I must be the only one that uses the toolbars still. Never used resharper either. I may be missing out
On Tuesday, 19 July 2016, Preet Sangha <[email protected]> wrote: > Thankyou. I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt for the time being. > But I'll take your advice for my self too. Funny I can't recall the last > time I used a toolbar in vs but for some reason I've never switched them > off. > > On 19/07/2016 7:10 pm, "Wallace Turner" <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> >> >> >>Yeah I reckon I must be bombarding her - I'll ease up a bit. >> >> I don't know all the details but someone (especially as a programmer) >> should know their own shortcomings (eg, oh i can't believe i was doing it >> that way!) and be doing everything possible to get up to speed otherwise I >> would question the quality of the person as a programmer. >> >> As for addressing the problem I find learning all the resharper shortcuts >> vital - not learning them by heart perhaps but going thru them one at a >> time, looking at how you would normally select/highlight/refactor something >> and see how much quicker it is with R# >> >> >> https://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/docs/ReSharper_DefaultKeymap_VSscheme.pdf >> >> Also get rid of ALL the menu bars in visual studio >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 12:55 PM, Tom Rutter <[email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: >> >>> Yeap I like this idea. Just watching videos with lots of shortcuts gets >>> old real quick. Good luck and let us know how it goes, I'm curious how it >>> works out. >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, 19 July 2016, Preet Sangha <[email protected] >>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: >>> >>>> This is what I've been trying to do this past week. Yeah I reckon I >>>> must be bombarding her - I'll ease up a bit. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> >>>> On 19 July 2016 at 16:16, DotNet Dude <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'd prioritise the most productive tools/keystrokes in terms of >>>>> productivity and have her do some pair programming. You or someone else >>>>> who >>>>> sits with her can occasionally ask her to use some shortcuts. Just don't >>>>> bombard her with shortcuts as she won't absorb them. One or two per pair >>>>> session should help a lot. >>>>> >>>>> On Tuesday, 19 July 2016, Preet Sangha <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Guys I wonder if I can ask for some advice please. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm currently leading a project with a developer who originally came >>>>>> from a Delphi background but has been using visual studio (C++ and C#) >>>>>> for >>>>>> a few years now. However I'm finding that she doesn't seem to have much >>>>>> experience of many of the productivity features available in modern tools >>>>>> like visual studio, or the OS or office for instance. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> By these I mean even simple things like autoformating, intellisense >>>>>> (well some), keystrokes to comment/uncomment, snippets, or refactoring >>>>>> for >>>>>> instance. I even had to teach her to do auto build on starting execution >>>>>> (PF5 etc), or to use the keyboard to save or build. Things like resharper >>>>>> are a pipe dream it seems. I felt as though I was doing magic >>>>>> incantations >>>>>> when I started writing some unit tests... Nearly everything she does is >>>>>> sort of 'most manual way possible" it sometimes seems. >>>>>> >>>>>> Now generally I'm happy to let other do it their way but I find that >>>>>> her productivity is very low and I'm thinking part of it might be this >>>>>> factor. I know we all have different styles, and I'm far from dictating >>>>>> other use my style however I do feel that a modern developer should be >>>>>> aware of the capabilities of their development environments. If her >>>>>> productivity was OK I wouldn't care how she used whatever tool. >>>>>> >>>>>> What I'd like to do is encourage her to do some directed training >>>>>> that would help her productivity and thus personal development. I've >>>>>> tried >>>>>> putting together some Pluralsight (it's paid for by our employers so it's >>>>>> always there) playlists for her, but I get the "I did some of the >>>>>> training, >>>>>> and then stopped to get some work done". I've been more than happy for >>>>>> her >>>>>> to actually do the courses lowering the workload for this reason. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'd really like her to get the best out of her tools and not be >>>>>> hamstrung. Can anyone with experience of this kind of thing tell how how >>>>>> perhaps I could approach this in a more positive way please? >>>>>> >>>>>> Preet. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>
