Code snippet Editor for Visual Studio 2005/2008

Code Snippets (snippet) are code templates that you can quickly access from your keyboard. It is not a code generator, but a shortcut to a common encoding pattern. It supports field links, so when you modify a parameter name, the entire block of code is updated at the same time. In addition, the code snippet also automatically adds project references and (namespace) declarations.

Besides being a helper for productivity enhancement, it also acts as a training tool in Visual Basic, including simple creation of a property, an exception class to a complex list of tasks such as calling calls through a serial port. If you need to see the complete list of VB code snippet, you need to knock "?-tab". (although C # also supports code snippets, the built-in task categories are very limited.) )

The Code Snippet Editor allows you to create or modify existing code snippets for development tasks and coding styles. They can be sent as separate files or packaged into a VSI file. Although Visual Studio does not yet support the ability of the team to share code Genku, it may be appended.

The Code snippet editor is first published in GotDotNet. For unknown reasons, after the Microsoft version retired, the content of the GotDotNet was completely cleaned up. Although part of the code example moved to CodePlex, it did not provide the source code for the editing tool.

Bill McCarthy brings back the editor, which includes full source code and supports Visual Studio version 2008, and it also supports the Express version of Visual Studio 2005/2008.