Build numbers are tricky. Just a set of digits, that we all try so hard to make more valuable than 1.0.0.0, which isn’t helpful at all. Our build servers build. That’s all they do is build. Well I guess they also package. It’s nice to know that the packages are without having to think to…
Yeah, ya, we all know [CTRL]+[Z], [CTRL]+[Z], [CTRL]+[Z], [CTRL]+[Z], Undo, Undo, Undo. Oops too far.. Redo, Redo, Redo. There is a better way to multiple undo / redo. This video shows you how. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons license.
Swapping anchor points. This one left me wondering for a few minutes, but afer I figured it out, it was very nice. Many times I’ve selected the wrong text by a line or character or two. Only to have to reselect the entire selection. This video trick shows you how to expand your selction on…
Do you recognize this sequence? Home. Shift. Up or Down. [CTRL]+[X] or [Delete] There are many better ways to cut or delete your current line of code/markeup/css/xaml/whatever. This Video Trick shows you how. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons license.
Wanna get to the top of your screen, but you know PgUp is too far? How about the bottom? This is a cool trick that I find myself using all the time. It saves 100’s of ups and downs a day, because you can always get to the place you’re interested in faster than up,up,up,up,up,up,up,up….
We all edit. Coders really are just really smart typists right? We make mistakes. We edit other peoples stuff, we have brain farts. These tricks teach you to delete fast and accurate. Delete words or whitespace groups forward or backwards. I use this all the time. These are tricks you should add to you daily…
This is a quick trick that I’ve started using the move my cursor to the last place, making a selection along the way. It’s kind of weird to explain in text without a 100 images. Video rules!!! [CTRL]+[=] = Select from current cursor position to last Go Back marker. This work is licensed under…
To many files open. [ALT]+[TAB] works, but here is an alternative. I use this quite often, but there is a little tiny glyph update that I didn’t notice before. Acutally I have noticed it, I just didn’t register the fact that it changed once in a while. Now I know why. Do you? This…
These are great. I already knew the keyboard shortcuts, but I didn’t know the toolbar tricks. For once (this is unusual) the tool bar offers a tiny bit of visual help that superceeds the use of the keybaord only tricks. Confused? That’s why I like video. You will too. Watch video #41 [CTRL]+ [-] =…