Frequently used features for solid and fast code on Visual Studio 2022

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This article organises some useful and complimentary features on Visual Studio 2022 to embody clean code.

Code analysis

• Estimates the cleanliness of your code machinary
• It's better to reconsider the code architecture if the Maintainability Index got under 40.
• Useful for:
  • Sniffing out the scent of technical debt
  • Use as a reference to determine standard to address
• Menu:
  • Analyze -> Caliculate Code Metrics -> For Solution
    
• Result:
  

Code cleanup

• Clean up the codes through the entire solution
• Apply it before commit
• Useful for:
  • Integrated format standard throughout a team
• Menu:
  • Analyze -> Code cleanup -> Run Code Cleanup (Profile 1) on Solution
    

Performance profiler

• Can monitor the performance of various resource
  • Database
  • File I/O
  • CPU / Memory Usage
• Useful for:
  • Finding bottle neck
  • Detecting anormaly behaviours
• Menu:
  • Debug -> Performance profiler -> Check the resorces to monitor -> Start button

Configuration

Monitoring

Monitor

Metrics

Shortcuts

Search

effect	short cut
Jump	Ctrl + G
Go To Definition	F12
Go To Implementation	Ctrl + F12
Navigate Backward	Ctrl + -
Find All References	Shift + F12
Quick search	Ctrl + F
Search in Folders	Ctrl + Shift + F
Code Search	Ctrl + T

Tips: Code Search is good, all the time.

What's the difference between Search in Folders and Code Search?

• The answer is:
  • Search in Folders: String-based search
  • Code Search: Signature-based search

So it skips searching for redundant lines like comments and navigate you to your target line more directly when you use code search.
I strongly recommend to use code search if you don't require complex regex search or searching comments.

Edit

effect	short cut
Format Document	Ctrl + K, Ctrl + D
Select word	Ctrl + W
To Uppercase	Ctrl + Shift + U
To Lowercase	Ctrl + U
Move row	Alt + ↑ or Alt + ↓
Duplicate row	Ctrl + D
Complete word	Ctrl + Space
Insert Block	Ctrl + K, Ctrl +S

Tips: Insert Block is God

Haven't you used yet? Why?
Insert block provides with a variety of general snipet such as for or if.
Don't write by yourself but count on your IDE. It booms your productibity more than 10 times!

Refactor

effect	short cut
Rename	Ctrl + R, Ctrl + R
Extract	Ctrl + R, Ctrl + M
Quick Action	Ctrl + .

Tips: Move a literal into a constant

1. Select the target literal
2. Ctrl + . and call Quick Action
3. Choose Introduce constant
4. Rename the constant
   

Build / Debug

effect	short cut
Build	Ctrl + Shift + B
Start Debug	F5
Step over	F10
Step in	F11
Toggle breakpoint	F9
Toggle enable breakpoint	Ctrl + F9

Presentation

effect	short cut
Zoom In	Ctrl + Shift + >
Zoom Out	Ctrl + Shift + <

Conclution

Visual Studio is a rich and reliable IDE for .NET Developer. I love it and am honing my skills to be a good pilot for it.
But actually, I have some pains in the ass for it and expect Microsoft would modify/add new feautures like below.

• Gimme default reporter of test coverage.
• Why don't you add CamelCase/SnakeCase converter?
• Let me jump to Implementation when I Ctrl + Alt + Left click the signature like Resharper!
• Keep displaying Quick Action while I'm taking screenshots.