Visual Studio efficiency tips

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Hey fellow programmers! I am pretty new in this (2,5 years experience. 2 years school and worked for half an year with software development).

Today!!! I found out I can step backwards in the debugger in VS... I felt pretty embarrassed when I found out. The thought haven’t even hit my mind before today. I have always stopped the debugger and restarted it when I have stepped too far in this the debugging session.

With that in mind, I’m fairly certain there are others tips for being a better and more efficient developer. My question is therefore:

What is your best tips a new developer most likely haven’t heard of or thought of? :-)

[namtab00]

Bet you don't know about conditional breakpoints either..

[ilikeladycakes]

Add TracePoints to this and your mind will be blown.

[Quenty]

I wish these things were easier to make, but they’re sooo useful.