Coding Aids

The Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE) provides tools to help you create, navigate, and modify code.

In This Section

• Using IntelliSense
  Describes the features of IntelliSense, a technology that displays language references as you type.

• Generate From Usage
  Describes how to generate a stub for an undefined class, constructor, method, property, field, or enum.

• How to: Display Definitions for Code Elements
  Explains how to display the definition of a symbol in a code file stored in, or referenced by, the active project.

• Creating and Using IntelliSense Code Snippets
  Shows how to insert ready-made snippets of code into project files.

Related Sections

• Editing Text, Code, and Markup
  Contains links to topics about how to identify, mark, and modify project code.

• Editing Resources
  Shows how to add new resources to projects, and how to modify resources by using an appropriate resource editor.

• Customizing the Editor
  Describes how to customize the editor by setting editor options.

• Navigating Through Code
  Shows how to use Find and Replace, Bookmarks, and the Task List and Error List to locate lines of code.

• Using the Toolbox
  Shows how to use the Toolbox and the Add Item dialog box to add controls and components to your code.

• Viewing Classes, Members, and Symbols
  Shows how to use these tools to browse hierarchies of used and available symbols and resources.

• Designing and Viewing Classes and Types
  Describes how to use Class Designer to design, view, and refactor classes and other types.