For those of you that are quick to answer some questions, with code snippets. I must say that I have been beaten to the punch a few times because loading up Visual Studio, File -> New Project... does take some time. Does anyone out there - particularly for those that are contributing answers here - have a good quick editor on Windows that allows you to enter some c# code, compile-it? Basically - what's the fastest way of writing sample code for you?
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Enough familiarity with the language concepts to write snippets without the help of Visual Studio -- right in the markdown editor. And you get the 5-minute grace period for free edits when you realize you made a mistake!
Chris Farmer
2010-02-24 03:51:39
Agree with this. Anything up to 20 lines I'll often write up in the comment box and eyeball for correctness. Usually I can tell if my code is too hairy to verify by sight alone.
John Kugelman
2010-02-24 03:57:31
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I usually have Visual Studio open with the project "Test" already loaded.
If I'm pretty sure about the code I can post it first, then try to compile it to see if there is any minor adjustments needed to make it run.
Guffa
2010-02-24 03:54:13
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Yes.
Typing a piece of code into LINQPad is much faster than creating a Visual Studio project, and its object graph is more usable than Visual Studio's Watch window.
I find LINQPad extremely useful for answering on StackOverflow.
SLaks
2010-02-24 03:54:57
I don't think that using LinqPad to make some quick snippet code makes someone any worse at c#, this is a great tool!
cbkadel
2010-02-25 11:50:39
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I don't use an IDE for writing my code snippets here. Straight in the markdown box. Lack of tabs is annoying (I'm considering writing up a greasemonkey script to try and alleviate that - haven't got around to it so far), but it's not exactly hard.
If you want to check for syntax errors, you could just use notepad and csc.
Anon.
2010-02-24 03:57:39
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I usually keep VS open all the time, but as an alternative, this program is interesting (and lighter weight): Snippet Compiler
Ken
2010-02-24 04:03:07
I loved the Snippet Compiler idea when I first heard about it on Scott Hanselman's tools list a couple years back, but I thought its startup time was actually pretty bad for something that was supposed to be lightweight.
Chris Farmer
2010-02-24 04:19:32
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If it's a fairly easy question, I'll write it all from memory straight in the markdown editor without opening anything else.
Otherwise I make use of the Snippet Compiler.
Agent_9191
2010-02-24 04:05:52