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WANTED: Your feedback on a potential Call Hierarchy feature (Lisa Feigenbaum)
22 July 08 07:45 AM
Last post , I introduced the VS Languages Future Focus page on Code Gallery. This time, we'd like to get your feedback on another potential IDE feature: Call Hierarchy. Please find a description of the feature here: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/vslangfutures/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Call%20Hierarchy&referringTitle=Home Read More...
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WANTED: Your feedback on a potential Quick Search & Navigate feature (Lisa Feigenbaum)
21 July 08 01:07 AM
We've started a new page on Code Gallery called "Future Focus" , to collect your feedback on ideas that we're considering for future versions of Visual Studio. The latest post is regarding an IDE feature to help you quickly search for and navigate to Read More...
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TechEd US 2008: Presentation Materials for TLA325 (Lisa Feigenbaum)
05 June 08 08:11 AM
This week I presented "Microsoft Visual Basic IDE Tips and Tricks" at TechEd US 2008. Thanks to those of you who attended. The presentation materials are listed below. Slide deck 2008 solution - post demo version 2005 solution - post demo version 2008 Read More...
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Come hear about VB 2008 Tips & Tricks at TechEd US! (Lisa Feigenbaum)
04 June 08 12:46 AM
The VB team has two great sessions coming up on Wednesday June 4th, covering tips & tricks for the language and IDE. Abstracts are below. Hope to see you there! TLA319 Microsoft Visual Basic 2008: Microsoft LINQ Language Tips, Tricks, and Best Practices Read More...
VB 2008 IDE Tips & Tricks Presentation Materials (Lisa Feigenbaum)
14 May 08 11:54 PM
Last week I went on a user group tour around Southern California. I've uploaded the materials from my talk: Powerpoint presentation Solution at the Start of the Demo Solution at the End of the Demo You can find these all posted together on the following Read More...
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Come join me on a Southern California user group tour (Lisa Feigenbaum)
05 May 08 02:36 AM
I will be presenting on the VB IDE in Southern California this week at a series of user group meetings. The events will be held in the San Diego and the Los Angeles area . Charlie Calvert from the C# team will be flying down from Redmond to speak as well. Read More...
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#6 Did you know? You can now manage your snippet highlighting (Lisa Feigenbaum)
15 March 08 01:50 PM
Do you use code snippets (introduced in VB 2005)? If you do, then you've probably noticed the green highlighting that stays around for the lifetime of the file. We've heard *a lot* of feedback that once you are done customizing the snippet, it is distracting Read More...
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#5 Did you know? VB IntelliSense now filters as you type! (Lisa Feigenbaum)
11 January 08 09:30 AM
Our goal in designing VB2008 IntelliSense was to make users of the feature the most productive that they could be. One problem we found in watching people use the feature, is that sometimes intelliSense displays so many items that it is hard to know whether Read More...
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#4 Did you know? What you can do with Debugger Datatips... (Lisa Feigenbaum)
10 January 08 09:30 AM
There's a lot of cool functionality built into VS debugger datatips that often goes unnoticed... For example, did you know that not only can you *see* values in the expanded datatips, but you can also edit them ? Watch the following walk-through... While Read More...
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#3 Did you know? Ctrl+Tab to navigate windows in VS (Lisa Feigenbaum)
09 January 08 09:30 AM
Just like Alt+Tab for Windows you can use Ctrl+Tab for Visual Studio. Ctrl+Tab will show you the active tool windows *and* the active files, so it is a good navigation tool for both. VS2008 has even added a cool miniature-sized visualization to this view, Read More...
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#2 Did you know? IntelliSense is now transparent in VS2008! (Lisa Feigenbaum)
08 January 08 11:00 PM
With the help of one little hotkey, you can now make the VS2008 IntelliSense list transparent! Just press CTRL . This is especially convenient when you need to see the code underneath the list. Watch it in action :) Read More...
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#1 Did you know? IntelliSense Everywhere (Lisa Feigenbaum)
08 January 08 04:52 PM
I've decided to start a "Did you know?" series with tips & tricks. First off is my favorite IDE feature in VB2008: IntelliSense Everywhere! Did you know about all the new places where you can now find intelliSense in VB2008? If you're like me, once Read More...
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Channel 9 Interview: Refactoring in Visual Basic with Refactor!
12 December 07 08:00 AM
I released a Channel 9 screencast with Lisa Feigenbaum , PM on the VB Team where she shows us how to use Refactor!, the free add-in for Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 that provides over 30 refactorings for Visual Basic. Lisa walks us through all the new Read More...
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Refactoring in Action (Lisa Feigenbaum)
03 November 07 07:29 PM
Have you downloaded the latest Refactoring tools from Developer Express? There is a free version available on the Visual Basic Developer Center . Once you download, you will discover a number of cool capabilities you can now do in the Visual Basic IDE. Read More...
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Channel 9 Interview - Visual Basic Intellisense Improvements in VS 2008 (Beth Massi)
14 August 07 04:22 PM
I just posted an interview with Lisa on Channel9 that you'll probably want to check out -- showing the new and much much imporoved Intellisense for Visual Basic in Visual Studio 2008: In this interview Lisa Feigenbaum , a Program Manager on the Visual Read More...
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