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Which Visual Studio Add-ins do you use?   [Edit]

Survey period: 4 May 2009 to 11 May 2009

Below is a starting list but there are a ton more. Which add-ins make your must-have list?

OptionVotes% 
Agent SVN, AnkhSVN or Visual SVN35737.46
CodeRush10811.33
Comment Reflower131.36
GhostDoc16217.00
PowerCommands889.23
ReSharper23724.87
TestDriven.NET929.65
Visual Assist21422.46
Other24125.29
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%

View optional text answers (280 answers)


 
GeneralStyleCop Pin
hfrmobile6-May-09 23:11
hfrmobile6-May-09 23:11 
GeneralDid I miss something? [modified] Pin
CeGu6-May-09 22:13
professionalCeGu6-May-09 22:13 
GeneralI couldn't live without Gimpel's PC-Lint in conjunction with Riverblade's Visual Lint. Pin
Mike Diack6-May-09 1:04
Mike Diack6-May-09 1:04 
GeneralSome options missing Pin
De Nardis Andrea5-May-09 8:28
De Nardis Andrea5-May-09 8:28 
GeneralRe: Some options missing Pin
Colin Angus Mackay6-May-09 9:19
Colin Angus Mackay6-May-09 9:19 
GeneralWDPc for XP Pin
W Balboos, GHB5-May-09 4:23
W Balboos, GHB5-May-09 4:23 
GeneralNone: CodeRush too slow PinPopular
Owen374-May-09 11:42
Owen374-May-09 11:42 
GeneralRe: None: CodeRush too slow Pin
MohammadAmiry4-May-09 17:50
MohammadAmiry4-May-09 17:50 
GeneralPower Commands... never again Pin
thrakazog4-May-09 6:58
thrakazog4-May-09 6:58 
GeneralCan't (and am not willing to) live without ReSharper. Pin
Thomas Weller4-May-09 6:35
Thomas Weller4-May-09 6:35 
GeneralRe: Can't (and am not willing to) live without ReSharper. Pin
DragonsRightWing4-May-09 6:43
DragonsRightWing4-May-09 6:43 
GeneralRe: Can't (and am not willing to) live without ReSharper. Pin
Fabio Franco4-May-09 7:47
professionalFabio Franco4-May-09 7:47 
GeneralRe: Can't (and am not willing to) live without ReSharper. Pin
Thomas Weller4-May-09 8:22
Thomas Weller4-May-09 8:22 
Fabio Franco wrote:
desn't Visual Studio already have all that?

Well, some things yes, others no.

There are much more refactorings in ReSharper than in VS - and, as I said, renaming works even in string literals (e.g. comments). Besides that, there is quite intelligent code checking as you type - e.g. ReSharper warns you immediately if there is some unreachable code or a condition that always evaluates to the same result. Then you have support for unit test frameworks like NUnit, MbUnit, Gallio or MSTest - you just have to click on a test to run or debug it...

But I don't want to enlist the many features of ReSharper, what I want to point out is: Once you get used to it, you can code much quicker and better (in terms of quality).

If you're curious: Just download an evaluation (30 days AFAIK) from here^.

Regards
Thomas

www.thomas-weller.de

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
Programmer - an organism that turns coffee into software.


GeneralRe: Can't (and am not willing to) live without ReSharper. Pin
Fabio Franco4-May-09 8:26
professionalFabio Franco4-May-09 8:26 
GeneralRe: Can't (and am not willing to) live without ReSharper. Pin
MohammadAmiry4-May-09 17:49
MohammadAmiry4-May-09 17:49 
GeneralRe: Can't (and am not willing to) live without ReSharper. Pin
Thomas Weller4-May-09 18:20
Thomas Weller4-May-09 18:20 
GeneralRe: Can't (and am not willing to) live without ReSharper. Pin
Shog97-May-09 20:16
sitebuilderShog97-May-09 20:16 
Generaltoo many files + too much bg working = :-/ can't use it Pin
Almighty Bob7-May-09 23:39
Almighty Bob7-May-09 23:39 
GeneralNone Pin
PIEBALDconsult4-May-09 6:25
mvePIEBALDconsult4-May-09 6:25 
GeneralRe: None Pin
Yusuf4-May-09 9:42
Yusuf4-May-09 9:42 
GeneralRe: None Pin
Grant Drury-Green6-May-09 13:02
Grant Drury-Green6-May-09 13:02 
GeneralRe: None Pin
hfrmobile6-May-09 22:40
hfrmobile6-May-09 22:40 
GeneralRe: None Pin
PIEBALDconsult7-May-09 3:38
mvePIEBALDconsult7-May-09 3:38 
GeneralNone, but would like to try ViEmu Pin
Nemanja Trifunovic4-May-09 4:22
Nemanja Trifunovic4-May-09 4:22 
GeneralRe: None, but would like to try ViEmu Pin
John M. Drescher5-May-09 2:09
John M. Drescher5-May-09 2:09 

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