Visual Studio 2013 Preview: CodeLens aka Code Information Indicators - The Ultimate Visual Studio Tips and Tricks Blog [Updated: 7/12/2013: Thanks to John Gardner for the updated info.] There is only one way to describe this next feature: IT ROCKS! To use this feature you will need Visual Studio 2013 Preview and Team Foundation Server 2013 Preview as some information comes from TFS. Presenting the Problem For me, this is the signature feature in Visual Studio 2013. What if I need to find all the references to this method? How about the tests associated with this method? Solving the Problem The Visual Studio team has come up with an elegant solution to the problem: show information about the code WITH the code. Turning It On CodeLens is on by default but I want to point out the information you can choose to view. (NOTE: a faster way to get here is to press CTRL+Q for QuickLaunch and type the word “information” into the search area then select the Code Information Indicators entry) I’ll show these in the order you will most likely see them when you begin using this feature. Show References Mouse Access Finally
The Ultimate Visual Studio Tips and Tricks Blog - Site Home - MSDN Blogs This article came about as the result of a recent trip I made to a customer. I was presenting on TFS and made the, oft repeated, statement that Agile is better than Waterfall. Now I have to admit that I have never really had anyone challenge me on this assumption since most of the people I know just accept this as truth. On this particular day there were a couple of project managers in the audience and they were none too pleased about my assertion. For the rest of the hour, we went back and forth on the issue. Exchange 1 Project managers: “You can’t say that agile is better than waterfall, it simply isn’t true.” Me: “I have twenty years of evidence backing up my claim and I have personally seen it work this way.” Exchange 2 Project managers: “Well, we have government regulations we deal with and you just don’t understand what we do here.” Me: “I have [another customer] that has to deal with HIPPA requirements and they use Agile so I don’t think your requirements are that strict, are they?”
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