Visual Studio Color Settings

I am using a new color settings file. It is based on Vibrant Jedi that Charlie Calvert linked to a little while ago (here). I'm using it with the Inconsolata font.

I modified it a little bit to work better with Resharper. If you want it you can get it here. It works both when you have Resharper->Options->Code Inspection->Settings->Color Identifiers on and off, with different results in each case. I have it off right now because I think it gets to be a little bit too busy with it on, and when on the ability to have types be a different color from interfaces is lost. I'll probably tweak the settings a little as I haven't really used it outside C# at all (and I don't really like the @"" strings or comments on the current line).

Visual Studio 2008 first impressions

ok, ...

I will not be using VS 2008 until Resharper 4.0 EAP begins. I began starting to use 2008 this evening for my next post and I almost immediately realized just how dependent on R# I have become. As I began the first things I noticed (within the first 5 seconds) were:

• Intellisense was different and I am not used to it.
• I had forgotten where StringBuilder was located (R# will let you know when you reference a class that is not in a namespace you are using).
• I really miss the error detection system.
• Alt+Enter
• F6
• F2
• Ctrl+B
• Ctrl+T (I have binded this shortcut to Resharper.UnitTest.ContextDebug; more on that at some later time)

Other than that, I really liked my initial impressions:

• Startup is much faster.
• F1 doesn't hang VS for 5 minutes (I really hate this shortcut and I remove it from my system when possible because I tend to accidentally press it when going for F2 sometimes)
• Hidden toolbox tabs show up faster when moused over.
• Compilation seems faster.
• VS seems to close faster.

So, in general, I really like it. Without R# I will not be using it.