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Zain Naboulsi

Sr. Developer Evangelist

Microsoft

Email:zainnab@microsoft.comTwitter:@zainnab

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New Project Dialog

Recent Templates

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Box Selection

SHIFT + ALT + [ARROW]

AKA “Vertical Selection”

Two new features:Zero-length selectionCopy single / Paste multiple

Improved IntelliSense

Changed from “begins with” to “includes”

Sensitive to Pascal Case

Old IntelliSense

Multi-Monitor Support

Can now drag document windows out of the IDE

Each window is independent

Call Hierarchy (C++, C# Only)

CTRL + ALT + K

Available in C#

Used to see calls to and from a method

Great way to see calls at design time

Breakpoints Window

Data Tips

Tips for Almost Any Version

Item / Project Templates

Roll your own templates for items and projects

Cut down significantly on time to get started coding

Move or Select Between Matching Braces

CTRL + ]

CTRL + SHIFT + ]

Quickly move between matching braces

C++, C# Only

Code Analysis