Intellisense

[chas_cuk]

I missed it when it was dropped for C++ in VS2010 and am glad it's back in VS2012. I find it most useful for stuff I'm just learning, for stuff I'm very familiar with I find it easy to just type the whole thing.

[Gary R Wheeler]

Same here, although I've only used it as far as Visual Studio 2008. I've found my typing has changed to take advantage of Intellisense when I'm writing C#. <rant> OTOH, Intellisense is the area where you see how important C++ and native mode development is to Microsoft. The consistently poor quality of Intellisense support reeks of contempt for C++ developers. </rant>

Software Zen: delete this;

[Ed Korsberg]

I really like Intellisense and find it is very productive for me. Only occasionally have I seen the waiting for background message to appear but since I usually have multiple activities occurring in parallel I can just shift focus onto another task until this is ready. Bottom line is that I find Intellisense very useful.

[PSU Steve]

I've never had an issue with it, except on the infrequent occasion where is stops working. Restarting VS does the trick. I can't imagine working without it, especially for methods with a lot of signatures, especially those I use infrequently.

[giuchici]

I think they invented the "beating a dead horse" expression for this kind of post. I think it is clear that the advantages of Intellisense far outweigh any little problem that somebody may have in his(her) particular environment.

giuchici

[Gary Huck]

I'm guessing you're [somewhat] new to the sport of programming. Intellisense is a gift. I go back to the days before monochrome monitors ... makes ya appreciate things. These days, with things like intellisense, compiler errors are few and far between not to mention no need for a reference hard-cover on the desk.

[agolddog]

I've never had much of a problem with Intellisense in VS. Seems as if sometimes it helps when I don't want it to, but I can't think of an example immediately. Intellisense in SSMS, however, is another story. Inside a standard function? Oops, can't help you complete the column name. Any typos anywhere in the query? We've lost all sense of database objects until you go back and fix that. Pretty minor complaints, but it seems as if VS still provides object naming support even if you've made a syntax error.

[patbob]

giuchici wrote:

I think it is clear that the advantages of Intellisense far outweigh any little problem that somebody may have in his(her) particular environment

That's a pretty far-reaching comment :) In a previous life, Intellisense would sometimes lock up VS for hours (e.g. all afternoon). Its hard to see the advantage in that, although I do agree that when it wasn't hindering my work, it was very helpful.

We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.

[RASPeter]

But then it might parse a file while you're editing it. Race conditions are bad, m'kay?

[mattyltaylor]

My intellisense goes walkabout whenever I use the object browser. Other than that, no issues - but I don't deal with massive libraries.

[giuchici]

Exactly what I said. You found this dead horse and decided that you cannot pass by without kicking it.

giuchici