MSDN Flash Poll #7 – Visual Studio Add-Ins
This time around we want to know about your favourite / most used Visual Studio add-in. I can’t include them all so if your favourite isn’t here, be sure to add a comment to this post to let the world know. Otherwise, Visual Studio extensions, prepare to do battle…
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Anonymous
September 02, 2010
ReSharper tries my patience often with its instability, but overall I can't live without it.Anonymous
September 02, 2010
When you tried Resharper, there is NO WAY BACK. Can't use VS without it. can you make poll to accept more than 1 answers? ) I've been using along side with Resharper: Productivity Power Tools PowerCommands for VS2010 SubversionAnonymous
September 02, 2010
I wouldn't see subversion as a visual studio Add in to be honest, unless there is an Add in to VS that only does Svn There are many tools that work well together, I would allow multiple selection , maybe thats just meAnonymous
September 02, 2010
The result (as stands) is, at the same time, both astonishing and not unsurprising. @Andrea VisualSVN is a Visual Studio plugin for Subversion integration.Anonymous
September 03, 2010
My vote goes to ViEmuAnonymous
September 03, 2010
Can hardly call "Subversion" a VS addin. Should be VisualSVN and/or AnkhSVN (are there others?)Anonymous
September 04, 2010
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September 05, 2010
CodeRush is the best thing I ever saw!Anonymous
September 05, 2010
BTW, I don't see JustCode and Visual Assist.Anonymous
September 06, 2010
Definitely Coderush. It's really an excellent product and I can't imagine myself coding without it. Used to be a bit slow but that's ancient history.Anonymous
September 06, 2010
I primarily use Visual Assist. I have had a subscription since Visual Studio 5 for it. It and the Productivity Tools meet all my needs.Anonymous
September 06, 2010
This voting system is cookie based. Clearing cookie lets you vote again. One item just voted up ~+200 in 15 minutes. I think results cannot be trusted any more.Anonymous
September 06, 2010
I use CodeRush a lot in my daily coding. Very powerful addin for Visual Studio. I love templates, and new Unit Test Runner it makes me more productive every day.Anonymous
September 06, 2010
Ilya, I assume that could be due to the broadcast message sent via Twitter or something from the developing company of an add-in. And, of course, those customers, are real fans of the product trust and love that add-in. Probably, that's why it got so much votes.Anonymous
September 06, 2010
@Skorkin, when customers form a wave in voting, it doesn't happen like this, 1 vote every 1-2 seconds. Also, there were no visible message on twitter, blog or otherwise. And it doesn't stop at 217 like it did instantly. With no more votes in next 30 minutes.Anonymous
September 07, 2010
@Skorkin, In 15 mins that doesn't happen. Plus I've already contacted the Poll providers and we've verified personally that cleaning cookies will allow you to vote many times.Anonymous
September 08, 2010
Visual Assist X is essential for making VS 2010 useable for us (remaining 3) C++/CLI developers until they put intellisense back. Its refactoring tools are quite good too.Anonymous
September 08, 2010
ReSharper and GhostDoc [1] are the only two I couldn't stand to lose. [1] submain.com/.../ghostdoc.aspxAnonymous
September 15, 2010
Another vote for ViEmu. It's installed before any other addins.Anonymous
September 17, 2010
I've successfully been using IDE Tools (CodeRush & Refactor!) from DevExpress for more than 3 years. In my opinion, this is a must-have set for any developer using Visual Studio. The features they provide as well as a very good performance (even with large solutions) will unlikely force me even to look at something else. I like to say that their support (support center, forums, docs, videos, blogs, etc.) and a large number of free DXCore plugins is also a good addition, which proves that I made the right choice. BTW, I also use TestDriven.net (I call it simply the "rocket"), but I am now more and more testing Unit Test runner, which is a part of IDE Tools. I think that in the future I will be using it instead of the rocket, because IDE Tools provide all the functionality I ever need ("all-in-one").