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Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Welcome to the series
- Clone the GitHub repo to your developer computer
- Open the solution from Team Explorer
- Use Checkout to open exercise files from Git branches
- Use the GitHub Extension
- Brace matching in C#
- Select vertical sections of code with Box Selection
- Move code with keyboard shortcuts
- Find duplicate code with the code clone analysis tool
- Paste JSON/XML as class
- Colorize output in the build window
- A better way to redock a tool window
- The Open Command Line extension
- Get consistent editor settings with EditorConfig
- Git at a glance: Updates to the Visual Studio status bar
- Surround a block of code with a code snippet
- Understand the document tab features
- Clipping to a border using an opacity mask
- Insert Line with Ctrl Enter
- Use the File Tab channel
- Use the Add New File extension
- Keyboard access for CodeLens
- Use the Clipboard Ring
- Use the GlyphFriend extension
- Activate Open File in Solution Explorer
- Use the enhanced scrollbar
- Drag and drop in Solution Explorer
- Keyboard shortcuts for MVC views and controllers
- Pin data tips in debug window
- The Trailing Whitespace Visualizer extension
- Date rounding and other helpers
- Memorize window layout (Reuse)
- Use DialogResult
- Label a breakpoint
- The Image Optimizer extension
- Use Ctrl+Spacebar to fix case of variable names
- Use the nameof operator
- Discover untested code with code coverage
- Use the Hand tool in XAML designer
- Array Visualizer extension
- Use Ctrl+Tab to cycle through windows
- Understand line stroke patterns
- The Comment Remover extension
- Toolbox tip shortcuts
- Randomize data with LINQ
- Customize context menu
- Get the file path
- Convert lists
- Enum flags
- Reference highlighting
- Evaluate performance with PerfTips
- Null propagation
- Multiple editor views of same file
- Customize the output window
- Colored braces with the Viasfora extension
- Use the C# interactive window
- The Smart Semicolon extension
- Reference Highlighting
- IEnumerable Extension Methods
- Compare LiNQ sequences
- The Clear Recent Project List extension
Taught by
Walt Ritscher
