10-4 Episode 5: Code Focused in Visual Studio 2010 | 10-4

Jarle Stabell

Good stuff!

One small comment:
I noticed this in the code for the editor add-in:

[Order(Before="Selection")]

We've been doing the same thing in an in-house framework, specifying ordering constraints and letting the framework calculate a total ordering from the partial ordering. However, we concluded that a statement like:
Before="Selection"
could sometimes, depending upon the time of the day, day of the week, the mood of the programmer, the weather etc,
be interpreted as the current component being constrained to be before "Selection", other times to be interpreted as "Selection" being constrained to be before the current component. (ie, totally ambiguous)

We fond the situation to improve a lot when we added a little 'Me' at the end of 'Before' (and 'After'), like:
[Order(BeforeMe="Selection")]

Cheers,
Jarle

Vitor Canova

Visual Studio 2010 is being made with WPF?

warren
atom heart mother

Drew, the ever-present football logo is seriously distracting from the presentation of the video. These videos should be 100% focused on Visual Studio, not your sports interests. Thanks.

Rhapsody
In Metal We Trust

In reply to warren

#Jan 18th @ 6:42 PM

There's always something to complain about...right? :')

If you're not able to keep your focus on the Visual Studio part, it's not the fault of the presenter.

spivonious

In reply to warren

#Jan 18th @ 6:42 PM

I agree. It really made the video seem amateurish, like he was filming it in his dorm room.

drewby

In reply to spivonious

#Jan 19th @ 6:31 AM

Hi guys,

The logo is from my college, not a football logo and its a sticker on the wall in my office, which is very much like a dorm room. And yes, when it comes to video, I am an amateur and we intentionally keep these videos casual. We'll get better over time, but If you want professionally produced marketing videos, you'll need to find them somewhere else. Smiley

Lets use the comments to discuss Visual Studio 2010.

Thanks,

Drew

drewby

In reply to Vitor Canova

#Jan 18th @ 5:40 PM

Yes, the Visual Studio shell and the code editor will be largely based on WPF. That is going to allow for some great visual enhancements to the environment that will, for example, help you better manage the screen real estate, and provide different ways to visualize your code.

jeffhunsaker

Drew,

Well done. Really appreciate you putting these short videos together. With all the tech demands and trying to learn VSTS 2010, this is a great quick-hit. Can't wait for RTM!

Ummm, and for the record, Go Bucks! Wink

Rhapsody
In Metal We Trust

When I heard of the 'new editor' in WPF I was a little bit shocked. because after all, it is a code editor. So there's no need for fancy things like gradients and pictures. But this video made it a lot clearer. Though it is a CTP, I hope that the editor will be as good as the plain old RichTextBox. (For example tooltips look horrible now as well as some flickering when selecting text)

But the extensibility of it is great. Especially the usage of MEF. I'm playing arround with MEF a little bit and it looks very very promising. I like the other features, like the navigation, as well!