Cool features of Visual Studio 2013

Microsoft has released preview version of Visual Studio 2013 at BUILD. This version is just a year from Visual Studio 2012, but it has some new cool features.

Map mode in Scrollbar

Map of code on scrollbar. Hover over it to review, it's easy to view your code before jumping to that code.

Enable code map.

Code Lens

Above classes, methods there is a small text show where they are referenced.

Without looking at Test Explorer we can know test methods passed or not

Peek Definition

Put cursor in BooksContext, press Alt F12, it shows a definition window in the current window. It's very useful to review our code without opening files. In this small window we have code map, line number, promote to normal window if we want.

Auto brace completion

When you type open braces [, (, it will add a close braces ], ) automatically. This is a small enhancement, but it is very useful.

Browser Link

This is a great feature for web developer. Press Ctrl F5 to launch your web, edit HTML, CSS, then press Ctrl Alt Enter browser will refresh automatically.

Notification

All extension, product, project updates are in a central place.

Inline Navigate

Press Ctrl , now it shows a small text box on the top left instead of a central window in VS2012.

Native git support without extension

Beside these cool features, Visual Studio 2013 also enhance performance, icon color... It ships new .NET 4.5.1, ASP.NET MVC 5 and WEB API 2.