Customizing Visual Studio [closed]

Answer 1

I agree with the customizing of the theme - it makes the environment a whole lot easier to deal with.

You can choose some of the ones from the gallery at Hanselman's site, or create one with this online generator.

Answer 2

1. GhostDoc and HyperAddin provide automatic generation and formatting of XML comments.
2. RockScroll is really great for browsing legacy classes or just getting a visual feel for your own code.
3. Install TestDriven.NET to get Reflector in your Tools menu (or you could follow these instructions).

Answer 3

Resharper

Answer 4

Personally I like having the ide pleasing to the eye. I think I found a link on Hanselman's blog but I switched to Consolas font slightly bigger than normal with a darker theme. Makes all the difference.

Answer 5

Master the built-in keyboard shortcuts (links to C# and VB keybinding cheatsheets can be found here)

Answer 6

You could try Resharper from JetBraing (http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/), the ultimate when it comes to code refactoring. I also use GhostDoc (http://www.roland-weigelt.de/ghostdoc/) for helping me with documentation.