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Spend more time coding in C-style syntaxes rather than BASIC style ones. We're creatures of habit and muscle memory doesn't make this issue any better.
Jeremy Falcon
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Rotate your monitor 90 degrees, to portrait orientation.
No kidding.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I have been tempted to rotate one of my two monitors, but I have to do other stuff which is best in landscape. Maybe I need more monitors! Keep up that winter tan...
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how about...
instead of
if (condition)
{
....
}
use
if (!condition)
return;
....
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Not just that, but be consistent in your if statements if you don't want braces issue. i.e. ALWAYS use the braces, even in the above !condition case.
Personally I find Resharper is an excellent tool to help "flatten" you code by suggesting inverting your if statements.
if (!condition)
{
return;
}
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I am consistent!!!
If (one short liner or set value) put on the same line
else if (one long line) put below
else use brace!
See, I even use if to define if behavior! Top that! 
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True but I lke to see Return(); at the end of a function. Just makes it easier to read.
I may not last forever but the mess I leave behind certainly will.
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The keyboard shortcut "control }" will jump to the matching bracket if you can't immediately identify it. It will work when the cursor is either before or after an opening bracket or a closing bracket. I'd use that command every 5 minutes. very helpful when the scope of a set of brackets extends beyond the visible portion of the page.
who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?
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Never knew that one. I'll have to give it a go. 
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I code in VB and C# at work - my preference is for C~ due to what I describe as its 'elegance'.
Occasionally when I swap over I catch myself adding a semicolon to some VB code however Visual Studio catches it and I soon remember that I am coding on VB.
I don't find it too big a deal - being bilingual(English and French), for me it's a similar experience swapping between two programming languages and two spoken languages.
Sometimes when I see some horrendous VB code I am heard to exclaim "Put*in de b*rdel de m*rde!" when I meant to comment in English
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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As others have said, I close braces on opening them (well, I cheat and let ReSharper do that), and I keep the number of braced scopes in a method to a minimum, e.g. avoid nested braces like the plague. The highest level I normally get to is say for one loop or switch at a time.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde
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I stick to languages derived from c. Currently mostly c, java and perl.
I have no problems switch between these.
Pitch to one of your managers to have the code you're maintaining rewritten in C#... Or rewrite it in C# and tell your boss what you've did and if they'd be interested in changing over to it. To my knowledge there should be no reason to write any code in vb... If we employ people, it is never a requirement to only know vb or only know C#... Its usually in the lines of, do you have vb or C# experience. As the task at hand can usually be performed in either.
According to Wikipedia there are 89 different c derivative languages. C obviously had a winning recipe. Your subject should read 'Damn vb (why do they have to think they are special and different)'.
"Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence."
<< please vote!! >></div>
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Maintain codebase in vb.
There is nothing different between the two...except may be for productivity features enabled through use of the ide.
There are probably other ide that give better productivity support.
Try sharp develop for a change : [^]
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- I usually mark them with a comment (end if, end for, ...), some find it childish, but I found it often helpful
- setup VS to clearly show matching braces
- ALWAYS use the {} even if there is only one statement.
Most common error for me if someone else wrote something like (cause I never, ever do that):
if [statement a]
else if [statement b]
else if [statement c]
else if [statement d]
else if [statement e]
else if [statement f]
else [statement g]
and you need to insert an additional statement in between somewhere.
hope this helps.
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Never thought of the obvious of commenting the end brace. Doh
I have setup the ide to have a brighter highlight but I notice it sometimes does work. Generally if there is some other minor error..
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I have a habit of typing } followed by back key as soon as I type {. This keeps things under control as the chances to forget typing } are none. I would also suggest to try outlining for visual studio. Try this[^]. Using this you will be able to work in the current block while collapsing the other code blocks. Another thing I would like to suggest is the use of ctrl+K+D(for code formatting), Ctrl+M+O and Ctrl+M+P to toggle outlining. I find these combinations very handy while coding.
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The tool looks good. Going to give it a go when I can. Thanks
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You're welcome
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RossMW wrote: They can be time waster.
They have never been a time waster for me. I have never given it a second thought.
Because you don't do this much, you will notice "everything", I would guess.
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I am constantly formatting the document. In VS it is Ctrl+E, D. This keeps the braces matched up.
Eric
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What I have been known to do:
void SomeLongFunction {
// many lines of code
} // end void SomeLongFunction
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