VSX: How I Extent VS

The last session of the conference was a happy menagerie of speed talks.

• Aggiorno: Improving the web one tag at a time. Cleans up HTML source (and will show you what it did). http://www.aggiorno.com/
• Atalasoft: Imaging (pictures, scanners) tools for .NET. Populate an assortment of VS integration points with their libraries. http://www.atalasoft.com/
• Clarius Consulting: T4 (Microsoft Text Templating Transformation Toolkit) editor. Language services in VS for the text templating language. http://www.clariusconsulting.net/, http://www.t4editor.net/
• ComponentOne: Long-time Micorsoft component/control provider. Their latest are components for Silverlight 2.0. (Exciting demo but not particularly related to VS.) http://www.componentone.com/
• dynaTrace: Performance monitoring across app lifecycle, tiers, technologies. Integrated with VSTS's load testing, collects and summarizes performance data, and can "pinpoint problematic code." http://www.dynatrace.com/en/
• SharpLudus: Combining game development and sofware factories. Put another way, they're building game DSLs that generate XNA. http://www.cin.ufpe.br/~sharpludus/
• looksoftware: Modernizing front- and back-end systems. http://www.looksoftware.com/
• PreEmptive Solutions: dotfuscator (in the VS box). Think of dotfuscator as a post-build instrumentation platform (Runtime Intelligence Service) that can, e.g., make your app send feature-level tracking to the cloud, self-administrator shelf life, &c. http://www.preemptive.com/, http://www.preemptive.com/images/documentation/runtime%20intelligence.pdf
• Rally Software: Help agile teams succeed. Embedded panels within VS IDE and integration with Team Foundation Server. http://www.rallydev.com/
• Shunra Software: WAN emulation for development and testing. Run tests under emulation in VS. http://www.shunra.com/
• Studio works software: VS plug in for designs and design catalogs. Whatever you drop onto a surface (e.g., WinForms), you can capture (drag) in folders, edit as a design, and reuse. http://www.studioworkssoft.com/
• Typemock: Next generation of unit testing for .NET. They sang a song. http://www.typemock.com/

It's time to pray to the QA
That all my bugs will never see the light of day

It's hard to test
My code at best
Because it uses
Sharepoint, ASP, and REST

I just want to know my code works
I can't test it -- I don't know where to start
I just want to know my code works
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart

And threading goo
It's hard to do
I keep on getting deadlocks
Race conditions too

I wish there was
Something out there
That told what I did and how to solve it where

I just want to know my threads work
It is far to hard than it should be

I just want to know my threads work
And my QA isn't willing to talk to me