![]() Read Code FasterĪs stated in the intro, Visual Assist X will change the color scheme in an attempt to make code more readable, but in reality, people are used to their color schemes and these color changes would make it harder to read until the user adjusted. The rest of the refactoring features are mostly meant for C++ developers so I won’t bother reviewing them. Visual Studio 2010 has this built in and is more advanced. But, the generic text dialog is limited and the default is to make the variable a class level field instead of making it default to local scope. With this feature, you are able to consume-first. This is a somewhat useful feature, but it also needs enhancements. Since I have to manually add them, it doesn’t save any time and Visual Studio already has this feature built in. This feature could have been a great feature if only it would have included the tags automatically. Simply placing your cursor above the method and typing /// will produce the exact same results. Visual Studio 2010 already has this feature built in. A better editor would make this feature so much nicer. However, the generic text box doesn’t really cut it. This is a time saver as you don’t have to switch back and forth between pages or ‘Go to definition’. The new member will be added to the class and you stay where you are so you can start using the new member. All it does it adds brackets for you so you don’t have to.Īdd member was kind of nice because you can select a class instance and then ‘Add Member’ which will give you a dialog to enter a new member. This doesn’t really save that much time, if any over copy/paste if you are good with keyboard shortcuts in Visual Studio. If you declare a method, instead of copy/paste, you can ‘Add similar member’ and the method signature will be copied for you. This is a feature that I thought was a nice to have but could use some more enhancements. With C++ you can have your signatures and implementations in different files. Unfortunately this is only available for C++ users as it’s meant for “Implementations”. ![]() This is a feature I thought would be great since I can write what I need to then go back later and move classes into their own files instead of doing it all manually (Visual Studio 2010 will do this for you). I changed the order of the parameters and all I got was a warning box. Renaming the method can be done with the built in Visual Studio rename method and will update all references. A dialog pops-up with a generic text box to allow you to make your changes and after you click ok, you’re given a “Find all references” window to show you all of the locations that reference the method. This refactoring feature is really only useful for C++. Most of the features are already available in Visual Studio and work much the same such asīack in C++ days you had to declare the method signature at the top of the file, then you’d have a separate are for the actual declaration. Visual Assist X adds in its own refactoring menu in the code editor right click menu. ![]() The problem is you can’t configure the colors and the default colors don’t go with my theme. I don’t like it in 2010 and I don’t like it in 2008. I quickly went into the Visual Assist X configuration and there is a check box to turn off the “helpful” colors which was a relief as I didn’t have my color scheme backed up.Įven though I saved my colors, there are still some “helpful” features which make my Visual Studio 2008 look more like Visual Studio 2010 such as highlight matching for braces and symbols. Class names, strings, local variables and everything else you can imagine had changed to vibrant reds, yellow and blues. I have a very specific dark theme that I spent time customizing. Looking at their web site, you can see that they have a working version for Visual C++ 6 and in a lot of their screen shots you can see that is what they are using.Īfter I installed Visual Assist X and opened a solution in visual Studio 2008, I was appalled by the color scheme changes. My first impression on Visual Assist X was that it seems to be focused on C++ as it makes many references to C++ and header files. Whole Tomato claims that Visual Assist X will allow developers to write code faster, better and with less bugs. Visual Assist X is a Visual Studio add-in. I’m going to spend some time and go over the product and review its features. The problem is, it’s the last to be selected and it’s only because no one knows what it is or what it does. NET user group meetings, we’ve given away the Whole tomato product “Visual Assist X” as a raffle prize. ![]() Update: Please see the latest post about Visual Assist X Whole Tomato Visual Assist X Review Introductionįor the last few.
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