As near as I can tell, very few developers create their own Visual Studio code snippets. There's a reason for that: the XML you have to wrap around code snippet is a real pain to write. Fortunately, ...

Visual Studio Code is a great, free, cross-platform, open source code editor with an extensive library of prebuilt extensions for all kinds of useful, add-on functionality. Sometimes, however, you don ...

Every good carpenter has a box of tools he carries from job to job: a hammer of just the right weight, a selection of drill bits, and so on. As he gains experience, his toolbox gets heavier with new, ...

Code snippets are an important part of many developers' toolboxes. They're useful for quickly inserting frequently-used code blocks, and a real time-saver. Visual Studio's had the ability to create ...

ChatGPT has shown a noteworthy capacity for generating code snippets when provided with appropriate prompts. It's essential to note that the AI's efficacy isn't flawless; the quality of the output ...

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