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Whilst playing in the fields of QA tonight, and hitting a break-point (note: not a 'breaking point'), suddenly I thought: why doesn't VS201X (or ReSharper, for cryin' out loud) let you select code in the current file at the break-point that would be "legal" to evaluate in the Command Window, and by some keyboard-chicanery copy it into that window, switching : simulating you opened the Command Window, typed "? " and pasted in some ripe object/code ?
Yada, yada, yeah, I know you're going to say that you can hover over whatever, and see the results with the inspection pop-up, which 'tis a wonder sure, but there are many cases where you might want test some sub-expression.
Is that too much too ask ?
If you can levitate, please raise my hand.
«Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.» Benjamin Franklin
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That's close enough, although QuickWatch doesn't quite permit the voodoo you could do if you had the selected code in the Command Window where you might edit it a bit, perhaps do something like change the pasted text to add 'GetType or whatever:
? honkingBigObject // hypothesized keyboard-mantra writes this
? typeof(honkingBigObject) // i modify ...
I owe you an elephant ride for reminding me QuickWatch is there ! Suggest you come to Chiang Mai before Jan. 15 while it's still (relatively) not-burning-bloody-hot.
«Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.» Benjamin Franklin
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There are a gazillion things I do manually every day, and I wonder, why the heck can't Windows do that for me? Anything from resizing columns in a file list so that the filenames (or date/time, or whatever I'm interested in) resizes automatically without my having to use extreme fine motor controls to get to just the right point where the change-width mouse cursor appears...
Or resizing windows automatically into a sensible tiling for easily moving files between folders...
or remembering my last console window or file window position...
or for that matter, being able to easily say "hey, I'm working on this task" and automatically open all the apps and windows I've designated as involved in that task...
or showing me just the browser tabs for a task at hand (I have yet to find a plugin that comes close to doing that, on any browser)...
or, if you're talking VS, having a real way of separating project files into separate solution panes, not the useless thing that VS does right now...
...etc...
Marc
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Amen !
And, how about the never-ending from-the-beginning-until-now disgrace of Windows scrambling the left-to-right order in which columns are displayed as you use Explorer in details-view ? ... uhhhh is Win 10 any different in that regard ?
«Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.» Benjamin Franklin
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BillWoodruff wrote: Windows scrambling the left-to-right order in which columns are displayed as you use Explorer in details-view
That really used to annoy me, but I haven't seen that problem in 8, 8.1 or 10.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Because half a dozen highly trained linguists still try to make sense of your request. Discussion currently has devolved into a highly polarized "these are the rules" vs. "language is what language does" debate. We are down three linguists already, and expect the trench construction to start anytime soon.
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If a bike pump now costs £20, is that inflation for you?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Well that certainly fell flat.
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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Just like Griff when he doesn't have stabilisers
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It must be hard to function under such pressure.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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This has been blown up out of proportion...
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Yeah, what an airhead!
/ravi
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That's right - just puncture my self-confidence!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Sorry, OG - I was tired when I wrote that.
/ravi
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You must have been tired, because I didn't realize you spoke like that.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Yes, it's a vicious cycle.
/ravi
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Perhaps it's time to back pedal.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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You're right - I need to get a handle on this.
/ravi
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Maybe...you wouldn't want someone yanking your chain because of that.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Now that's wheelie funny!
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Thanks! Will you be my spokesperson?
/ravi
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Sure! but it's not something I axle at.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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NP - I can help you get geared up. I'm sure you'll put a good spin on it.
/ravi
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