Recommended add-ons/plugins for Microsoft Visual Studio [closed]

Answer 1

Not free, but ReSharper is definitely one recommendation.

Answer 2

Sonic File Finder for when you have loads of files in your solutions and searching for them in the solution explorer becomes a pain in the wrist.

You might also find DPack interesting. Several tools and enhancements rolled into one neat package.

Answer 3

LinqPad is great for testing linq to objects/xml/sql. Free download.

Answer 4

If you use SVN for source control, definitely get VisualSVN. It enables TortoiseSVN interactions from within the Visual Studio IDE.

I also echo the Resharper comment. Retail price is a little steep, but if you're a student or otherwise educationally affiliated, it's actually pretty cheap.

Answer 5

Try MetalScroll!! It's better than Rockscroll

Answer 6

I'm always amazed that more people don't know about/use NDepend - it shows all dependencies at every level of your code, and will even draw pretty box and arrow pictures showing how confused your architecture really is :) Together with TestDriven.Net, I can't imagine working without it any more. Free/cheap.