Visual Studio 2019 Tricks and Techniques: A developer's guide to writing better code and maximizing productivity

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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Visual Studio 2019 Tricks and Techniques: A developer's guide to writing better code and maximizing productivity

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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Visual Studio 2019 Tricks and Techniques: A developer's guide to writing better code and maximizing productivity

Visual Studio 2019 Tricks and Techniques: A developer's guide to writing better code and maximizing productivity

Visual Studio 2019 Tricks and Techniques: A developer's guide to writing better code and maximizing productivity

Visual Studio 2019 Tricks and Techniques: A developer's guide to writing better code and maximizing productivity

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Overview

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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781800200142
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Publication date: 01/15/2021
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 386
File size: 19 MB
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About the Author

Paul Schroeder is a versatile application developer, speaker, author, and managing director at MSC Technology Consulting. Along with a multi-decade professional IT career, Paul has a bachelor's degree in computer science and an MBA, and has earned an MCSD certification for web development.
Whether coding or not, Paul enjoys spending time with his marvelous and talented wife, Robin, herself a Xamarin developer/speaker who creates Bluetooth mesh mobile applications.
Drawn to code generation, Paul is the inspiration behind CodeGenHero™, an innovative Visual Studio extension, covered in Chapter 14, Be Your Team's Hero with CodeGenHero. Follow Paul at PaulBSchroeder.


Aaron Cure is a principal security consultant for Cypress Data Defense specializing in penetration testing, secure SDLC, static code review, and secure architectures. His certifications include CISSP, GPEN, GMOB, GWAPT, and GSSP-NET. As a global speaker and instructor, Aaron is passionate about helping developers understand and write safe and secure code.
Aaron transitioned to programming after a decade as a Russian linguist and a satellite repair technician in the Army. He was an early adopter of technologies such as Mono and NHibernate for cross-platform development. Besides .NET, he has programmed in PHP, Python, Perl, TCL/TK, and Java.
Currently, Aaron programs almost entirely in VS Code and .NET Core with projects transitioning to .NET 5.


Ed Price is a senior program manager in engineering at Microsoft, with an MBA in technology management. He has run Microsoft customer feedback programs for Azure Development, Service Fabric, IoT, and Visual Studio. He was also a technical writer at Microsoft for 6 years, helped to lead TechNet Wiki, and now leads efforts to publish key guidance from AzureCAT (Customer Advisory Team), especially in the development of microservices. He is the coauthor of Learn to Program with Small Basic.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
  1. Flavors of Visual Studio
  2. Keyboard Shortcuts
  3. IDE Tips and Tricks
  4. Working with a Repository
  5. Working with Snippets
  6. Database Explorers
  7. Compiling, Debugging, and Version Control
  8. Introduction to Project and Item Templates
  9. Creating Your Own Template
  10. Deploying Custom Templates
  11. Overviewing VS 2019 Extensions
  12. Overviewing VS Code Extensions
  13. CodeMaid is Your Friend
  14. Be Your Team’s Hero with CodeGenHero
  15. Secure Code with Puma Scan
  16. Appendix - Other Popular Productivity Extensions
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