Free Visual Studio Add-In for Code Navigation and Refactoring

If you are a fan of CodeRush and Refactor! Pro from DevExpress, you can get CodeRush Xpress for C#, which is a free Visual Studio 2008 Add-In with a sprinkling of offerings from both CodeRush and Refactor! Pro.

You can expect a few features from CodeRush that help you navigate through your code in Visual Studio 2008:

• Find any File or Symbol
  
• Tab to Next Reference
  
• Expand/Shrink Selection
  
• TDD-Style Intelligent Declaration Based on Usage
  

You can also find various refactorings for Visual Studio 2008 from Refactor! Pro:

Inline Delegate - Convert method to Inline Delegate ( Anonymous Delegate )

Compress to Lambda Expression - Converts an anonymous method into a lambda expression

Extract Method to Type - Allows you to extract a method from one type into another

Here are the complete set of features for CodeRush Xpress for C#:

Editor Features

• Duplicate Line
  
• Highlight Usages
  
• Clipboard Features
  
• Smart Cut/Copy
  
• Paste Replace
  
• Enhanced Selection Abilities
  
• Extend/reduce selection
  
• Camel-case selection
  

Navigation Features

• Camel-case Navigation
  
• Tab to Next Reference
  
• Go to File
  
• Go to Symbol (QuickNav)
  

TDD - Declaration from Usage

• Types
  
• Declare Class
  
• Declare Delegate
  
• Declare Enum
  
• Declare Enum Element
  
• Declare Interface
  
• Declare Struct
  
• Members
  
• Declare Constructor
  
• Declare Event Handler
  
• Declare Getter
  
• Declare Method
  
• Declare Property
  
• Declare Property (auto-implemented)
  
• Declare Property (with backing field)
  
• Declare Setter
  
• Variables
  
• Declare Field
  
• Declare Local
  
• Declare Local (implicit)
  

Refactorings

• Add/Remove Block Delimiters
  
• Combine Conditionals (merge nested "If" statements)
  
• Compress to Lambda Expression
  
• Compress to Ternary Expression
  
• Convert to Auto-implemented Property
  
• Convert to Initializer (use object/collection initialize when possible)
  
• Create Backing Store (converts Auto-implemented Property to standard Property with get and set)
  
• Decompose Initializer
  
• Decompose Parameter
  
• Expand Lambda Expression
  
• Expand Ternary Expression
  
• Extract Method to Type
  
• Flatten Conditional
  
• Introduce Local (introduce variable)
  
• Inline Delegate
  
• Inline Temp (inline variable)
  
• Make Explicit
  
• Make Implicit
  
• Move Type to File
  
• Name Anonymous Method
  
• Name Anonymous Type
  
• Reverse Conditional (invert "if")
  
• Split Conditional (split complex "If" statements)
  
• Use StringBuilder
  
• Use String.Format
  

Seriously, those are a fantastic set of features from CodeRush and Refactor! Pro for FREE!!!!!!

Download the free Visual Studio Add-in, CodeRush Xpress for C#, here.