Visual Studio plug-ins development, first steps

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thedp picture thedp · Dec 9, 2009 · Viewed 12.2k times · Source

I would like to make a plug-in for visual studio... But I have no idea where to start. While it was quite easy to find guides for Eclipse plug-in development, I'm having troubles to find a good guide for VS plug-in development.

I guess what I'm trying to ask here, is where do I start?

Answer

Peter Macej picture Peter Macej · Dec 9, 2009

I suggest to start here: http://www.mztools.com/resources_vsnet_addins.aspx This is great set of resource for VS add-in developers. Creating VS add-in is quite easy. Some keywords if you want to search for more: VS add-in (plugin is not very used), VS extensibility, VS automation.

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