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Visual Studio 2019 Tricks and Techniques

Visual Studio 2019 Tricks and Techniques

By : Aaron Cure, Schroeder
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Visual Studio 2019 Tricks and Techniques

Visual Studio 2019 Tricks and Techniques

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By: Aaron Cure, Schroeder
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Overview of this book

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.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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Who this book is for
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What this book covers
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To get the most out of this book
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Download the example code files
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Code in Action
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Conventions used
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Section 1: Visual Studio IDE Productivity Essentials
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Section 1: Visual Studio IDE Productivity Essentials
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Chapter 1: Flavors of Visual Studio
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Chapter 1: Flavors of Visual Studio
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Technical requirements
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Quick reference cheat sheet
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Visual Studio 2019 (Windows)
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Visual Studio 2019 for Mac
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GitHub Codespaces
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Summary
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Chapter 2: Keyboard Shortcuts
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Chapter 2: Keyboard Shortcuts
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Technical requirements
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Windows shortcuts
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Keyboard mapping schemes
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Customizing your own keyboard mapping schemes
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Learning keyboard shortcuts
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Justification for investing time
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Summary
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Further reading
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Chapter 3: IDE Tips and Tricks
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Chapter 3: IDE Tips and Tricks
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Technical requirements
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Having fun with the file tabs
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Traversing your solution
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Live sharing
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Preview Features
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Faster editing
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Cleaner code
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Summary
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Chapter 4: Working with a Repository
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Chapter 4: Working with a Repository
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Technical requirements
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Automating Git commands
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Working with source control
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Creating a repository
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Cloning a repository
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Getting updates (Fetch and Pull)
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Adding files
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Creating a .gitignore file
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Committing (and pushing) your code
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Stashing (and applying) your code
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Understanding branch and merge
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Working with pull requests
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Summary
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Chapter 5: Working with Snippets
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Chapter 5: Working with Snippets
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Technical requirements
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Snippet basics
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Inserting snippets
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Code Snippets Manager dialog
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Deploying snippets
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Summary
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Further reading
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Chapter 6: Database Explorers
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Chapter 6: Database Explorers
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Technical requirements
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Managing databases in Visual Studio 2019 for Windows
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Interacting with databases in VS Code
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Summary
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Chapter 7: Compiling, Debugging, and Versioning
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Chapter 7: Compiling, Debugging, and Versioning
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Technical requirements
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Exploring compilation flags and options
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Investigating advanced debugging
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Discovering versioning
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Summary
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Section 2: Customizing Project Templates and Beyond
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Section 2: Customizing Project Templates and Beyond
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Chapter 8: Introduction to Project and Item Templates
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Chapter 8: Introduction to Project and Item Templates
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Technical requirements
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Understanding item templates
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Knowing when to use project templates
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Looking at a sample scenario
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Valuing templates
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Summary
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Further reading
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Chapter 9: Creating Your Own Templates
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Chapter 9: Creating Your Own Templates
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Technical requirements
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Exporting a custom project template
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Identifying issues with the project template
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Fixing problems in the template definition
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Reimporting the fixed template
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Exporting project items
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Chapter 10: Deploying Custom Templates
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Chapter 10: Deploying Custom Templates
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Technical requirements
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Introducing the client-server project
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Creating the VSIX deployment package
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Using the VSIX deployment package
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Publishing to the Visual Studio Marketplace
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Distributing instructions for the Dotnet Core CLI
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Summary
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Section 3: Leveraging Extensions for the Win
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Section 3: Leveraging Extensions for the Win
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Chapter 11: Overviewing Visual Studio 2019 Extensions
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Chapter 11: Overviewing Visual Studio 2019 Extensions
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Technical requirements
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What are extensions?
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Visual Studio Marketplace
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Creating extensions
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Roslyn analyzers
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Summary
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Chapter 12: Overviewing VS Code Extensions
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Chapter 12: Overviewing VS Code Extensions
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Technical requirements
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What are VS Code extensions?
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VS Code in the Visual Studio Marketplace
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Publishing your extension
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Chapter 13: CodeMaid is Your Friend
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Chapter 13: CodeMaid is Your Friend
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Technical requirements
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A brief history of CodeMaid
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Learning about cleanup actions
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Exploring CodeMaid Spade
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Build Progress
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Summary
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Chapter 14: Be Your Team's Hero with CodeGenHero
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Chapter 14: Be Your Team's Hero with CodeGenHero
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Technical requirements
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Understanding the core concepts of code generation
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Introducing CodeGenHero™
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The CodeGenHero™ solution
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Handling change with CodeGenHero™
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Summary
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Chapter 15: Secure Code with Puma Scan
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Chapter 15: Secure Code with Puma Scan
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Technical requirements
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Understanding common application security vulnerabilities
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Finding vulnerabilities for fun and profit
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Automating vulnerability detection with Puma Scan
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Extending Puma Scan with custom sinks
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Using Puma Scan in a DevSecOps pipeline
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Summary
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Appendix
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Other Popular Productivity Extensions
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Presenting some great Visual Studio 2019 for Windows extensions
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Sharing our favorite Visual Studio Code extensions
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Choosing useful Visual Studio 2019 for Mac extensions
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Who this book is for

This book is for any C# and .NET developer who wants to increase their productivity and write code fast by fully utilizing the power of the Visual Studio IDE. It helps take your understanding of Visual Studio 2019 to the next level. Those who want to delve deeper and peek under the hood to learn what Visual Studio does behind the scenes will be satisfied. Application architects will learn techniques that improve standardization across multiple projects and reduce ramp-up time. Additionally, coders who want to see how the development process can be reimagined using code generation and secure code scanning technology will be impressed.

Users of any IDE flavor will benefit from this book, including Visual Studio 2019 for Windows, Visual Studio Code, and Visual Studio 2019 for Mac. Several chapters include specific content for each version. A few chapters contain hands-on exercises that target only Visual Studio 2019 for Windows.

The material in the first and third sections of this book is appropriate for developers of any skill level (Visual Studio IDE Productivity Essentials and Leveraging Extensions for the Win). Those newer to developing with Visual Studio may find the content in the third section of the book interesting but a bit abstract (Customizing Project Templates and Beyond).

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