This week, we look at code snippets. This is one of my favorite features in Visual Studio. Whenever I give talks, I always use code snippets. Some people copy code from Notepad. Some people drag code from the Toolbox. Not me. I create snippets. I store...

This week we look at using the PerfWatson extension to log and report when the Visual Studio UI thread has become unresponsive. We are joined by Cameron McColl, who explains what PerfWatson is, why it was invented and what it does. Basically, PerfWatson...

Perfect timing. While everyone is blogging and tweeting about Steven Sinofsky showing Windows 8 at D9, I post episode 3 of Visual Studio Toolbox. :) In this episode of Visual Studio Toolbox, we talk about reuse, something we want as much of as we can...