msdn.microsoft.com — "In this article, I introduce you to some of the best Visual Studio add-ins available today that can be downloaded for free. I walk through using each of the add-ins, but because I am covering so many I only have room to introduce you to the basic functionality..."
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jugalatorOct 27, 2006
Yeah, Resharper is an excellent aid especially for refactoring and the occasional logical coding fallacies that may slip by an exhausted programmer's mind. :-) It's unfortunately only for C# though. Whole Tomato's is another great one and with a wider language support (including regular C++), particularly powerful in syntax highlighting and as a full IntelliSense replacement, but now also with refactoring as well.I'm not sure I'd install these two concurrently though as there may be conflicts (they both overlap slightly in terms of functionality).Yet another one is Codejock Software's Refactor Pro, that I haven't tried personally yet though...- <a class="user" href="http://www.wholetomato.com/">http://www.wholetomato.com/</a>- <a class="user" href="http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/">http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/</a>- <a class="user" href="http://www.devexpress.com/Products/NET/IDETools/Refactor/">http://www.devexpress.com/Products/NET/IDETools/Refactor/</a>
brundlefly76Oct 27, 2006
Its not that were stupid, its just that an IDE, while most of us would *love* to use one, and many of us do for windows development, doesnt work in the unix development paradigm very well.There are two major problems. First of all, many unix developers are writing server-side code, and editing on the fly on a remote server via ssh. The other is that unix program, ide or no, will always require a lot of command-line interruptions an ide cant solve, which means flipping back and forthe between paradigms, which is annoying.
paulmdxOct 27, 2006
VS 2005 was very much like VS 2002 as I remember it: a bit rough around the edges and a first cut at the new generation.I wouldn't say VS 2005 is perfect, but I'm betting we can expect a service pack to come along to fix the issues you've mentioned.
soukaOct 27, 2006
vi for visual studio -- <a class="user" href="http://www.viemu.com/">http://www.viemu.com/</a>
russrybaOct 27, 2006
Linux, Apache, MySQL... lots of very large open source programs are built without any particular IDE required. Some developers may use them, but they are optional. Visual Studio ends up creating a lot of lock-in potential for any application you create using it. It's hard to use anything other then visual studio to work on a VS created project. It's even hard to use an older version of visual studio even if you are making a simple program.I use Visual Studio from VB/VC6 to 2005. Mainly because I develop CE / Handheld applications. I also use Notepad++, gVim or straight vi depending on what platform or language I'm using. That said these are nice tools and I'll be using a lot of them very soon.
topher06Oct 27, 2006
Please, don't even suggest that VS2005 isn't significantly better then VS2002. I mean, yes there are some usual bugs in release software in such a complex application, but out of the box 2005 works a hell of a lot better then 2002 did. Intellisense actually works in 2005 for instance.SP1 will add much needed multi-processor support and fix a lot of bugs, but it was a decidedly better product then 2002 and 2003 which I just considered beta 1 and beta 2 for visual studio.Also, do you build a house using the heal of a shoe or a hammer? Why write software using a slow computer. Granted that VS is a CPU hog when intellisense is active, but when you have a large complex application and is still manages to quickly popup a list the methods and properties of a class or object your using, you have to give credit where credit is due. Upgrade your drives to a striped RAID for fast hard drive access, get 2gb RAM minimum, and invest in a dual core machine, if your serious about software development.
cheeze69Oct 27, 2006
Here comes the match to light one of the biggest, longest lasting fires...Here it comes...Emacs is better than vi.
Closed AccountOct 27, 2006
I like me some VS2005. The debug feature is great. When you set a break and then hold the cursor over the variable, a tooltip item will appear and display the value of the variable. Comes is very handy for arrays. When I am in Linux I will use Anjuta for my development. I like Anjuta because the interface is similar to VS2003/v6, so the environment is an easy change over between the two. One thing that has been said to me is learn an IDE, no matter which one it is and become the master at it. So VS is for me.Bash me for enjoying Visual Studio 2005, but I stand my ground on my choice of IDE's.
darkmothOct 27, 2006
free software + direct link = dugg like a mofo.
triggerdiggerJan 17, 2008
Bit off topic but a great site for free visual studio components (not plugins) is:<a class="user" href="http://www.accelerated-ideas.com/NET/aiFreeNETComponents_Main.aspx">http://www.accelerated-ideas.com/NET/aiFreeNETComp ...</a> Some great components on there, very useful if developing in VS 2005