Every now and then I find a solution to a problem that I didn’t know I had. Yesterday was a perfect example.
I spend most of my day inside Visual Studio either writing C# or JavaScript. I also use several tools to help me work with CRM. Usually what happens is I open Windows Explorer, navigate to my Utilities folder and launch whatever tool I need.
Yesterday it occurred to me that I was wasting my time.
Visual Studio has a feature on the Tools menu called External Tools:
It allows you to add your own tools so that you can launch them without ever leaving Visual Studio. Simple, I know, but it just never occurred to me to use this feature until I had launched Stunnware Tools for like the one millionth time.
Here is the configuration for Stunnware Tools:
And my very own Export JavaScript utility:
Now I can launch these two tools without ever leaving Visual Studio. A small productivity enhancement, but an enhancement nonetheless.
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