generate code block in C#

Question

In eclipse there is option to generate block of commands when you press enter for example if I put the command for there is popup with for,foreach etc and when I choose for example the command foreach it generate for me for each block with the context the im in and I can change it as I like . Im using visual studio premium edition 2012 ,do I need to type all the block for every command ????

Answer 1

The feature that you are talking about is called snippets in Visual studio environment.

Eg.

If you wanna insert a property, you do something like this:

prop and press tab twice, the IDE produces something like,

public int MyProperty {get;set;} 

leaving you to edit the just-created property by navigating (use tab key).

Something like svm and tab twice, you get a public static void main method snippet produced by the IDE.

     static void Main(string[] args)
     {

     }

For a list of all already available code-snippets, look here You can also create your own custom code snippets and use as you wish. Refer here

I asked a similar question at stackoverflow. Hope this gets you started.

Answer 2

If you type 'for' and press 'TAB' twice Visual Studio will generate the code block for you.