Visual Studio extensions news and Mads Kristensen

The best news is deprecation of Add New File extension because this functionality goes straight into VS. Pressing Shift + F2 will bring my favorite dialog.

You can choose template simply by typing proper file extension and can create subfolders along the way by inputting desirable path.

REST Client

If you like to use http scratch files — you know what next extension is about. This extension will let you to store HTTP method calls in simple text form in git.

@hostname = localhost
@port = 8080
@host = {{hostname}}:{{port}}
@contentType = application/json

POST https://{{host}}/authors/create
Content-Type:{{contentType}}

{
    "name": "Joe",
    "permissions": "author"
}

File Differ

Don’t let name fool you. You can compare not only files inside VS, but files with selection and … ta-da … selection with content of the clipboard. This is the feature I used heavily in JetBrains IDE.

Copy Nice

Helps you share your code from VS without messing up indentation levels.

References:

Cool features in Visual Studio 2022 — Visual Studio Blog (microsoft.com)

Add New File — Visual Studio Marketplace

REST Client — Visual Studio Marketplace

File Differ — Visual Studio Marketplace

Copy Nice — Visual Studio Marketplace

P.S.

The most interesting thing about all these extensions is author. It’s Mads Kristensen. He has done so much for VS ecosystem — you wouldn’t believe it! More than 180 extension was created by him!