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Visual Studio 2019 Tricks and Techniques

By : Paul Schroeder, Aaron Cure
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Visual Studio 2019 Tricks and Techniques

By: Paul Schroeder, Aaron Cure

Overview of this book

Visual Studio 2019 (VS 2019) and Visual Studio Code (VS Code) are powerful professional development tools that help you to develop applications for any platform with ease. Whether you want to create web, mobile, or desktop applications, Microsoft Visual Studio is your one-stop solution. This book demonstrates some of the most sophisticated capabilities of the tooling and shows you how to use the integrated development environment (IDE) more efficiently to be more productive. You’ll begin by gradually building on concepts, starting with the basics. The introductory chapters cover shortcuts, snippets, and numerous optimization tricks, along with debugging techniques, source control integration, and other important IDE features that will help you make your time more productive. With that groundwork in place, more advanced concepts such as the inner workings of project and item templates are covered. You will also learn how to write quality, secure code more efficiently as well as discover how certain Visual Studio features work 'under the hood'. By the end of this Visual Studio book, you’ll have learned how to write more secure code faster than ever using your knowledge of the extensions and processes that make developing successful solutions more enjoyable and repeatable.

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Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Preface
Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
To get the most out of this book
Download the example code files
Code in Action
Download the color images
Conventions used
Get in touch
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Section 1: Visual Studio IDE Productivity Essentials
Section 1: Visual Studio IDE Productivity Essentials
Free Chapter
2
Chapter 1: Flavors of Visual Studio
Chapter 1: Flavors of Visual Studio
Technical requirements
Quick reference cheat sheet
Visual Studio 2019 (Windows)
Visual Studio 2019 for Mac
GitHub Codespaces
Summary
3
Chapter 2: Keyboard Shortcuts
Chapter 2: Keyboard Shortcuts
Technical requirements
Windows shortcuts
Keyboard mapping schemes
Customizing your own keyboard mapping schemes
Learning keyboard shortcuts
Justification for investing time
Summary
Further reading
4
Chapter 3: IDE Tips and Tricks
Chapter 3: IDE Tips and Tricks
Technical requirements
Having fun with the file tabs
Traversing your solution
Live sharing
Preview Features
Faster editing
Cleaner code
Summary
5
Chapter 4: Working with a Repository
Chapter 4: Working with a Repository
Technical requirements
Automating Git commands
Working with source control
Creating a repository
Cloning a repository
Getting updates (Fetch and Pull)
Adding files
Creating a .gitignore file
Committing (and pushing) your code
Stashing (and applying) your code
Understanding branch and merge
Working with pull requests
Summary
6
Chapter 5: Working with Snippets
Chapter 5: Working with Snippets
Technical requirements
Snippet basics
Inserting snippets
Code Snippets Manager dialog
Deploying snippets
Summary
Further reading
7
Chapter 6: Database Explorers
Chapter 6: Database Explorers
Technical requirements
Managing databases in Visual Studio 2019 for Windows
Interacting with databases in VS Code
Summary
8
Chapter 7: Compiling, Debugging, and Versioning
Chapter 7: Compiling, Debugging, and Versioning
Technical requirements
Exploring compilation flags and options
Investigating advanced debugging
Discovering versioning
Summary
9
Section 2: Customizing Project Templates and Beyond
Section 2: Customizing Project Templates and Beyond
10
Chapter 8: Introduction to Project and Item Templates
Chapter 8: Introduction to Project and Item Templates
Technical requirements
Understanding item templates
Knowing when to use project templates
Looking at a sample scenario
Valuing templates
Summary
Further reading
11
Chapter 9: Creating Your Own Templates
Chapter 9: Creating Your Own Templates
Technical requirements
Exporting a custom project template
Identifying issues with the project template
Fixing problems in the template definition
Reimporting the fixed template
Exporting project items
Summary
12
Chapter 10: Deploying Custom Templates
Chapter 10: Deploying Custom Templates
Technical requirements
Introducing the client-server project
Creating the VSIX deployment package
Using the VSIX deployment package
Publishing to the Visual Studio Marketplace
Distributing instructions for the Dotnet Core CLI
Summary
13
Section 3: Leveraging Extensions for the Win
Section 3: Leveraging Extensions for the Win
14
Chapter 11: Overviewing Visual Studio 2019 Extensions
Chapter 11: Overviewing Visual Studio 2019 Extensions
Technical requirements
What are extensions?
Visual Studio Marketplace
Creating extensions
Roslyn analyzers
Summary
15
Chapter 12: Overviewing VS Code Extensions
Chapter 12: Overviewing VS Code Extensions
Technical requirements
What are VS Code extensions?
VS Code in the Visual Studio Marketplace
Publishing your extension
Summary
16
Chapter 13: CodeMaid is Your Friend
Chapter 13: CodeMaid is Your Friend
Technical requirements
A brief history of CodeMaid
Learning about cleanup actions
Exploring CodeMaid Spade
Build Progress
Summary
17
Chapter 14: Be Your Team's Hero with CodeGenHero
Chapter 14: Be Your Team's Hero with CodeGenHero
Technical requirements
Understanding the core concepts of code generation
Introducing CodeGenHero™
The CodeGenHero™ solution
Handling change with CodeGenHero™
Summary
18
Chapter 15: Secure Code with Puma Scan
Chapter 15: Secure Code with Puma Scan
Technical requirements
Understanding common application security vulnerabilities
Finding vulnerabilities for fun and profit
Automating vulnerability detection with Puma Scan
Extending Puma Scan with custom sinks
Using Puma Scan in a DevSecOps pipeline
Summary
19
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Appendix
Other Popular Productivity Extensions
Presenting some great Visual Studio 2019 for Windows extensions
Sharing our favorite Visual Studio Code extensions
Choosing useful Visual Studio 2019 for Mac extensions
Summary

Who this book is for

This book is for any C# and .NET developer who wants to increase their productivity and write code fast by fully utilizing the power of the Visual Studio IDE. It helps take your understanding of Visual Studio 2019 to the next level. Those who want to delve deeper and peek under the hood to learn what Visual Studio does behind the scenes will be satisfied. Application architects will learn techniques that improve standardization across multiple projects and reduce ramp-up time. Additionally, coders who want to see how the development process can be reimagined using code generation and secure code scanning technology will be impressed.

Users of any IDE flavor will benefit from this book, including Visual Studio 2019 for Windows, Visual Studio Code, and Visual Studio 2019 for Mac. Several chapters include specific content for each version. A few chapters contain hands-on exercises that target only Visual Studio 2019 for Windows.

The material in the first and third sections of this book is appropriate for developers of any skill level (Visual Studio IDE Productivity Essentials and Leveraging Extensions for the Win). Those newer to developing with Visual Studio may find the content in the third section of the book interesting but a bit abstract (Customizing Project Templates and Beyond).

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