Maximize Your Developer Productivity

Who Am I?

Why are we here?

What am I

going to cover?

Windows Software

Launchy

http://www.launchy.net/

Forget about the start menu

Launch programs with a few keystrokes

Greenshot

Light-weight screenshot utility

Built-in editor

Saves to lots of places

http://getgreenshot.org/

LastPass

Remembers your passwords so

you don't have to

http://lastpass.com

Feedly

Your Personal Newsfeed

http://feedly.com

Pocket

Save for Later

View When Ready

http://getpocket.com

Chocolatey

Install Windows Software The Easy Way

http://chocolatey.org

Vagrant

Development Environments made Easy

http://vagrantup.com

Windows SSH Client / Server

RDP over SSH

http://bitvise.com

Bitvise

Awesome planning tool

http://kanbanflow.com

Kanbanflow

Quickly Save Ideas / Tasks

https://todoist.com

Todoist

Code Editing Refined

https://code.visualstudio.com/

Visual Studio Code

Linqpad

Scratchpad for .NET

Rich Formatted Output

Intellisense

http://linqpad.net

Demos

thank you

i'm Justin.

@digitaldrummerj - digitaldrummerj@gmail.com

http://digitaldrummerj.me

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Windows Shortcuts

Arranging Programs

• Move Left: Win + Left Arrow

• Move Right: Win + Right Arrow

• Minimize: Win + Down Arrow

• Maximize: Win + Up Arrow

• Move to Next Monitor: + Shift

Open As Admin

• Win 8 Start:

  • Ctrl+ Shift + Enter or Click

Jump List

• Right Click on icon in taskbar

• Access to Recent or Pinned Files 

• Awesome for pinning VS Solutions

Task Manager

Ctrl + Shift + Esc

Win Explorer Favorites

• Store commonly used folders

• Great for project folders shortcuts

• Add/Remove without affecting folders

Visual Studio

Shortcuts

Building

Build Solution

ctrl + shift + b

Build Current Project

ctrl + \

* set yourself
Tools -> Keyboard -> Build.BuildSelection

Debugging

Start with Debug

F5

Start w/o Debug

ctrl + F5

Breakpoint On/Off

F9

Run to Cursor

ctrl+ F10

Step Through Code

F11

Modify Watch Text 

DebuggerDisplay Attribute

http://tinyurl.com/vsdebugattrib

Searching

Quick Search

ctrl + q

Search in Files

ctrl + shift + f

Next Search Result

F8

Previous Search Result

shift + F8

Navigation

Go to Definition

F12 or ctrl + click

Close All Documents

ALT + W, L

Code Format/Generation

Format Document

Ctrl + K, D

More Shortcuts

visualstudioshortcuts.com

Code Snippets

Loops

• do

• while

• for

• foreach

Conditionals

• if

• else

• switch

Error Trapping

• try

• tryf

• exception

Properties

• prop

• propfull

• propg

Misc

• ctor

• enum

• struct

• #region

More Snippets

tinyurl.com/vscodesnippets

Extensions

I Hate Regions

• Make regions suck less

• Auto Expand

• Blend into Background

http://tinyurl.com/regionssuck

GhostDoc

• Generate Xml Comments

• Shortcut: ctrl + shift + d

http://tinyurl.com/ghostdoc

Productivity Power Tools

• Copy/Paste Reference

• Copy/Paste Project as Reference

• Open Containing Folder / Cmd

• Fix Mixed Tabs

• Collapse Projects

• Peek Definition

• Edit Project File

http://tinyurl.com/vsprodpower

Layout O Rama

• Store Tool Windows Layout

• Change with keyboard

http://tinyurl.com/vslayout

Switch Startup Project

• Configure Startup Projects

• Switch Between Configs

http://tinyurl.com/vsswitchstart

VS Commands

• Cancel Build on 1st error

• Start new instance w/o debugging

• Default / Sync Zoom Level

• Restart VS with Elevated Privs

• Debug as Different User (pro)

• Keep Docs Open when reloading project

•  

http://tinyurl.com/vscommands13

Task Runner Explorer

• Run Grunt / Gulp in VS

• Before Build

• After Build

• Clean

• Solution Open

http://tinyurl.com/vstaskrunner

File Nesting

• Group Files by Name

• Example:

  • jquery-1.11-js

  • jquery-1.11.min.js

  • jquery-1.11.intellisense.js

http://tinyurl.com/vsfilenest

Web Essentials

• Big Pile of Awesome for Web Devs

• Enhanced browser link

• Markdown editor/preview

• JSHint and CSSHint integration

• Typescript preview

• Plus much more

http://vswebessentials.com

Mads Kristensen

• Add New File

• Bundler & Minifier

• Package Intellisense

• Json Schema Generator

• Open Cmd

• Keyboard Shortcut Explorer

• Open From Azure Websites

http://tinyurl.com/madsisawesome

Powershell Tools

• Edit, Run, And Debug Powershell Scripts

• Create Powershell projects 

• Powershell Interactive Shell window

• Automated Testing support using Pester

http://tinyurl.com/VSPowershellTools

Resharper

• Navigation

• Code Generation

• Code Analysis / Refactoring 

• Code Cleanup

• Camelhumps

• Unit Test Runner

http://jetbrains.com/resharper