In visual studio there are a lot of good extensions that will simplify tasks and make tedious things a bit more friction free.
Here are the extensions I currently have installed.
| Name | Description | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Activity Diagram | Part of tangible t4 editor |
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| Class Diagrams | Part of tangible t4 editor | |
| Code Review Theme | Theme Created by Visual Studio 2012 Color Theme Editor | With the Color theme editor you create and store color themes - you can later uninstall them using the extensions |
| Component Diagram | Part of tangible t4 editor | |
| Jeff Work Theme | Theme Created by Visual Studio 2012 Color Theme Editor | With the Color theme editor you create and store color themes - you can later uninstall them using the extensions |
| Microsoft Web Developer Tools | Latest Developer Tools For ASP.Net | |
| Nunit Test Adapter | Lets Nunit Tests run in the built in test explorer | |
| Persistence Diagram | Part of tangible t4 editor | I think this is an external install - but it gives you better highlighting for T4 templates |
| PowerCommands for Visual Studio 2010 | Made by Microsoft - | 2012 version not out yet |
| Productivity Power Tools | Microsoft | http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/3a96a4dc-ba9c-4589-92c5-640e07332afd |
| Resharper | Separate install - licensed | This doesn't show up in the extensions list. |
| State Diagram | Part of tangible t4 editor | I think this is an external install - but it gives you better highlighting for T4 templates |
| T4 editor | The t4 editor | http://t4-editor.tangible-engineering.com/T4-Editor-Visual-T4-Editing.html |
| Use Case Diagram | Part of tangible t4 editor | |
| VersionOne Tracker | Integration with V1 | |
| Visual Studio 2012 Color Theme Editor | Lets you do a bunch of settings around the colors and theming of VS | |
| Visual Studio Extensions for Windows Library | Think this is added during install and lets you publish stuff to windows 8 store | |
| VSCommands for Visual Studio 2012 | Squared Infinity http://vscommands.squaredinfinity.com/features | This has some useful commands like setting up groups of cs files. But has caused some errors in Visual Studio - i uninstalled and re-installed to fix |