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

Harness the full power of the Visual Studio IDE to take your coding skills to the next level by learning about IDE productivity practices and exclusive techniques
Key Features

Increase your productivity by leveraging Visual Studio 2019's improvements and features
Explore powerful editing, code intelligence, and source code control features to increase productivity
Delve into VS’s powerful, untapped features such as custom project templates and extensions

Book Description

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.
What you will learn

Understand the similarities and differences between VS 2019 and VS Code
Get to grips with numerous keyboard shortcuts to improve efficiency
Discover IDE tips and tricks that make it easier to write code
Experiment with code snippets that make it easier to write repeating code patterns
Find out how to customize project and item templates with the help of hands-on exercises
Use Visual Studio extensions for ease and improved productivity
Delve into Visual Studio’s behind the scene operations

Who this book is for

This book is for C# and .NET developers who want to become more efficient and take advantage of features they may not be aware of in the IDE. Those looking to increase their productivity and write quality code more quickly by fully utilizing the power of the Visual Studio IDE will also find this book useful.
Table of Contents

Flavors of Visual Studio
Keyboard Shortcuts
IDE Tips and Tricks
Working with a Repository
Working with Snippets
Database Explorers
Compiling, Debugging, and Version Control
Introduction to Project and Item Templates
Creating Your Own Template
Deploying Custom Templates
Overviewing VS 2019 Extensions
Overviewing VS Code Extensions
CodeMaid is Your Friend
Be Your Team’s Hero with CodeGenHero
Secure Code with Puma Scan
Appendix - Other Popular Productivity Extensions