Finding Code Samples in Visual Studio with Developer Assistant
[MP4] [0:08:55] [2016/01/11]Did you know you can search for code snippets from places like CodeProject and MSDN from inside Visual Studio? You can with the Developer Assistant for Visual Studio. This extension is available for…
Visual Studio Tip: Creating and changing themes in Visual Studio
[MP4] [0:03:39] [2015/10/15]Visual Studio has different built in color themes you can choose. In this video not only will I show you how to change your theme, but I will also show you how to use the Visual Studio Color Theme…
Visual Studio Tip: Working with Tabs
[MP4] [0:07:31] [2015/09/02]Every time you open another file in your project, you have another tab to work with. In this short video I'll show you the settings that control pinning, opening, floating, and preview of the tabs…
Visual Studio Tip: Enhanced Scrollbar everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask
[MP4] [0:08:00] [2015/07/07]The enhanced scrollbar was added in Visual Studio 2013. It allows you to more easily track changes and navigate your code. Find out what all those different colour squares mean and learn what you can…
Visual Studio Time Savers: Display Code in Power Point
[MP4] [0:03:27] [2015/05/22]If you ever have to display code in a Power Point presentation, this time saver is for you! At the Imagine Cup 2014 World Finals, I met a team of students who built an add-in for office to better…
Visual Studio Tip: Fast Select and Edit
[MP4] [0:02:29] [2015/04/06]Like many coders, Susan spent a lot of time cutting, copying, pasting, and moving code. So the ability to quickly select the code I want helps me code more efficiently. In this video, she shares a…
Visual Studio Tip: Faster HTML Coding in Visual Studio with Zen Coding
[MP4] [0:05:00] [2015/03/16]If you are doing web development in Visual Studio, you are coding HTML. Zen coding allows you to write HTML faster than ever! Using shortcuts Visual Studio will generate nested HTML elements and add…
Visual Studio Tip: How do I request a new feature in Visual Studio?
[MP4] [0:01:55] [2015/02/16]I frequently get comments on my blog posts or videos asking "Why doesn't Visual Studio do <insert feature here>?" In this video I will show you two easy ways you can provide feedback…
Visual Studio Tip: Laptop or dual monitors? Pick the perfect layout for each!
[MP4] [0:02:59] [2015/01/26]If you are a developer with a laptop, chances are you have an office setup with dual monitors. But, when you leave the office you are limited to your laptop screen. Visual Studio 2015 has a new…
Visual Studio Tip: Tracking Unfinished Code
[MP4] [0:06:04] [2015/01/12]Rarely do we work on a single piece of code continuously until it is complete. Most of the time, we work on several pieces of code spread across different classes in bits and pieces and gradually put…
Visual Studio Tip: Dont Touch Unless you want to, in which case go for it!
[MP4] [0:02:16] [2014/12/08]Microsoft recently released the Visual Studio 2015 preview. So, naturally, I had to share a Visual Studio 2015 tip! With more and more of us using touch devices as our primary laptops for development,…
Visual Studio Tip: Customizing Search Output in Visual Studio
[MP4] [0:04:37] [2014/11/17]When you do a Find in Files (CTRL+SHIFT+F), by default the output displays the file path which can fill up the results window. Did you know you can use a registry key to customize the output…
Visual Studio Tip: Dude, Where's My File?
[MP4] [0:02:06] [2014/11/03]By default, the file path for Visual Studio projects is very long. When you want to access a subfolder or file in your project from Windows Explorer or reference the file path in your code, you can…
Visual Studio Tip: Where Does the Open Brace Go?
[MP4] [0:02:57] [2014/10/07]Want to start a fight between two coders? Ask them if the open brace goes on a new line or at the end of the method declaration! Luckily you can set up Visual Studio to put the brace in whichever…
Visual Studio Tip: Lazy Code Snippets
[MP4] [0:02:47] [2014/09/13]You have probably discovered code snippets and you may even know you can create your own code snippets. But, I have a confession to make, I am lazy. I usually can't be bothered to define the xml to…
Visual Studio Tip: Faster than CTRL+X, CTRL+V 
[MP4] [0:00:52] [2014/09/01]Sometimes you need to move a line or block of code. Usually you would cut and paste the code. Well, if you only need to move it up or down a few lines, try selecting the code to move and using the…
Visual Studio Tip: Peek Definition
[MP4] [0:02:31] [2014/08/04]You are working on your code and find a method call. You can't remember what that method does. Maybe you use Go To Definition F12 to bring up the method you are calling so you can review the code. If…
Visual Studio Tip: Quick Launch
[MP4] [0:03:35] [2014/07/04]Ever gone digging through Tools – Options trying to remember where you change the font size in the text editor? Or ever searched through all the menus because you accidentally closed the Server…