Visual Studio 2010 - recommended extensions [closed]
Free:
- VsCommandBudy - Extend VS with external commands where really need them (Free)
- PowerCommands - useful extensions for the Visual Studio 2010 adding additional functionality to various areas of the IDE.
- DevExpress CodeRush Xpress - Coding assistance, Intellisense navigation,etc.
- AnkhSVN - Subversion Support for Visual Studio.
- Ghost Doc - Simplify your XML Comments.
- Visual Studio Color Theme Editor - make your VS2010 look pretty with themes.
- VsVim - VIM emulation layer for Visual Studio.
- DPack - FREE collection of Microsoft Visual Studio tools.
- VSFileNav - fast searcher with wildcards + camel case searches.
- Sonic file finder - fast and convenient search.
- AllMargins
- tangible T4 Editor plus modeling tools for VS2010 adds IntelliSense and Syntax Coloring to T4 Text Templates
- Word Wrap with Auto-Indent
- Indentation Matcher Extension
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Structure Adornment
- BlockTagger
- BlockTaggerImpl
- SettingsStore
- SettingsStoreImpl
- Source Outliner - not available on this link.
- Triple Click - Makes triple click select an entire line.
- ItalicComments
- Go To Definition - Make ctrl+click perform a "Go To Definition" on the identifier under the cursor
- Spell Checker - not available on this link.
- Remove and Sort Using - Adds a context menu entry to Solution Explorer that sorts and removes using statements on every file in the solution, project, or on the individual file.
- Format Document - Adds a context menu entry to Solution Explorer and the code window that executes the Edit-Advance-Format Document command on every file in the solution, project, or current code window.
- Open Folder in Windows Explorer - Extends the Open Folder in Windows Explorer context menu option to the code editor and to all files in solution explorer.
- Find Results Highlighter - Highlights the search text in the find results windows.
- Regular Expressions Margin - A margin which exposes .Net Regular Expressions search and replace capabilities on a given code window.
- VSCommands - not available on this link.
- HelpViewerKeywordIndex - Visual Studio Extension for the Microsoft Help Viewer
- StyleCop - StyleCop analyzes C# source code to enforce a set of best practice style and consistency rules.
- Extension Analyzer - Extension Analyzer helps debug issues with VSIX Components, Visual Studio Packages, PkgDef Files and MEF Components.
- CodeCompare - Code Compare is an advanced file and folder comparison tool. This programming languages oriented diff tool can be used as a Visual Studio add-in and as a standalone application.
- Team Founder Server Power Tools - not available on this link
- VS10x Selection Popup - not available on this link
- Color Picker Completion - not available on this link
- Numbered Bookmarks - Numbered Bookmarks allows users to create and recall bookmarks by using numbers. User can create 10 bookmarks (starting from 0 to 9).
- Mouse Zoom - Mouse zoom at the mouse's cursor instead of at the top of the visible document. See VS options...
- Visual Studio 2010 Pro Power Tools - A set of extensions to Visual Studio Professional (and above) which improves developer productivity.
- JSEnhancements - provides outlining and matching braces highlighting features for Visual Studio JavaScript editor; provides fantastic #region collapsing in JS and CSS files, making long files much easier to handle;
- Code Contracts Editor Extensions - Displays Code Contracts (when editing C#) in code, Intellisense, and in metadata files.
- WoVS Quick Add Reference - Add missing assembly references right from the code editor
- JScript Editor Extensions -
- Align By
- T4 Editor
- Quick Open File for Visual Studio 2010 - quick opening any solution file
- CleanProject - Cleans Visual Studio Solutions
- PhatStudio - fast file navigation and quickly opening files
- VsVim - Vim style keyboard shorcuts
- Chutzpah - Open source JavaScript test runner
- I Hate #Regions - makes expanded regions less disturbing by making the font smaller
Not Free:
- Resharper
- Visual Assist X
- JustCode
- ViEmu
- CodeRush with Refactor! Pro
- VisualSVN
- VS10x Code Map - displays a graphical nested representation of the current editor window code
- VS10x Editor View Enhancer
NuGet
NuGet (formerly NuPack) is a free, open source developer focused package management system for the .NET platform intent on simplifying the process of incorporating third party libraries into a .NET application during development.
PowerCommands (free)
AnkhSVN (free)
Even if you use other SVN shells outside VS (like TortoiseSVN), I recommend to install this Source Control Provider to automatically keep track of file renames, deletions and the like.