I'm writing in C++ again after primarily using C# for the past couple of years. I've grown quite fond of the refactorings from VS and CodeRushXPress in addition to searching by reference (i.e. tabbing on a variable takes me to every instance of that variable, but not others named the same). The VS "find" just won't cut it :D. Can people recommend any tools that will make me not miss C# as much?
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The best there is atm in Visual Studio is Visual Assist X and if you're a regular C++ programmer using Visual Studio it's well worth the money.
There are some signs that Microsoft got it together with Visual Studio 2010 but I believe it will take it a while to be as good as Visual Assist X has been for a long time now.
Check their trial version, try it and see if it answers your needs.
Idan K
2009-10-27 15:36:22
Totally agree. It goes far beyond what intellisense provides you and eases not only refactoring but also browsing (view callees/callers quickly for example)
jdehaan
2009-10-27 15:51:46
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VAX as recommended by daniel is a wonderful replacement for intellisense in C++ and also offers a few refactoring tools.
For some more refactoring tools, check out Refactor! for C++.
Cogwheel - Matthew Orlando
2009-10-27 15:48:12