<p>Can anyone recommend any good <strong>add-ons</strong> or <strong>plugins</strong> for <code>Microsoft Visual Studio</code>?<br>
Freebies are preferred, but if it is worth the cost then that's fine.</p>

[{'answer_id': 2769, 'author': 'CodingWithoutComments', 'author_id': 25, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/25', 'pm_score': 3, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>http://trolltech.com/products/qt/">Qt Cross-Platform Application Framework</p>\n\n<p>Qt is a cross-platform application framework for desktop and embedded development. It includes an intuitive API and a rich C++ class library, integrated tools for GUI development and internationalization, and support for Java™ and C++ development</p>\n\n<p>They have a plug-in for Visual Studio that costs a bit of money, but it is worth every penny.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 2771, 'author': 'Michael Stum', 'author_id': 91, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/91', 'pm_score': 7, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>Not free, but <a href="http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/index.html" rel="noreferrer">ReSharper</a> is definitely one recommendation.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 2772, 'author': 'Pat', 'author_id': 36, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/36', 'pm_score': 3, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://www.csharper.net/blog/web_deployer_2005_version_1_0_0_2_available.aspx#new_clipboard_manager_upgrade_1_0_0_4.aspx" rel="noreferrer">Clipboard Manager</a></p>\n\n<p>Maintains your clipboard data through removal of lines, a few other nice items but that one alone makes me happy.</p>\n\n<p><a href="http://www.rauchy.net/regionerate/" rel="noreferrer">Regionerate</a></p>\n\n<p>While some have problems with regions I think if you use them, this tool is for you. Automatically region\'izes your code into appropriate region blocks. Fully configurable for custom items etc.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 2776, 'author': 'Chris Farmer', 'author_id': 404, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/404', 'pm_score': 4, 'selected': False, 'text': "<p>If you use SVN for source control, definitely get VisualSVN.  It enables TortoiseSVN interactions from within the Visual Studio IDE.</p>\n\n<p>I also echo the Resharper comment.  Retail price is a little steep, but if you're a student or otherwise educationally affiliated, it's actually pretty cheap.</p>\n"}, {'answer_id': 2799, 'author': 'Brad Tutterow', 'author_id': 308, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/308', 'pm_score': 5, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://www.visualstudiogallery.com/ExtensionDetails.aspx?ExtensionId=df3f0c30-3d37-4e06-9ef8-3bff3508be31" rel="noreferrer">PowerCommands</a> is a Microsoft-created plugin that offers a variety of new features that one would think probably should have been in Visual Studio in the first place.</p>\n\n<p>These include</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Copying/Pasting project references!</li>\n<li>"Open Containing Folder" to jump straight to the hard-drive location of a file or project</li>\n<li>Automatic reorganizig and sorting of using statements</li>\n<li>"Open Command Prompt Here" to open a command prompt in any of your project folders.</li>\n<li>Collapse Projects</li>\n</ul>\n'}, {'answer_id': 2800, 'author': 'graham.reeds', 'author_id': 342, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/342', 'pm_score': 6, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>Whole Tomato\'s <a href="http://www.wholetomato.com/" rel="noreferrer">Visual Assist X</a>. I absolutely swear by it. I would like to see a better plug in for <a href="http://www.gimpel.com/" rel="noreferrer">Lint</a> than <a href="http://www.riverblade.co.uk/products/visual_lint/index.html" rel="noreferrer">Visual Lint</a> by Riverblade, but since that will eventually be moved onto the build server I don\'t mind running it every couple of days manually.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 2806, 'author': 'Brett Veenstra', 'author_id': 307, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/307', 'pm_score': 4, 'selected': False, 'text': '<ul>\n<li><a href="http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/index.html" rel="noreferrer">Resharper</a></li>\n<li><a href="http://code.google.com/p/mbunit-resharper/" rel="noreferrer">Resharper MbUnit Test Runner Add-On</a></li>\n<li><a href="http://www.red-gate.com/Products/SQL_Prompt/index.htm" rel="noreferrer">SQL Prompt</a> for Database Projects (works inside your SQL Management Studio as well)</li>\n<li><a href="http://ankhsvn.open.collab.net/servlets/ProjectProcess?pageID=3794" rel="noreferrer">Ankh SVN 2.0</a>+ for free SVN support (v1.x pales in comparison)</li>\n<li><a href="http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/features/supported_platforms.html#Microsoft_Visual_Studio_2005_and_2008_Integration" rel="noreferrer">TeamCity plug-in</a> to monitor your builds, personal builds, and bug tracking</li>\n</ul>\n'}, {'answer_id': 2877, 'author': 'Ray', 'author_id': 233, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/233', 'pm_score': 4, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>I find <a href="http://www.roland-weigelt.de/ghostdoc/" rel="noreferrer">Ghost Doc</a> to be very useful. </p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>GhostDoc is a free add-in for Visual Studio that automatically generates XML\n  documentation comments for C#. Either by using existing documentation inherited\n  from base classes or implemented interfaces, or by deducing comments from\n  name and type of e.g. methods, properties or parameters.</p>\n</blockquote>\n'}, {'answer_id': 2910, 'author': 'Ishmaeel', 'author_id': 227, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/227', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://jens-schaller.de/sonictools/sonicfilefinder/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Sonic File Finder</a> for when you have loads of files in your solutions and searching for them in the solution explorer becomes a pain in the wrist.</p>\n\n<p>You might also find <a href="http://www.usysware.com/dpack/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">DPack</a> interesting. Several tools and enhancements rolled into one neat package.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 15004, 'author': 'Brian G Swanson', 'author_id': 1795, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1795', 'pm_score': 4, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>I\'m a big fan of <a href="http://www.devexpress.com/Products/Visual_Studio_Add-in/Coding_Assistance/" rel="noreferrer">CodeRush and Refactor! Pro</a> by DevExpress.  I\'ve been using them for a number of years, and without a doubt it makes me a faster developer.  Also, both are built on a free framework called <a href="http://www.devexpress.com/Downloads/Visual_Studio_Add-in/DXCore/index.xml" rel="noreferrer">DXCore</a> that allows you to develop your own plug-ins for Visual Studio, and the sky is the limit there...</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 15018, 'author': 'Gerhard Dinhof', 'author_id': 898, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/898', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': "<p>I like <strong>ReSharper</strong>, too! It's affordable if you're a student or otherwise connected to an university.</p>\n\n<p>For interaction with SVN I'll prefer <strong>AnkhSVN</strong>.</p>\n\n<p>.. and of course for connecting to TeamFoundation Server there's the <strong>Visual Studio Team Explorer</strong></p>\n"}, {'answer_id': 15026, 'author': 'John Sheehan', 'author_id': 1786, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1786', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://dispatchasp.net" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Dispatch</a> for FTP is what Copy Web Site should have been.</p>\n\n<p>This just came out but I like it a lot: <a href="http://www.mindscape.co.nz/Products/vsfileexplorer/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Mindscape File Explorer</a></p>\n\n<p>VisualSVN is excellent for SVN integration. Much better than Ankh (have not tried Ankh 2+ though)</p>\n\n<p><a href="http://jens-schaller.de/sonictools/sonicfilefinder/overview/index.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SonicFileFinder</a> for looking up files or classes quickly. Supports searching just the upper case parts of a camel-cased type name</p>\n\n<p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0AA30AE8-C73B-4BDD-BB1B-FE697256C459&amp;displaylang=en" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Web Deployment Projects by Microsoft</a> for precompiling web site projects</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 15046, 'author': 'Andrew Grant', 'author_id': 1043, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1043', 'pm_score': 4, 'selected': False, 'text': "<p>+1 Visual Assist.</p>\n\n<p>It's unfortunate that you need a plugin to get really good intellisense but it's definitely worth paying for.</p>\n"}, {'answer_id': 15084, 'author': 'Robin Robinson', 'author_id': 1629, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1629', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<ul>\n<li>Resharper (Agree it sucks you have to pay extra to get this, but well work the money)</li>\n<li><p>GhostDoc (Takes away any excuse for not having comments in your code)</p></li>\n<li><p>PowerCommands for VS 2008 (Forgot I even had this installed because it just adds a the little things that should have been there all along)</p></li>\n</ul>\n'}, {'answer_id': 15089, 'author': 'Adam Lassek', 'author_id': 1249, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1249', 'pm_score': 5, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://www.hanselman.com/blog/IntroducingRockScroll.aspx" rel="noreferrer">RockScroll</a> is awesome, and free.</p>\n\n<hr>\n\n<p><strong>Addendum</strong></p>\n\n<p>As @Andrei points out, <a href="http://code.google.com/p/metalscroll/" rel="noreferrer">MetalScroll</a> is a better alternative. It\'s Open Source, and corrects some annoying things about RS.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 25947, 'author': 'Jedi Master Spooky', 'author_id': 1154, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1154', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>I use a  lot the Fogbguz plug in but well you need to use Fogbugz first !!!</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 32850, 'author': 'Scott Dorman', 'author_id': 1559, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1559', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://mztools.com/index.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">MZTools</a> is great too.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 32983, 'author': 'Gern Blanston', 'author_id': 2786, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2786', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>I just found this rather large list of addins:</p>\n<p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210127112218/http://geekswithblogs.net/brians/archive/2008/05/12/122087.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://geekswithblogs.net/brians/archive/2008/05/12/122087.aspx</a></p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 36788, 'author': 'Steve Gury', 'author_id': 1578, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1578', 'pm_score': 3, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>+1 for Visual Assist\nAnd I will add <a href="http://www.codeplex.com/VLH2005" rel="noreferrer">VLH</a> (Visual Local History) which provides a kind of local source control system. Every time you save a file, the plugin add a copy in the local repository.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 43548, 'author': 'mpdaly', 'author_id': 3984, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3984', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>+1 for VisualSVN being better than AnkhSVN, having tried both, and +1 for the FogBugz Add-in.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 47268, 'author': 'moobaa', 'author_id': 3569, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3569', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>+1 for CodeRush &amp; Refactor Pro. I\'ve been using CodeRush since its Delphi incarnations, and it\'s utterly wonderful. The mantra of "Code at the speed of thought" is very close to reality  ;)</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 51688, 'author': 'Lukas Šalkauskas', 'author_id': 5369, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5369', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://www.roland-weigelt.de/ghostdoc/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Ghost Docs</a></p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>\n  GhostDoc is a free add-in for Visual Studio that automatically generates XML\n  documentation comments for C#. Either by using existing documentation inherited\n  from base classes or implemented interfaces, or by deducing comments from\n  name and type of e.g. methods, properties or parameters.\n  </p>\n</blockquote>\n'}, {'answer_id': 51699, 'author': 'Simon Steele', 'author_id': 4591, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4591', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<ol>\n<li><a href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/sourceanalysis" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Microsoft StyleCop</a> provides code style checking for C#, we use it all the time and love it (free)</li>\n<li><a href="http://www.axialis.com/download/iwlite.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Axialis IconWorkshop</a> has a Visual Studio add-in which is now free for VS2008 users.</li>\n<li><a href="http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Resharper</a> Yes another vote, because I can\'t upvote everyone who suggests it :)</li>\n<li><a href="http://workspacewhiz.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Workspace Whiz</a> for C++, I used to live by Workspace Whiz but haven\'t used it in VS2008 as I hadn\'t realised there was an update. Will have to give it a try again.</li>\n</ol>\n'}, {'answer_id': 51720, 'author': 'Community', 'author_id': -1, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://www.codeproject.com/KB/macros/kingstools.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">KingsTools</a> is also a nice collection of macros containing:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Run Doxygen</li>\n<li>Insert Doxygen comments</li>\n<li>Build Solution stats</li>\n<li>Dependency Graph</li>\n<li>Inheritance Graph</li>\n<li>Swap .h&lt;-&gt;.cpp</li>\n<li>Colorize</li>\n<li>} End of</li>\n<li><h1>region/#endregion for c++</h1>\n</li>\n<li>Search the web</li>\n</ul>\n'}, {'answer_id': 51728, 'author': 'Luther Baker', 'author_id': 4910, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4910', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>In addition to the refactoring and source control tools listed here, <a href="http://www.automatedqa.com/products/aqtime/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">AQTime</a> is a great windows profiler. It can run as a plugin or stand-alone and it works with .NET and native code.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 51784, 'author': 'Paulius', 'author_id': 1353085, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1353085', 'pm_score': 3, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>I found this site called <a href="http://www.visualstudiogallery.com/" rel="noreferrer">Visual Studio Gallery</a> - it has a lot of visual studio add-ins. I\'m browsing it right now and I recommend everyone to visit it.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 58599, 'author': 'David', 'author_id': 381, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/381', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://donxml.com/allthingstechie/archive/2006/07/07/2792.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">XPathmania</a> is a good little tool for writing and testing XPath queries.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 62207, 'author': 'Joel in Gö', 'author_id': 6091, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/6091', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>I\'m always amazed that more people don\'t know about/use <a href="http://www.ndepend.com/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">NDepend</a> - it shows all dependencies at every level of your code, and will even draw pretty box and arrow pictures showing how confused your architecture really is :)  Together with TestDriven.Net, I can\'t imagine working without it any more. Free/cheap.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 75338, 'author': 'David Negron', 'author_id': 981, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/981', 'pm_score': 8, 'selected': True, 'text': '<p><a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/alex_papadimoulis/archive/2004/05/25/Smart-Paster-1.1-Add-In---StringBuilder-and-Better-C_2300_-Handling.aspx" rel="noreferrer">SmartPaster</a> - (FREE) Copy/Paste code generator for strings</p>\n\n<p><a href="http://ankhsvn.open.collab.net/" rel="noreferrer">AnkhSvn</a> - (FREE) SVN Source Control Integration for VS.NET</p>\n\n<p><a href="http://www.visualsvn.com/server/" rel="noreferrer">VisualSVN Server</a> - (FREE) Source Control</p>\n\n<p><a href="http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/index.html" rel="noreferrer">ReSharper</a> - IDE enhancement that helps with refactoring and productivity</p>\n\n<p><a href="http://www.devexpress.com/Products/Visual_Studio_Add-in/Coding_Assistance/" rel="noreferrer">CodeRush</a> - Code gen macros on steroids</p>\n\n<p><a href="http://www.devexpress.com/Products/Visual_Studio_Add-in/Refactoring/" rel="noreferrer">Refactor</a> - Code refactoring aid</p>\n\n<p><a href="http://www.codemaid.net/" rel="noreferrer">CodeMaid</a> (FREE) - Code cleanup, organization and complexity analysis</p>\n\n<p><a href="http://www.codesmithtools.com/" rel="noreferrer">CodeSmith</a> - Code Generator</p>\n\n<p><a href="http://www.roland-weigelt.de/ghostdoc/" rel="noreferrer">GhostDoc</a> - (FREE) Simple code commenting tool</p>\n\n<p><a href="http://www.devexpress.com/Downloads/Visual_Studio_Add-in/DXCore/" rel="noreferrer">DXCore</a> (FREE) and its many awesome plugins: <a href="http://code.google.com/p/dxcorecommunityplugins/" rel="noreferrer">DxCore Community Plugins</a>, <a href="http://code.google.com/p/cr-documentor/" rel="noreferrer">CR_Documentor</a>, <a href="http://joel.fjorden.se/static.php?page=CodeStyleEnforcer" rel="noreferrer">CodeStyleEnforcer</a>, <a href="http://www.rorybecker.me.uk/DevExpress/Plugins/Community/RedGreen/" rel="noreferrer">RedGreen</a></p>\n\n<p><a href="http://www.testdriven.net/" rel="noreferrer">TestDriven.Net</a> - (FREE/PAY) Unit Testing Aid</p>\n\n<p><a href="http://www.red-gate.com/products/reflector/" rel="noreferrer">Reflector</a> - (PAY) Feature rich .Net Disassembler <a href="http://www.codeplex.com/reflectoraddins" rel="noreferrer">Reflector AddIn\'s</a></p>\n\n<p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0AA30AE8-C73B-4BDD-BB1B-FE697256C459&amp;displaylang=en" rel="noreferrer">Web Deployment Projects</a> - Provides additional functionality to build and deploy Web sites and Web applications (<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0AA30AE8-C73B-4BDD-BB1B-FE697256C459&amp;displaylang=en" rel="noreferrer">source</a>).</p>\n\n<p>StudioTools - (FREE) Navigation assistant, code metrics tool, incremental search, file explorer in visual studio and tear off editor windows.  Moved from <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100218144023/http://www.exactmagic.com/products/studiotools/index.html" rel="noreferrer">old site (archive.org)</a> to <a href="http://submain.com/products/studiotools.aspx" rel="noreferrer">new site</a> and discontinued.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 75413, 'author': 'Thomas Koschel', 'author_id': 2012356, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2012356', 'pm_score': 4, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>What about <a href="http://www.xoreax.com/main.htm" rel="noreferrer" title="IncrediBuild">IncrediBuild</a>? This is a nice distributed build system with visual studio integration.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 75663, 'author': 'Anheledir', 'author_id': 5703, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5703', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>A lot of the mentioned Addins are used by me on a regular basis. Here are just a few I I estimate, too:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href="http://www.codeproject.com/KB/macros/versioningcontrolledbuild.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Auto Versioning Controlled Build</a></li>\n<li><a href="http://www.codeplex.com/ResourceRefactoring" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Resource Refactoring Tool</a></li>\n<li><a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/alex_papadimoulis/archive/2004/05/25/141400.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Smart Paster</a></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>All three are free and highly recommended (by me).</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 75688, 'author': 'Wavel', 'author_id': 13413, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13413', 'pm_score': 4, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>LinqPad is great for testing linq to objects/xml/sql. Free download.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 75936, 'author': 'Scott Dillman', 'author_id': 10111, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/10111', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>I 2nd VisualAssist, been using it since V6, can\'t live without it...</p>\n<p>I see no one has mentiond CoolCommands: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201025054248/http://geekswithblogs.net/brians/archive/2007/03/04/107922.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Link</a></p>\n<p>Great set of time savers...</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 76072, 'author': 'Seth Morris', 'author_id': 13434, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13434', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cpp/vs2005addinmgr.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">A better Addin Manager</a></p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 76087, 'author': 'Seth Morris', 'author_id': 13434, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13434', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://www.codeproject.com/KB/dotnet/VSProjectListEditor.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Project MRU editor</a></p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 76110, 'author': 'Seth Morris', 'author_id': 13434, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13434', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://www.codeproject.com/KB/macros/codeplotter.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">CodePlotter</a> and <a href="http://www.codeproject.com/KB/applications/codeplotterremoded.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">CodePlotter Remixed</a></p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 76149, 'author': 'Seth Morris', 'author_id': 13434, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13434', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://joel.fjorden.se/static.php?page=CodeStyleEnforcer" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Code Style Enforcer</a>\nLets you define a .NET code style (with some degree of flexibility) and underlines violations. Has context-menu options to change the code to match the style. Requires DXCore, which is linked from the Code Style Enforcer page. Both are free.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 76150, 'author': 'Michael Burr', 'author_id': 12711, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/12711', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>If you\'re doing C++ coding, hands down <a href="http://www.wholetomato.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Visual Assist</a>.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 76155, 'author': 't0mt0m72', 'author_id': 13451, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13451', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': "<p>definetly \n+1 for VisualAssistX (cannot work without it anymore &amp; it's worth all the money)\nand\n+1 for VisualSVN</p>\n"}, {'answer_id': 76162, 'author': 'Seth Morris', 'author_id': 13434, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13434', 'pm_score': 3, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=22e69ae4-7e40-4807-8a86-b3d36fab68d3&amp;displaylang=en" rel="noreferrer">Consolas font</a> \nFree font from MS designed for reading code.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 76219, 'author': 'Seth Morris', 'author_id': 13434, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13434', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://www.codeplex.com/guidanceExplorer" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Guidance Explorer</a></p>\n\n<p>Guidance packages integrate into VS as Snippets, projects, and project templates. They provide a way to collect and reuse patterns, code, and How To answers. You can create guidance for your team and you can download the guidance packages coming out of the Patterns and Practices group at MS.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 76247, 'author': 'Seth Morris', 'author_id': 13434, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13434', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://www.pinvoke.net" rel="nofollow noreferrer">PInvoke.NET addon</a>\nMenu to search for pre-written P/Invoke code. Much easier than working out the marshalling code yourself, especially when there are nasty unions and alignment requirements.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 76250, 'author': 'baudtack', 'author_id': 10738, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/10738', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>If you are looking for a better code editor, vim comes with VisVim, a plugin to replace the VS code editor with vim.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 76256, 'author': 'Craig Fisher', 'author_id': 13534, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13534', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>Definitely Resharper.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 76284, 'author': 'Seth Morris', 'author_id': 13434, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13434', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>Not really an addon inside VS, but one every VS use needs:\n<a href="http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2006/12/13/13945.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Code Preview Handler</a>\nProvides a preview handler with syntax highlighting for source files. The handler works in the Explorer preview pane and in the preview tab for attachments in Outlook.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 76304, 'author': 'Quintin Robinson', 'author_id': 12707, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/12707', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>I love CopySourceAsToHTML as a cool little addin.  It\'s great if you want to copy code blocks for blogging and the like while maintaining your syntax formatting.</p>\n\n<p>I think this is still the url.. you have to do some manual work to set it up with 08.\n<a href="http://www.jtleigh.com/people/colin/software/CopySourceAsHtml/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.jtleigh.com/people/colin/software/CopySourceAsHtml/</a></p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 76312, 'author': 'Seth Morris', 'author_id': 13434, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13434', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://www.ddj.com/articles/2000/0003/0003toc.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Source Monitor</a>\ncode analysis tool</p>\n\n<p><a href="http://www.ddj.com/ftp/2000/2000_03/sourcemonitor.zip" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Direct download link</a></p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 76363, 'author': 'Dean Poulin', 'author_id': 5462, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5462', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/index.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Resharper</a>.  It\'s the best productivity tool for any software engineer!  <a href="http://testdriven.net/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">TestDriven.Net</a> is pretty good too.  and <a href="http://www.roland-weigelt.de/ghostdoc/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">GhostDoc</a>.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 76468, 'author': 'Seth Morris', 'author_id': 13434, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13434', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/vlinq" rel="nofollow noreferrer">VLINQ</a>\nLINQPad is essential, but for quick stuff inside VS, VLINQ is great.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 76481, 'author': 'Seth Morris', 'author_id': 13434, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13434', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://www.visualstudiogallery.com/ExtensionDetails.aspx?ExtensionID=bea9ed59-8857-4032-9666-9af1c1a33969" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Source Code Outliner</a>\nNice alternate view of your source files. It\'s the outliner from the code pane, but without all the code getting in the way of the structure.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 76507, 'author': 'Seth Morris', 'author_id': 13434, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13434', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://www.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?ProjectName=VSCmdShell" rel="nofollow noreferrer">VS Command Shell</a>\nCommand shell in the Output pane. Far from perfect, but often very, very useful. Faster and easier to get to than a separate cmd and has easier copy/paste support.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 76558, 'author': 'Rick Minerich', 'author_id': 9251, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/9251', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/mikhailarkhipov/archive/2007/12/31/spell-checker-update-2-1-a-few-bug-fixes-and-couple-of-new-features.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Spell Checker</a> for comments is a godsend. \n<a href="http://www.roland-weigelt.de/ghostdoc/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">GhostDoc</a> is great for making well documented APIs.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 81038, 'author': 'Charles Anderson', 'author_id': 11677, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/11677', 'pm_score': 3, 'selected': False, 'text': "<p>I've been using Visual Assist X for nearly two years now, and I find it so useful I can honestly say that if my employer didn't provide it, I'd have to pay for it myself.<br>\nI also use Cool Commands and SlickEdit (the free version), whose File Explorer and Command Spy tools are quite useful.</p>\n"}, {'answer_id': 81228, 'author': 'Mladen Mihajlovic', 'author_id': 11421, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/11421', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://tracexplorer.devjavu.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">TracExplorer</a> is cool for integrating Trac with VS.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 81849, 'author': 'Kramii', 'author_id': 11514, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/11514', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<ul>\n<li><a href="http://www.devexpress.com/Products/Visual_Studio_Add-in/Refactoring/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Refactor! Pro</a> - Commercial. Free version available.</li>\n<li><a href="http://www.roland-weigelt.de/ghostdoc/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">GhostDoc</a> - Free</li>\n<li><a href="http://commentreflower.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Comment Reflower</a> - Free</li>\n<li><a href="http://www.codeproject.com/KB/macros/versioningcontrolledbuild.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Versioning Controlled Build</a> - Free</li>\n</ul>\n'}, {'answer_id': 94071, 'author': 'jonbho', 'author_id': 14125, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/14125', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>If vi/vim editing is your thang:</p>\n\n<p><a href="http://www.viemu.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ViEmu for Visual Studio</a></p>\n\n<p>If you want color-coded control-flow syntax-highlighting and graphical outlines:</p>\n\n<p><a href="http://www.codekana.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Codekana</a></p>\n\n<p>I\'m the developer of these commercial tools.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 94098, 'author': 'ugasoft', 'author_id': 10120, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/10120', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>Visual Assist: you cannot live without it!</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 94130, 'author': 'hugoware', 'author_id': 17091, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/17091', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>It\'s not a Visual Studio add in, but it is a tool that I couldn\'t use Visual Studio without it... </p>\n\n<p><a href="http://bluemars.org/clipx/" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><strong>ClipX</strong></a> - it\'s works with the normal clipboard, but saves the entries to a searchable list, you can use copy and paste as ususal, but you can hit CTRL+SHIFT+V and the list pops up. It works with images, text, etc. It even persists after you reboot your computer.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 109052, 'author': 'Community', 'author_id': -1, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>I know this is not a VS add-in but <a href="http://www.ssmstoolspack.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SSMS one</a> anyway could be useful for anyone working with MSSQL. </p>\n\n<p>Just for the case you wanna see more like this one check <a href="http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/mladenp/archive/2007/11/20/Free-SQL-Server-tools-that-might-make-your-life-a.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this post</a>. Actually from ssmstoolspack creator.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 112535, 'author': 'sontek', 'author_id': 17176, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/17176', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>We\'ve covered this on this question: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/106340/what-is-your-favorite-visual-studio-add-insetting">What is your favorite Visual Studio add-in/setting?</a></p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 163966, 'author': 'Rodney Schuler', 'author_id': 6188, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/6188', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>For the laptop bound or for those with vi/vim key bindings burned into the brain I would recommend <a href="http://www.viemu.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ViEmu</a>.</p>\n\n<p>If you have not tried editing with vi key bindings here is why you may want to try <a href="http://www.viemu.com/a-why-vi-vim.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">"Why, oh WHY, do those #?@! nutheads use vi?"</a></p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 333645, 'author': 'Enrico Campidoglio', 'author_id': 26396, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/26396', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>Here is my list:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/sourceanalysis" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Microsoft StyleCop</a> (code analysis)</li>\n<li><a href="http://www.jetbrains.com/profiler/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">JetBrains dotTrace</a> (application profiling)</li>\n<li><a href="http://www.typemock.com/learn_about_typemock_isolator.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Typemock Isolator</a> (mocking in unit tests)</li>\n<li><a href="http://www.roland-weigelt.de/ghostdoc/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Roland Weigelt\'s GhostDoc</a> (code documentation)</li>\n</ul>\n'}, {'answer_id': 353604, 'author': 'Josh Kodroff', 'author_id': 549, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/549', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': "<p>While Visual SVN costs $50 or so, I strongly prefer it over AnkhSVN (which I last tried about a year ago - it may have improved since).</p>\n\n<p>It's one of the easiest to sell to your boss if funding is an issue.  (Thankfully we don't have to scratch and claw to get good tools where I work.)</p>\n"}, {'answer_id': 353638, 'author': 'Dmitri Nesteruk', 'author_id': 9476, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/9476', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>For C# development I use:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>ReSharper, heavily customized and with a couple dozen custom actions I wrote (not to mention weird but wonderful Live Templates)</li>\n<li>GhostDoc - very useful for postprocessing of generated code</li>\n<li>Source Code Outliner</li>\n<li>P/factor (a set of internally developed code gen tools for VS) - see example <a href="http://www.codeproject.com/KB/codegen/decorators.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a></li>\n<li>CodeGenUtils - another internal dev for code generation, available <a href="http://www.codeplex.com/codegenutils" rel="nofollow noreferrer">on CodePlex</a></li>\n<li>SharpWizard - a VS add-in for rapid prototyping. Supports advanced generation of interface support, operators, patterns, metadata.</li>\n<li>Dependency Analyser - a really nifty tool (another internal dev.) for identifying dependencies between CLR properties. Useful for autogenerating change notifications based on dependency graphs.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>In addition to these, I also have a couple of DSL graphical designers for the particularly difficult scenarios - for example, I have a DSL for complex multithreaded operations that are implemented using Pulse &amp; Wait.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 353710, 'author': 'Glennular', 'author_id': 14753, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/14753', 'pm_score': 3, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://www.viemu.com/" rel="noreferrer">ViEmu</a></p>\n\n<p>vi/vim support inside VS</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 410810, 'author': 'Pablo Retyk', 'author_id': 30729, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/30729', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>one that I wrote <a href="http://www.codeplex.com/lazy" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.codeplex.com/lazy</a></p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 727853, 'author': 'Martin Liesén', 'author_id': 20715, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/20715', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>I don\'t fancy the Visual Studio bookmarks so I use DPACK to get the same kind of bookmarks as the Delph IDE provides.</p>\n\n<p><a href="http://www.usysware.com/dpack/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.usysware.com/dpack/</a></p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 876204, 'author': 'Brad Robinson', 'author_id': 77002, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/77002', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>DevExtra - but I\'m biased cause I wrote it :)</p>\n\n<p><a href="http://www.toptensoftware.com/devextra/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.toptensoftware.com/devextra/</a></p>\n\n<p>It\'s a bit old now (has its origins in VC6) and mostly oriented towards C++ developers but  its free and I still use it every day.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 1381689, 'author': 'Jason Williams', 'author_id': 97385, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/97385', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://www.atomineerutils.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">AtomineerUtils Pro Documentation</a> - automatic DocXml/Doxygen/JavaDoc/Qt doc-comment generation/updating (similar to GhostDoc, but more powerful &amp; flexible, and supports C#, C++, C++/CLI, C, Java and Visual Basic code).</p>\n\n<p>The style of the generated comments is very configurable, and automatic re-formatting (such as whitespace control and word wrapping) can be optionally applied to keep the comments as readable as possible. It also has many helpers to allow users to read and convert most legacy doc-comments into any of the above formats.</p>\n\n<p>(I\'m the author, but I believe the above is an accurate and objective description. This add-in was free when this answer was first added, but to cover the costs of hosting, supporting, and continuing to improve the addin in monthly releases, it is now $10 with a 30-day free trial)</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 1387468, 'author': 'David Crawshaw', 'author_id': 169484, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/169484', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>My favorite would be the one I work on - Goanna. :)</p>\n\n<p><a href="http://www.redlizards.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.redlizards.com/</a></p>\n\n<p>C/C++ static analysis - it helps find bugs.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 1922103, 'author': 'Piotr Owsiak', 'author_id': 80421, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/80421', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>Here a few I didn\'t find (or spot) mentioned:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>ASPXEditHelper (a must have for ASP.NET devs)  </li>\n<li>MouseGestures  </li>\n<li>CodeKeep  </li>\n<li>KNOCKS  </li>\n<li>Git Extensions  </li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Someone mentioned SQL Prompt so I\'ll add SQL Assistant (similar price, but does a lot more)</p>\n\n<p>Very few people mentioned DPack which is free and absolutely awesome.</p>\n\n<p>Also, really get ReSharper or something similar (it will pay many times over). Bare VS just does not "compare" ;-)</p>\n\n<p>Enjoy your coding!</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 1922164, 'author': 'Bobby', 'author_id': 180239, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/180239', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://autobuildversion.codeplex.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Build Version Increment</a> (GPL) gives you (nearly) everything you need for controlling the version of your assemblies.</p>\n\n<p>Some Features (copied from the site):</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Different auto increment styles can be set per major, minor, build or revision number. </li>\n<li>Supports C#, VB.NET and C++.NET projects.</li>\n<li>Not required to be installed by all project members. Configuration is shared via properties in the solution and project files. Developers who don\'t have the addin won\'t feel a thing.</li>\n<li>Automatically checks out required files if under source control.</li>\n<li>Can be configured per solution and/or per project.</li>\n<li>Can be configured to update only on certain configuration builds (debug, release, any or custom)</li>\n<li>Can update assembly attributes in an external source file instead of the default AssemblyInfo.</li>\n</ul>\n'}, {'answer_id': 2492868, 'author': 'Phil Hale', 'author_id': 299048, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/299048', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>Quick Open File is a plugin that, coming from an Eclipse background, I can\'t live without</p>\n\n<p><a href="http://kutny.net/vsopen/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://kutny.net/vsopen/</a></p>\n\n<p>No more digging through the solution explorer trying to find files</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 2645901, 'author': 'Steve', 'author_id': 317530, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/317530', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>I found Code Rocket to be very useful - <a href="http://www.getcoderocket.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.getcoderocket.com/</a></p>\n\n<p>From their website: "Code Rocket is an innovative tool that reveals the inner workings of C#, ... and C/C++ code, for Visual Studio... It makes documentation a seamlessly integrated part of the software development process, plugging directly into your development IDE with minimal overheads, delivering powerful benefits from day one."</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 3647535, 'author': 'Registered User', 'author_id': 436138, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/436138', 'pm_score': 3, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/d491911d-97f3-4cf6-87b0-6a2882120acf" rel="noreferrer">VSCommands 2010</a></p>\n\n<p>from the website:\nLatest version supports:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Manage Reference Paths </li>\n<li>Prevent accidental Drag &amp; Drop in Solution Explorer</li>\n<li>Prevent accidental linked file delete</li>\n<li>Apply Fix (automatically fix build errors/warnings)</li>\n<li>Open PowerShell</li>\n<li>Show Assembly Details</li>\n<li>Create Code Contract</li>\n<li>Cancel Build when first project fails</li>\n<li>Debug Output - custom formatting</li>\n<li>Build Output - custom formatting</li>\n<li>Search Output - custom formatting</li>\n<li>Configure WPF Rendering</li>\n<li>Configure Fusion Logs</li>\n<li>Configure IE for debugging</li>\n<li>Locate Source File</li>\n<li>Thumbnails in IDE Navigator</li>\n<li>Extended support for xaml, aspx, css, js and html files</li>\n<li>Disable Ctrl + Mouse Wheel Zoom</li>\n<li>Zoom to Mouse Pointer</li>\n<li>Configurability</li>\n<li>Attach to local IIS</li>\n<li>Copy Full Path</li>\n<li>Build Startup Projects</li>\n<li>Open Command Prompt</li>\n<li>Search Online</li>\n<li>Build Statistics</li>\n<li>Group linked items</li>\n<li>Copy/Paste Reference</li>\n<li>Copy/Paste as Link</li>\n<li>Collapse Solution</li>\n<li>Group items directly from user interface (DependantUpon)</li>\n<li>Open In Expression Blend</li>\n<li>Locate in Solution</li>\n<li>Edit Project File</li>\n<li>Edit Solution File</li>\n<li>Show All Files</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>and others, so try it now!</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 3962524, 'author': 'Andrei Rînea', 'author_id': 1796, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1796', 'pm_score': 3, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>Try <a href="https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/3a50c69b-9b35-4eb2-b06a-328758afcaa2/" rel="nofollow">MetalScroll</a>!! It\'s better than Rockscroll</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 10456232, 'author': 'BozoJoe', 'author_id': 38461, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/38461', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://www.telerik.com/products/decompiler.aspx" rel="nofollow">JustDecompile</a> from telerik.   Now that Reflector is no longer free.\nIts a necessity when digging through supplied libraries.</p>\n'}]
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