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FEB
29
2016

Building developer tools with Igal Tabachnik

We talk with Igal Tabachnik and discuss the finer points of building tools for Visual Studio
Recorded on Friday, January 22, 2016

Synopsis

  • What happens under the covers in Visual Studio?
  • Finding further use of compilers, debuggers, and source code analyzers
  • TypeMock - Low level CLR to mock statics and sealed classes
  • Reverse engineering without documentation
  • OzCode - Tying into the debugger
  • Developer tools vs. LOB apps
  • How’d they do that?
  • Going past F10 and F11
  • Moving the debug point backward or forward
  • Using Roslyn to hook into the build process
  • Roslyn: opening the compiler black box. It’s not scary anymore
  • Using Roslyn for domain-specific plugins
  • ReSharper and DevExpress: Comparing a tool that isn’t switching to Roslyn to one that is
  • Building tools that stay out of your way
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