Hi there -


Got some awesome Visual Studio snippets to share? Post them here. The rules are simple, pick a unique snippet name and post the entire content in a code block. This makes installation easy because you can simply copy the entire content in a file in this folder:

Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Code Snippets\Visual C++\My Code Snippets

For those who don't know what these are:


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A code snippet is a block of reusable code that you can insert where you need it in your code. Snippets can be simple or more complex—for example, blocks such as try-finally and if-else are commonly used, but you could also use snippets to insert entire classes or methods.

To use a snippet, simply type in the shortcut and press TAB. If the snippet has arguments, cycle through them with TAB and insert the snippet with ENTER.

Here's a few that I made last night:

type "slb", tab and insert a Serial.begin()

Code (xml):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <CodeSnippets  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/CodeSnippet">   <CodeSnippet Format="1.0.0">     <Header>       <Title>slb</Title>       <Shortcut>slb</Shortcut>       <Description>Code snippet inserts a Serial.begin()</Description>       <Author>Fex</Author>       <SnippetTypes>         <SnippetType>Expansion</SnippetType>       </SnippetTypes>     </Header>     <Snippet>       <Declarations>         <Literal>           <ID>baudRate</ID>           <ToolTip>Baud Rate</ToolTip>           <Default>9600</Default>         </Literal>       </Declarations>       <Code Language="cpp">         <![CDATA[Serial.begin($baudRate$);$end$]>       </Code>     </Snippet>   </CodeSnippet> </CodeSnippets>

type "sla", tab and insert a Serial.available()

Code (xml):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <CodeSnippets  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/CodeSnippet">   <CodeSnippet Format="1.0.0">     <Header>       <Title>sla</Title>       <Shortcut>sla</Shortcut>       <Description>Code snippet that inserts a Serial.available()</Description>       <Author>Fex</Author>       <SnippetTypes>         <SnippetType>Expansion</SnippetType>       </SnippetTypes>     </Header>     <Snippet>       <Code Language="cpp">         <![CDATA[Serial.available();$end$]>       </Code>     </Snippet>   </CodeSnippet> </CodeSnippets>

type "slpl", tab and insert a Serial.println()

Code (xml):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <CodeSnippets  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/CodeSnippet">   <CodeSnippet Format="1.0.0">     <Header>       <Title>slpl</Title>       <Shortcut>slpl</Shortcut>       <Description>Code snippet that inserts a Serial.println</Description>       <Author>Fex</Author>       <SnippetTypes>         <SnippetType>Expansion</SnippetType>       </SnippetTypes>     </Header>     <Snippet>       <Declarations>         <Literal>           <ID>string</ID>           <ToolTip>String</ToolTip>           <Default>""</Default>         </Literal>       </Declarations>       <Code Language="cpp">         <![CDATA[Serial.println($string$);$end$]>       </Code>     </Snippet>   </CodeSnippet> </CodeSnippets>

If you don't use snippets yet also take a look at some of the build-in snippets. For example, you can type "if", tab to insert a full if-statement with parenthesis and accolades.

I'm looking forward to your snippets.

That's great. I had been meaning to add some facility and documentation but this is a great idea thanks.