/dd819153.aspx

> VB Forums> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/

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> Bugs & Suggestions> https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio

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