---
title: "Pimp My Visual Studio"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2007/9/27/pimp-my-visual-studio.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2007/9/27/pimp-my-visual-studio.html"
published: "2007-09-27T18:47:13"
updated: "2007-09-27T18:47:13"
tags: [".NET", ".Net 2.0", "Cool Tools", "General Software Devel..."]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "I'll have to check out this list of things to make a Visual Studio Usable system (that is, what you should really install after you have Visual Studio installed to make you more productive). Basic stuff like unit…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Pimp My Visual Studio

By Roy Osherove September 27, 2007 In [.NET](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net), [.Net 2.0](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-2-0), [Cool Tools](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-tools), [General Software Devel...](https://osherove.com/blog/category/general-software-devel)

**Historical article** · Originally published September 27, 2007; technical details may be outdated.

![image](https://osherove.com/img/wb/4bcadc20_weblogs.asp.net_blogs_rosherove_WindowsLiveWriter_PimpMyVisualStudio_272D_image_thumb_1.png) I'll have to check out [this list of things](http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/mlorengo/archive/2007/02/21/200057.aspx) to make a Visual Studio Usable system (that is, what you should really install after you have Visual Studio installed to make you more productive). Basic stuff like unit testing frameworks is there but also lots of possible extensions and addins you can use. Bookmarked. Did I miss it or is Resharper not there? I guess he only lists free stuff. that's also cool.

_\[via_ [_David_](http://www.geekzone.co.nz/dmw/3414)_\]_

## More in .NET

[All posts in .NET](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net)

- Oct 8, 2007

    ### [ALT.NET - Rule of Tool Composition](https://osherove.com/blog/2007/10/8/altnet-rule-of-tool-composition.html)

- Oct 6, 2007

    ### [Microsoft gets Design For Testability with new MVC framework for ASP.NET- Finally.](https://osherove.com/blog/2007/10/6/microsoft-gets-design-for-testability-with-new-mvc-framework.html)

- Sep 17, 2007

    ### [Synchronize Team System and ClearCase with the TFS Migration & Synchronization Tool](https://osherove.com/blog/2007/9/17/synchronize-team-system-and-clearcase-with-the-tfs-migration.html)

- Aug 23, 2007

    ### [Ask An ASP.NET Expert Live](https://osherove.com/blog/2007/8/23/ask-an-aspnet-expert-live.html)


---

## About the author

**Roy Osherove**: Senior Solutions Architect at AWS working on AI for production and AI-driven development; author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership, with about 20 years of consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery.

### Sites

- [RobotPaper](https://robotpaper.ai/): This blog: AI patterns and anti-patterns, AI and coding agents, and engineering leadership.
- [osherove.com](https://osherove.com): Roy's personal site. Author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership; consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery, plus about 20 years of blog posts.
- [The Art of Unit Testing](https://www.artofunittesting.com): The Art of Unit Testing, 3rd Edition (Manning): readable, maintainable, trustworthy unit tests, plus TDD workshops in C#, JavaScript, Java and Kotlin.
- [5whys.com](https://www.5whys.com): Roy's writing on software team leadership: self-organizing teams, surviving chaos, learning mode and the Elastic Leadership model.
- [Pipeline Driven](https://pipelinedriven.org): Continuous delivery and DevOps practices: build patterns, pipeline-friendly testing, DevOps metrics and enterprise DevOps.
- [Elastic Leadership](https://www.elasticleadership.com): Elastic Leadership, Roy's framework for software team leaders (survival, learning and self-organizing modes).

### Social

- X: https://x.com/royosherove
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/osherove/

### Contact

- Contact form: https://forms.gle/jQSx5KoXvrVA1JCK7

### License

Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page). License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/