Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 Unleashed

Participating in the Community

No matter how good Visual Studio gets, most developers often think of great additions or extensions to the existing functionality. These extensions might be project-specific, or they might apply to all Visual Studio users. Of course, developers also like to write code. Therefore, it is not surprising that some go so far as to write their own custom extensions (add-ins, snippets, macros, and the like). This feat is often successful for single, personal use. The trouble comes when you want to share your timesaving creation with the rest of the team. Often, you end up writing a page of installation instructions and doing one-on-one troubleshooting with each developer as he or she installs your “timesaver.”

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