Visual C : IDE Features for Visual Studio 2005

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Visual C IDE Features for Visual Studio 2005

• Kate Gregory
• Gregory Consulting Limited
• kate_at_gregcons.com

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IDE Improvements in Visual C 2005
Editor
Debugger
Project System
Bits and Pieces
Things that have been here all along
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Editing and Debugging
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Project System
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Miscellaneous IDE Features
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Whats Not New?
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What You Saw

• New code definition window
• New IntelliSense
• Improved editor tips
• Improved ClassView
• New defines in editor
• Improved outlining
• Improved DataTips
• New Debugger Visualizations
• New STL support
• New Breakpoints window
• New Tracepoints
• New Wildcard breakpoints
• Improved multiprocess debugging
• New breakpoint filtering
• New replace-in-files
• New bookmark window
• New Macros IDE

• Improved project properties
• New project property sheets
• New property inheritance
• New shared properties
• New custom build tools
• New multi-processor build
• Improved command-line build
• New 64-bit support
• Improved Windows CE device support
• New import existing source code wizard
• New profile-guided optimisation
• Improved tool window layout
• New settings transfer
• New emulations
• Improved keyboard bindings support

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Summary
Visual C 2005 is a hugely productive IDE
Sure the compiler makes your code faster, but
the IDE makes you faster
There are plenty of features you probably never
knew were there
Remember, the difference between an OK
developer and a great developer is a factor of
ten
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Questions for me?

• Kate_at_gregcons.com
• www.gregcons.com/kateblog