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Visual Studio Essential Training: 08 Extend and Customize the Visual Studio Environment

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Learn how to find, install, and use the most helpful Visual Studio extensions, and leverage external tools and templates to speed up your development workflow.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • What you should know before watching
  • How to use the exercise files
1. Install Extensions
  • Explore the extension points in Visual Studio
  • Install and manage extensions
  • Use the Extensions and Updates dialog
  • Install a sample extension
  • Install an extension from a VSIX installer
2. Explore Extensions
  • Spell Checker extension
  • Comment Remover
  • Add New File extension
  • Indent Guide extension
  • Open Command Line
  • Code Maid extension
  • Productivity Powertools extension
  • Productivity Power Tools Extension in Visual Studio 2017
  • CodeRush and Resharper
3. Integrate External Tools
  • What are external tools?
  • Add an external tool
  • Pass parameters to external tool
4. Create Custom Project and Item Templates
  • What are custom templates?
  • Where are default templates located?
  • Default templates in Visual Studio 2017
  • Locate custom templates
  • Create item template
  • Use the Item template
  • Create project template
5. Create Custom Extensions
  • Create a custom extension
  • Verify the extensibility tools are installed
  • Verify the extensibility tools are installed in Visual Studio 2017
  • Create the VSIX project
  • Add components to VSIX project
  • Upgrade VSIX project to Visual Studio 2017
  • Set project prerequisites in Visual Studio 2017
  • Run the VS Experimental instance
  • Debug an extension
  • Enhance a command extension
  • Deploy and install from local VSIX file
  • Deploy an extension to the Extension gallery
  • Create an extension with custom UI
  • Deploy extension to the marketplace in Visual Studio 2017
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Walt Ritscher

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