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Writing Code Faster
Figure 1-5:
Dynamic
help
provides
information
about the
current task.
Working with IntelliSense
IntelliSense is a special Visual Studio feature that looks at what you’re typing
and then provides suggestions on what to type next. Using this special fea-
ture means that you spend less time remembering how to spell and capital-
ize function names and more time coding. In many cases, IntelliSense can
direct your attention to code that you may have forgotten about. In addition
to function names, IntelliSense also tells you about function arguments and
other code you need to type.
Figure 1-6 shows an example of IntelliSense in action. In this case, the
figure shows what you see when you type the system keyword. Note
that IntelliSense shows precisely what you should type as input for the
system() function.
Figure 1-6:
IntelliSense
provides
helpful
information
about the
code you
write.
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