This feature does not rely on the browser files generated by Visual Studio, so you don't have to compile your code first. In the latter case, Visual Assist X gives you the choice of the header or implementation file. You are taken to the definition of the variable or type, or the prototype or implementation of the method. Place the caret on a symbol and press Alt+G, or click the button. This was the feature that got me hooked on Visual Assist X. For instance, my code screen shots also show local symbols in bold and "stable symbols" in italics, but I prefer not to use these features and have not enabled them on my production machine. What's useful to one developer might simply be noise to another, so Visual Assist X allows you to enable only those features you find helpful. You pick the colors that make sense to you, and choose what you want and don't want colored. Since the authors of Visual Assist X understand different developers work in different ways, they make the syntax coloring highly customizable.
You can even apply the syntax coloring to tooltips! Of particular interest to me is the ability to color macros (purple), which the IDE still can't do as of Visual Studio 2005. Visual Assist X allows you to work more efficiently by distinguishing functions/methods (brown), variables (gray), and types (blue). Now look at the same snippet of code after installing Visual Assist X:Īs you can tell from from the screen shots, Visual Assist X offers a more visually stimulating look at your code. To compare the look and feel of Visual Studio with and without Visual Assist X, consider this screen shot from Visual Studio. If I reviewed every one of the 40 features in Visual Assist X, you'd be reading for an hour, so I'll just give you the goodies in this article. Visual Assist X supports C#, C++ and VB.NET. The software is an impressive toolbox of Intellisense upgrades, syntax highlighting, and other cool extensions to the Microsoft line of IDEs, from Visual C++ 6.0 through Visual Studio 2005. Visual Assist X is the flagship product of Whole Tomato Software. Read on to learn the real reason my co-workers virtually dragged me to our purchasing agent to get my very own license for Visual Assist X! So Many Features So Little Time Why else would everyone be so adamant about installing an IDE plug-in? When I started my current job as a senior product developer, one of the first things my new co-workers asked as I met each of them was, "Have you installed Visual Assist X yet?" After the fourth or fifth developer hit me up, I figured they were all involved in a network marketing scheme and soon I too would be recruiting friends and family to Buy Software from Themselves to Achieve Financial Independence. These reviews are intended to provide you with information on products and services that we consider useful and of value to developers. This is a showcase review for our sponsors at CodeProject.
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