The Ultimate Visual Studio Tips and Tricks Blog
by Zain Naboulsi
My very good friend, Randy Pagels, recently posted some TFS usage data. You can find the PDF here:...
Date: 01/20/2014
I recently had a discussion with a customer about our GIT support. I thought I would share this...
Date: 01/08/2014
Happy New Year! It’s time to begin 2014 and get some great stuff going this year!...
Date: 01/06/2014
This article came about as the result of a recent trip I made to a customer. I was presenting on TFS...
Date: 11/07/2013
Apologies for the delay on this one. I briefly toyed with the idea of retiring the blog and...
Date: 11/06/2013
So in my quest to find new and interesting interfaces for TFS, my buddy Chris Koenig introduced me...
Date: 09/27/2013
Myfriends at Caravan Studios <,the">www.caravanstudios.org>,the newest division of TechSoup...
Date: 09/13/2013
You can quickly and easily cut or delete the current line. Just do one of the suggestions below....
Date: 09/12/2013
Ever cut something then accidentally cut a blank line? I can't really think of a good reason...
Date: 09/11/2013
This week I thought we would focus on some fun quickies that have been in Visual Studio since at...
Date: 09/10/2013
Hey Folks :) Wanted to let you know that the Visual Studio 2013 and Team Foundation Server 2013...
Date: 09/09/2013
My good friend, Kevin Remde, is writing a great series comparing VMWare technology to our Hyper-V...
Date: 09/06/2013
Visual Studio 2013 Preview: Application Lifecycle Management Virtual Machine and Hands-on-Labs / Demo Scripts
If you have been following the blog then you know I am a HUGE fan of Brian Keller’s VS/TFS...
Date: 08/29/2013
NOTE: This is an older feature. I’ve updated the information for VS2013. The...
Date: 08/28/2013
NOTE: This is an older feature. I’ve updated the information for VS2013. The...
Date: 08/27/2013
NOTE: This is an older feature. I’ve updated the information for VS2013. This is one change...
Date: 08/21/2013
NOTE: This is an older feature. I’ve updated the information for VS2013. Format...
Date: 08/20/2013
NOTE: This is an older feature I’ve updated the information for VS2013 Ever been writing some...
Date: 08/15/2013
Prologue The original Code Map was introduced in the product with Visual Studio 2012 Update...
Date: 08/14/2013
Just came across these the other day and wanted to share below is the information verbatim from...
Date: 08/12/2013
This next feature only applies to C++ and C# just so you know. There are four things I want to talk...
Date: 08/08/2013
This is another quick but useful feature. Let’s say you have some code: And you need a line,...
Date: 08/07/2013
I’m back! Vacation was great but now I’m ready to get back into the swing of things. I thought we...
Date: 08/06/2013
Folks I will be on vacation until 8/5. See you all in a couple of weeks :) p.s. Unfortunately...
Date: 07/19/2013
This one is absolutely one of my favorite tips because you don't have to do anything to make...
Date: 07/18/2013
In the past, finding things deep in the IDE has been a challenge. Visual Studio 2012 introduced...
Date: 07/17/2013
You can use Navigate To to search for objects, definitions, or references (symbols) in a solution....
Date: 07/16/2013
This is a collection of about 4 or 5 tips I wrote on using Box Selection for my book a while back. I...
Date: 07/15/2013
For those that are installing TFS 2013, here is a FAQ from the team to help answer some common...
Date: 07/14/2013
In case you haven’t heard we acquired InCycle’s InRelease Business Unit. Here is...
Date: 07/13/2013
This feature was first introduced in Visual Studio 2005 and, over the years, I’ve heard...
Date: 07/12/2013
This is another feature that has been around for a while but a lot of people don’t know about. Got...
Date: 07/11/2013
Traditionally when you want to view the definition of a method you place your cursor inside the...
Date: 07/10/2013
[Updated: 7/12/2013: Thanks to John Gardner for the updated info.] There is only one way to...
Date: 07/09/2013
As I mentioned before, I will be revisiting tips from older versions in this new series. I’m also...
Date: 07/08/2013
One of the new features in VS2013 for C++ Developers is automatic brace completion. We’ve had this...
Date: 07/05/2013
So this next feature I don’t personally have much use for but it may be useful for some of...
Date: 07/04/2013
In this post I’ll talk about a couple of changes to the Tools | Options dialog. It may not be...
Date: 07/03/2013
Visual Studio 2013 has another great new feature: enhanced scroll bar functionality. The new scroll...
Date: 07/02/2013
And I’m finally back! It’s been a few months since I have blogged and I am glad to be doing it...
Date: 07/01/2013
https://vsarplanningguide.codeplex.com/ For folks that haven’t seen this it’s great...
Date: 05/27/2013
Folks, Apologies for going dark on you suddenly. I have not stopped writing to the blog...
Date: 05/26/2013
This is a multi-part series, you can find the other parts here: Understanding IntelliTrace Part I:...
Date: 03/05/2013
This is a multi-part series, you can find the other parts here: Understanding IntelliTrace Part I:...
Date: 02/28/2013
This is a multi-part series, you can find the other parts here: Understanding IntelliTrace Part I:...
Date: 02/21/2013
This is a multi-part series, you can find the other parts here: Understanding IntelliTrace Part I:...
Date: 02/19/2013
From https://www.asp.net/vnext ASP.NET and Web Tools 2012.2 is a tooling refresh of Visual Studio...
Date: 02/18/2013
This is a multi-part series, you can find the other parts here: Understanding IntelliTrace Part I:...
Date: 02/14/2013
This series is based on my IntelliTrace Workshop materials found here: https://sdrv.ms/UPUEE3 This is...
Date: 02/12/2013