Coding Faster: Getting More Productive with Microsoft® Visual Studio®

07.05 TODO Comments in the Task List

VERSIONS	2005, 2008, 2010
CODE	vstipTool0029

Have you ever written some code and want to leave a reminder to yourself to do something? Did you know about the “To Do” comment feature? It is a great feature, and because the comment goes directly in the source, everyone can have access to the information when you check in code.

So here’s how it works.

VB

In VB, you just put any comment in that begins with “todo” (case doesn’t matter):

C#

In C#, it’s the same thing (again, case doesn’t matter):

C++

The C++ version looks just ...