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Since the early versions, Visual Studio has had a problem with recovering the last-used tabs on demand. For years the only built-in solution was to open a solution and pray that VS would recover everything you left open. There was no way to save your active workspace (context), and restore
Below, you'll find ContextKeeper , a session manager for Visual Studio, compared to alternatives. All extensions included in the comparison work with Visual Studio 2022. I've included free extensions, with the exception of Task Canvas, which is a paid one. I've invested several hours testing Favorite Documents, Workspace Manager, and Task
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This article is part of C# Advent 2023. For more articles in the series by other authors, visit https://www.csadvent.christmas/ Everyone has struggled with procrastination at some point in their lives. If they say otherwise, they are just lying. We are not robots and we have biological, physical
I’m really happy and excited that finally the two biggest features, breakpoints and bookmarks , have finally been implemented and are now available the ContextKeeper version 1.95! 🎉🍾 Bookmarks , breakpoints , and relative paths (implemented in May 2022) were the big missing pieces from the 2022 roadmap that I always wanted
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Release v1.9 is here! 🎉 Grab it if you haven't updated already. ContextKeeper 1.9 is mainly feature release packed with cool new features that will make switching contexts even more smoother than before. There are some UX upgrades and git integration improvements. Also, a lot of small annoying bugs
I want to share with you the best methods to maintain high productivity. These are carefully selected practices that work. I've tried every method I heard about in the last 17 years. Some do work but some definitely don't. Let's focus this time on the ones that work: Working in
Interruptions and context switching are the two most costly factors that directly impact a programmer's daily productivity. Although there is no permanent way to avoid them, there are some interesting strategies to minimize their impact. The Cost of an Interruption Based on various scientific studies, it takes at least 10-15
I want to share a couple of useful Visual Studio plugins that I'm using daily when working on the ContextKeeper . Those are mainly fitting in the "deep work" category and help to move a little faster when you're in the zone. There is noticeable compound effect when you
What is ContextKeeper? ContextKeeper is Visual Studio plugins that lets you switch between last opened files ( documents sets ). Everything is saved to simple JSON files aka snapshots . Every snapshot saves: logical state your favorites files (non-solution files are also supported) last opened files , order and state , including last selected line
support for bookmarks, breakpoints, relative paths with machine-independent snapshot restore process and upcoming plugin for VSCode
ContextKeeper v1.71 for Visual Studio is released with long awaited search dialog! The search filter is case-insensitive and use only a snapshot name for matching.
I'm happy to announce that ContextKeeper v1.6.25 with snapshot stashing feature is available for Visual Studio 2022/2019/2017/2015 and 2013. I want to thank everyone for their time and participating in the last survey. A lot of proposed features were directly from the feedback I've gathered
ContextKeeper v1.5 is available for Visual Studio 2022/2019/2017/2015 and 2013. I want to highlight some UX improvements. Quick snapshots deletion Use "Delete" + "Enter" at a selected snapshot The last survey has shown some directions for new features and improvements. One of them was an easier way