I am used to working with intelij and even after working with visual studio I still have problems using it effectively. It is generally annoying for developer to learn new shortcuts wen switching IDE. So. Is there an easy way to make Visual Studio feel like Intelij or any other IDE? and if there is no way. Could that be done in theory?
(I am not referring to how Visual studio looks like. Just the Shortcuts and general control of the IDE)
Hot Keys extension lets you load IntelliJ IDEA keyboard shortcuts to Visual Studio.
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Is it possible to configure Xcode to have a similar appearance to Visual Studio or another IDE? I mean, when working with .Net Core, the IDE is very intuitive, for example when it comes to determining the type of a var or let. Also, in Visual Studio you can easily see the references of a var, let or function throughout your code, making the experience of using it better than in Xcode. So I would like to know if it is possible to make Xcode have a similar appearance to Visual Studio.
I'm quite new to Programming in general. I've learned basics, but that's about all. I was watching a tutorial, but I realized I was using Visual Studio Code instead of Visual Studio. While I was trying to change my External Script Editor, I could not find Visual Studio. I also cannot find it on my PC.
External Script Editor:
No question is a dumb question so don't apologize for asking even if it is a basic thing.
Now to answer your question, please open the Visual Studio Installer and select modify.
After doing this in the gaming section and then select Game Development with Unity and modify your installation. Then restart Unity and try selecting Visual Studio from Unity.
I have installed Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition via Unity's installer and some of the options windows look like this:
Nothing fixes it; uninstalling-installing, formatting or installing on different machines. Apparently no one complains about this issue because there seems to be nothing on search results, but I'm 100% sure that everyone is experiencing this issue. When you open Visual Studio on its own, problem goes away, it works like it should. However, making Unity open Visual Studio causes it. I assume that this is caused by Unity forcing Visual Studio to load a plugin (probably Visual Studio Tools for Unity) which is actually incompatible with almost everything in Visual Studio.
Is there a solution to this problem? It drives me crazy and I don't want to use MonoDevelop.
I'm looking for a syntax highlighter for Visual Studio Express. I love Visual Assist, however it only works with Visual Studio Professional Edition, not Express.
Visual Studio 2010 actually has fairly decent syntax highlighting but there are some things I really miss from Visual Assist that I'm hoping I can find for VS Express, specifically:
Highlighting local variables in bold, and italicizing stable variables and methods.
Highlighting variables/methods/objects throughout a file just by clicking on it, and highlighting reads in a different color than writes (VS colors reads/writes the same color).
Syntax highlighting within Intellisense and auto-complete option dialogs.
In addition to just syntax highlighting it would also be great to have the some of the shortcuts like Visual Assist offers, like easily finding files in your solution/project, or switching between .h/.cpp files in C++. I also really like how IntelliJ IDEA's IDE takes you to a definition if you hold CTRL and click on a symbol.
I'd prefer something free or cheap, but I'm willing to pay for something if it's worth it.
And just to provide some background, I must use VS2010 because I'm developing a game engine in XNA 4.0, and it only works with Visual Studio. Otherwise I would definitely be open to suggestions of just using an IDE with more options, like IntelliJ IDEA or Eclipse.
The answer to this is in the comment by Cody Gray:
The Express version doesn't support extensions
For personal projects I cannot use my work-licence of Visual Studio Professional at home.
Visual Studio Express just seem less appealing than the professional edition, what are my alternatives except notepad?
MonoDevelop and SharpDevelop are only two options, though even the Express edition of Visual Studio seems to have more features (and is more familiar to those using the Pro/Ultimate editions).
A number of programming text editors have C# syntax highlighting and you can invoke the compiler with key bindings (that you will need to configure yourself), though a dedicated IDE would make a better experience. Notepad++ is one such editor.
Notepad++? :)
More seriously though, there are free C# IDE's out there, such as SharpDevelop however I have always preferred Visual Studio myself.
One open source alternative is SharpDevelop.
Edit: And as Kyle pointed out, I too prefer Visual Studio above anything else.