If you are a fan of CodeRush and Refactor! Pro from DevExpress, you can get CodeRush Xpress for C#, which is a free Visual Studio 2008 Add-In with a sprinkling of offerings from both CodeRush and Refactor! Pro.
You can expect a few features from CodeRush that help you navigate through your code in Visual Studio 2008:
- Find any File or Symbol
- Tab to Next Reference
- Expand/Shrink Selection
- TDD-Style Intelligent Declaration Based on Usage
You can also find various refactorings for Visual Studio 2008 from Refactor! Pro:
- Inline Delegate - Convert method to Inline Delegate ( Anonymous Delegate )
- Compress to Lambda Expression - Converts an anonymous method into a lambda expression
- Extract Method to Type - Allows you to extract a method from one type into another
Here are the complete set of features for CodeRush Xpress for C#:
Editor Features
- Duplicate Line
- Highlight Usages
- Clipboard Features
- Smart Cut/Copy
- Paste Replace
- Enhanced Selection Abilities
- Extend/reduce selection
- Camel-case selection
Navigation Features
- Camel-case Navigation
- Tab to Next Reference
- Go to File
- Go to Symbol (QuickNav)
TDD - Declaration from Usage
- Types
- Declare Class
- Declare Delegate
- Declare Enum
- Declare Enum Element
- Declare Interface
- Declare Struct
- Members
- Declare Constructor
- Declare Event Handler
- Declare Getter
- Declare Method
- Declare Property
- Declare Property (auto-implemented)
- Declare Property (with backing field)
- Declare Setter
- Variables
- Declare Field
- Declare Local
- Declare Local (implicit)
Refactorings
- Add/Remove Block Delimiters
- Combine Conditionals (merge nested "If" statements)
- Compress to Lambda Expression
- Compress to Ternary Expression
- Convert to Auto-implemented Property
- Convert to Initializer (use object/collection initialize when possible)
- Create Backing Store (converts Auto-implemented Property to standard Property with get and set)
- Decompose Initializer
- Decompose Parameter
- Expand Lambda Expression
- Expand Ternary Expression
- Extract Method to Type
- Flatten Conditional
- Introduce Local (introduce variable)
- Inline Delegate
- Inline Temp (inline variable)
- Make Explicit
- Make Implicit
- Move Type to File
- Name Anonymous Method
- Name Anonymous Type
- Reverse Conditional (invert "if")
- Split Conditional (split complex "If" statements)
- Use StringBuilder
- Use String.Format
Seriously, those are a fantastic set of features from CodeRush and Refactor! Pro for FREE!!!!!!
Download the free Visual Studio Add-in, CodeRush Xpress for C#, here.
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