Visual Studio Extensibility

Extend your development experience with Visual Studio eXtensibility (VSX). Use the Visual Studio SDK to create extensions for the Visual Studio platform including the Visual Studio 2008 Shell. Discover free and commercial extensions for Visual Studio by visiting the Visual Studio Gallery.

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VSX CoDe Focus Magazine Microsoft sponsored this special edition of CoDe Magazine on the topic of VSX. .NET Rocks! podcast: Ken Levy on VSX Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell talks VSX with Ken Levy who these days is all about community and showing developers how to extend Visual Studio. Visual Studio 2008 Shell Details This article covers the features and customization points contained in the Visual Studio Shell, as well as what to download and how to start building your own Shell instance. VSX Samples on Code Gallery Code snippets and samples relating to Visual Studio extensibility. Visual Studio SDK Documentation Reference the Visual Studio SDK documentation online in the MSDN Library. Domain-Specific Language Tools Documentation Reference for DSL Tools documentation online in the MSDN Library.		VSX Community Letter for May 2008 vsxteamTue, 20 May 2008 21:19:00 GMT VSX Survey (Spring 2008) invitation vsxteamTue, 20 May 2008 17:42:00 GMT VSX Community Letter for April 2008 vsxteamWed, 16 Apr 2008 17:42:00 GMT Channel 9: Doug Hodges talks about the history of the VSX vsxteamWed, 16 Apr 2008 16:29:05 GMT PowerCommands 1.1 released vsxteamFri, 11 Apr 2008 21:42:33 GMT

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		Visual Studio Shell Runtime (Isolated) Redistributable runtime binaries needed to deploy Visual Studio 2008 Shell (isolated mode) based application.

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VS 2008 SDK 1.1 Beta & European Tour Kickoff!
jameslau-MSTue, 20 May 2008 09:27:00 GMT
Keeping busy
Steve CookTue, 20 May 2008 13:48:00 GMT
We shipped the Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.1 Beta!
GarethJTue, 20 May 2008 03:41:49 GMT
Couple more VSX bloggers
GarethJTue, 20 May 2008 01:31:35 GMT
Where have all the testers gone?
GarethJTue, 20 May 2008 01:51:02 GMT
Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.1 Beta has shipped!
QuanMon, 19 May 2008 23:55:00 GMT
Visual Studio SDK 1.1 Beta Readme
QuanMon, 19 May 2008 23:54:00 GMT
A rash of bloggers
GarethJWed, 14 May 2008 04:33:58 GMT
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta and Updates
jameslau-MSTue, 13 May 2008 02:08:32 GMT
CSLAFactory.net
GarethJMon, 21 Apr 2008 14:32:54 GMT
Welcome Jean-Marc!
GarethJMon, 21 Apr 2008 14:37:42 GMT
A new member of the team!
Steve CookFri, 18 Apr 2008 08:42:00 GMT

VSX FAQ Blog

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How to create a Package Load Key (PLK) for a VSPackage?
Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:49:11 GMT
What are Package Load Keys (PLKs)?
Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:39:50 GMT
How to add an Options page to a Package in Visual Studio?
Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:44:43 GMT
How to iterate through the items in the Visual Studio Task List?
Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:38:00 GMT
How to create a line counter using an Add-In?
Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:10:00 GMT

Visual Studio Extensibility Forum

Visual Studio Extensibility Forum
Discuss VSX (Visual Studio Extensibility) including the Visual Studio SDK, extending VS using DSL Tools, add-ins, and macros.

VSX Code Gallery Samples

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ASP.NET Dynamic Data Preview
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:23:47 GMT
LinqToCodeModel
Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:00:28 GMT
Visual Studio Match Options Commands Addin
Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:38:36 GMT
VSCT PowerToy
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:17:47 GMT
PowerCommands for Visual Studio 2008
Sat, 01 Mar 2008 02:41:13 GMT

VSX Projects from CodePlex

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JaDAL - Just another DSL-Tools Addon Library
Wed, 21 May 2008 01:09:16 GMT
IntoFactories.Net - GAT Dynamic Recipes
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:05:14 GMT
IronPython Studio
Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:03:05 GMT
Storyboard Designer - A Visual Studio Shell application sample
Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:46:25 GMT
VSShell Assist - A visual toolset of utilities to create VS Shell applications.
Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:23:11 GMT

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LearnVSXNow!

Professional Visual Studio Extensibility (Wrox)

Domain-Specific Development with Visual Studio DSL Tools (Addison-Wesley)

Creating Visual Studio Add-Ins

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Visual Studio Gallery

Showcase of free extensions and commercial products to enhance your development experience with Visual Studio.

Visual Studio SDK

Visual Studio SDK 1.0 for Visual Studio 2008 including tools, documentation, and samples.

Getting Started with VSX

Introduction to the Visual Studio SDK
Learn more about the Visual Studio SDK and VSX by taking the introduction tour in the SDK documentation online.

Visual Studio 2008 Shell Overview
A streamlined Visual Studio development environment, the Visual Studio Shell provides the core foundation so you can focus on building your application's unique features.

Videos and Webcasts

"How Do I?" Videos for VSX
Learn how Visual Studio extensibility allows you to create extensions and a custom integrated development environment (IDE) for Visual Studio and the Visual Studio Shell.

VSX Webcasts
See how the Visual Studio SDK allows you to build a totally custom Visual Studio including adding your own functionality by creating templates, macros, and packages.

Visual Studio Partners

VSIP Program
The Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) program provides development support and co-marketing opportunities for products that integrate with Visual Studio.

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Oracle Corp
The new Oracle Developer Tools for Visual Studio .NET is a tightly integrated "Add-in" for Visual Studio .NET that brings the power of the Oracle database to .NET developers!

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