Visual Studio Step-by-Step
13mBeginner2019-12-16
Authors

Walt Ritscher
Programmer, UI Designer, Staff Instructor at LinkedIn Learning
Course details
Want to work smarter with Visual Studio? This series of tips and tricks are each less than a minute long, so you can transform your Visual Studio workflow in your spare moments. Learn how to use Tabify and Untabify to fix inconsistent spacing, use multiple carets to select and edit text, and rename classes and namespaces to match file and folder names. Discover how to refactor If statements and get a file path from the editor tab. Plus, see how to clone the Solution Explorer window to quickly do a side-by-side comparison of project structures across projects.
Skills covered
Visual StudioWeb Development ToolsSoftware Development ToolsWeb DevelopmentMicrosoftSoftware DevelopmentOne-Off
Concepts
1. Visual Studio Minute Tips
- 01 - Navigate your code with the hidden Window Search menu
- 02 - Refactor a switch statement into a switch expression
- 03 - Search the contents of the Solution Explorer
- 04 - Search for a command with Quick Launch
- 05 - Use Tabify and Untabify to fix inconsistent spacing
- 06 - Use multiple carets to select and edit text
- 07 - Create custom naming style rules
- 08 - Rename classes and namespaces to match file and folder names
- 09 - Refactor if statements
- 10 - Get a file path from the Editor tab
- 11 - Navigate and edit code with multiple carets
- 12 - Track Active Item in Solution Explorer
- 13 - Fun with the Solution Explorer window
- 14 - Better code validation with the CodeQuality NuGet package
- 15 - Preview SVG files in the Visual Studio
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