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C# 10.0 All-in-One For Dummies
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C# 10.0 All-in-One For Dummies

by John Paul Mueller
March 2022
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
864 pages
19h 46m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 3

Customizing Visual Studio

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Setting environment options

Bullet Changing menus and commands

Bullet Developing project template

In Chapters 1 and 2 of this minibook, you see how to install Visual Studio and make a new project. You also see the bits that the user interface gives you. The fun's over. Now you get to make it work for you.

Visual Studio offers a dizzying array of options for customization. Used poorly, these options have the real potential to make the lives of you and your coworkers miserable. Used correctly, they have the potential to double your productivity.

At its most basic, customization involves setting options to better match your environment, style, and work patterns. These options include everything from your code visibility to source control. The idea is to configure Visual Studio’s options to your exact specifications.

The next step is to improve the usability of the application to match your day-to-day operations. One of the best overall ways to accomplish this is to change the button toolbar and the menus to make what you use every day more available.

Finally, you take a short deep dive into the Project and File templates of Visual Studio. Did ...

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