http://ellisweb.net/2006/05/visual_assist_x/ Thoughts, Articles & Links on Programming & Technology by Yaakov Ellis Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:10:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://ellisweb.net/2006/05/visual_assist_x/comment-page-1/#comment-6963 Ellis Web » Visual Studio 2005 Add-Ins and Tools That I Use Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:14:03 +0000 http://www.ellisweb.net/2005/05/visual_assist_x/#comment-6963 [...] Visual Assist X ($149) - (My review here). I have been using this for about 2 years now. It works very well with both VS 2003 and 2005. The main features that really save me time are the much improved intellisense over the standard offering from MS, which includes basically any variable name that I could use based on the context that I am in (including private variables that were just created, properties available from inherited objects, etc). It also acts “intelligently” - if I type in something like myObject.Controls.Add(…); and then go to another line, when I start typing it will offer me this sequence as an option to autopopulate through intellisense. Very useful. Also allows you to use acronyms or type in the leading capital letters from Pascal/Camel case to find a function or property name. Additionally, VAssist X offers handy features for finding functions, and more (including a small but useful one which works as follows - when you type “functionName(”, the closing “)” will automatically appear. If you type “)” now, as I often do just out of habit, it will not insert an additional “)” character - rather, it will advance beyond the closing parentheses that was automatically added [...] [...] Visual Assist X ($149) – (My review here). I have been using this for about 2 years now. It works very well with both VS 2003 and 2005. The main features that really save me time are the much improved intellisense over the standard offering from MS, which includes basically any variable name that I could use based on the context that I am in (including private variables that were just created, properties available from inherited objects, etc). It also acts “intelligently” – if I type in something like myObject.Controls.Add(…); and then go to another line, when I start typing it will offer me this sequence as an option to autopopulate through intellisense. Very useful. Also allows you to use acronyms or type in the leading capital letters from Pascal/Camel case to find a function or property name. Additionally, VAssist X offers handy features for finding functions, and more (including a small but useful one which works as follows – when you type “functionName(”, the closing “)” will automatically appear. If you type “)” now, as I often do just out of habit, it will not insert an additional “)” character – rather, it will advance beyond the closing parentheses that was automatically added [...]

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