Prep Code Snippets

They are short pieces of code which get generated using a few characters followed by pressing the tab button twice.

For example, to create a class or property, you could type class+tab+tab or propg+tab+tab.

• class
• ctor (constructor)
• prop
• propg (get only)

• 1. for
• 2. foreach
• 3. do
• 4. while

• 1. try/tryf
• 2. switch
• 3. else
• 4. enum
• 5. struct
• 6. interface
• 7. indexer
• 8. cw (Console.Write())

• 1. ALT+LEFT ARROW (move forward in history)
• 2. ALT+RIGHT ARROW (move backwards in history)
• 3. CTRL+C (copy current line/item)
• 4. CTRL+V (paste current line/item)
• 5. CTRL+SHIFT+S (save all files in solution)
• 6. CTRL+TAB (next tab)
• 7. CTRL+ (move forward to last location)
• 8. CTRL- (move backwards to last location)

CTRL+K+X  

This will give you intellisense values for C#, Testing, MVC, and others including those for loops, events, delegates, classes, and much more.

• CTRL+K followed by CTRL+C 
• CTRL+K followed by CTRL+U

• SHIFT+HOME
• SHIFT+END
• SHIFT+ALT+UP ARROW
• SHIFT+ALT+DOWN ARROW

Yes. Each are controlled by Visual Studio and exist in their own XML file. First create the snippet in XML and name it something with the *.snippet ending. Save it, use Tools | Code Snippet Manager | Import and then import it.

• <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> 
• <CodeSnippets xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/CodeSnippet">
• <CodeSnippet Format="1.0.0">
• <Header>
• <Title>Method</Title>
• <Author>Matthew</Author>
• <Description>Creates a public method template with a thrown exception.</Description>
• <Shortcut>method</Shortcut>
• </Header>
• <Snippet>
• <Code Language="CSharp">
• <![CDATA[public void MyMethod()
• {
• throw new NotImplementedException();
• }]]>
• </Code>
• </Snippet>
• </CodeSnippet>
• </CodeSnippets>