I often get asked about how I set up Visual Studio, including what theme do I use, what extensions I use, and how I configure the options. Often people think that I have installed additional features because my Visual Studio has quality of life upgrades that theirs does not seem to have.

In this video, I will show you the 30+ changes I have made to Visual Studio to make it work better for me. I believe that every developer should learn how their IDE works to make themselves more efficient. Knowing what is available also allows you to make a more informed decision about changing IDEs.

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00:00 Introduction
01:45 Extensions
07:23 Environment General
09:39 Environment Preview Features
11:47 Environment Tabs and Windows
16:33 Projects and Solutions General
19:13 Text Editor General
27:45 Text Editor Code Cleanup
30:20 Text Editor C# General
33:35 Text Editor C# Scroll Bars
37:48 Text Editor C# Tabs
40:21 Text Editor C# Advanced
48:09 Text Editor C# Code Style Naming
51:46 Text Editor C# IntelliSense
53:36 Debugging .NET / C++ Hot Reload
55:22 Debugging XAML Hot Reload
57:38 GitHub Copilot chat
1:00:11 Conclusion