Anthony @ MS

Try out the VSPackage Builder to get your exensions up and running quickly

2010-09-13T20:48:30Z

http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/e9f40a57-3c9a-4d61-b3ec-1640c59549b3 Last week Microsoft released an new tool for building Visual Studio Packages for new toolwindows and commands in the Visual Studio IDE. This is a new approach to building extensions that helps you incrementally create your extension adding new menus, commands, and packages with toolwindows as you go. The existing project templates in the VS SDK force you to create a new assembly with each package...(read more)

Visual Studio PowerCommands updated for Visual Studio 2010

2010-07-08T00:29:13Z

In VS 2008 we released the Visual Studio PowerCommands. These were a set of free extensions for Visual Studio you could download that gave you more control over the IDE and helped simplify some common tasks. Back by popular demand we’ve updated the PowerCommands for Visual Studio 2010. You can download the latest version of the Visual Studio PowerCommands for free from the Visual Studio Gallery here . If you are just Window shopping right now take a look at what comes with the Visual...(read more)

The Visual Studio 2010 Shell

2010-05-03T23:08:34Z

Nathan is a Program Manager who works with me on the Visual Studio platform team. He is responsible for Visual Studio Shell and many other great features in Visual Studio 2010. He just published a CodeCast video. Check it out here: CodeCast Episode 79: VS 2010 Shell Products with Nathan Halstead...(read more)

Extensibility Series – WPF & Silverlight Design-Time Code Sharing

2009-11-24T18:21:21Z

There is plenty of new functionality in VS 2010 but not nearly as much information on extending it. Karl Shifflett published a two part series on creating design times for Silverlight & WPF controls in 2010. Take a look: http://karlshifflett.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/extensibility-series-wpf-silverlight-design-time-code-sharing-part-i/...(read more)

NDepends Static Analysis Tools

2009-08-20T18:48:03Z

I just heard that folks that build the NDepends Static Analysis tools are working on their Visual Studio 2010 version. They tell me they will have it ready by the time we ship Visual Studio which will be a great complement. For my first time looking at this tool I thought the Code Query Language (CQL) was a great way to enforce basic validation on your code before it’s approved for checkin. I could see this integrating nicely with the VS TFS source control service to automate many...(read more)

Tabs Studio - advanced window tabs for VS IDE

2009-08-07T21:47:36Z

I noticed an update to an extension on the Visual Studio Gallery last week. Tab Studio extends the tab well region of Visual Studio to give you an alternate view of the documents you have open. I haven’t tried it personally yet but I’ve seen lots of community members give suggestions on how VS might organize their tabs differently than we do out of the box today. This extension should hopefully help some of those folks out....(read more)

Visual Studio Gallery - There’s an extension for that parody

2009-07-28T18:49:41Z

Found a parody on YouTube that’s pretty entertaining. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ysQ43s9U4Y...(read more)

Jetbrains Resharper for VS 2010 Preview now Available

2009-07-13T19:13:26Z

I’ve heard a lot of buzz from customers looking to get a hold of a version of Resharper that works with VS 2010 Beta 1. Well the folks over at Jetbrains have started releasing a preview of their VS 2010 version here: http://www.jetbrains.net/confluence/display/ReSharper/ReSharper+for+Visual+Studio+2010+(Preview) ....(read more)

Extensibility opportunities in VS 2010

2009-05-23T05:00:02Z

Terry just posted two great blogs talking about how you can extend features in Visual Studio 2010 Professional and how you can extend Visual Studio 2010 Team System. Visual Studio 2010 New Features, Extensibility Points and Partner Opportunities Visual Studio Team System 2010 New Features, Extensibility Points and Partner Opportunities...(read more)

Concurrent Access just posted Reference Assistant, a new VS 2010 extension

2009-05-23T03:32:05Z

Reference assistant helps you visualize the dependencies in your .NET application to help speed up development, improve your deployments, and debug sticky dependency bugs. Some of the interesting features I read about were their Visualizer for IoC / DI configuration files, ability to identify missing assembly references, and configuration file type resolution. You can check out their extension here: http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/BA1FF7E5-1C24-4386-AD40-1C1C83BC59F0 ....(read more)