{"id":1949,"date":"2021-04-19T18:30:34","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T22:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wholetomato.com\/?p=1949"},"modified":"2023-11-21T06:30:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T10:30:57","slug":"bartlomiej-filipek-reveals-why-hes-a-big-fan-of-visual-assist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wholetomato.com\/blog\/bartlomiej-filipek-reveals-why-hes-a-big-fan-of-visual-assist\/","title":{"rendered":"Bart\u00c5\u201aomiej Filipek Reveals Why He’s a Big Fan of Visual Assist"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Bartlomiej Filipek is a software developer from the Polish city of Cracow. Bartek, as he prefers to be called, started coding when he was 14 years old, after reading “C++ in 24h\u201d, and got his first real programming job in 2007. Bartek broad professional experience includes Native Windows Desktop Apps, OpenGL, Gamedev, BioFeedback games, .NET, large-scale app development, flight planning, and graphics driver coding. As a master’s student he also created lectures about OpenGL and gamedev. Since 2014 he has worked as a C++ software developer<\/a> for\u00a0Xara.

Bartek took time to tell us about his experience with Visual Assist, and why he’s a big fan.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

When did you start using Visual Assist and how long have you been using it?<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It’s hard to recall, but it was very early in my professional career. After using Visual Studio (VS 2003 and 2005) for some time, I knew I needed some more productivity enhancements. Visual Studio 2005or 2008 wasn’t best at that. I searched for solutions and found Visual Assist – which was amazing.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

What was it like building software before you had Visual Assist?<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Visual Studio was great for development, but it lacked some essential improvements like the refactoring helpers. I wasn’t able to efficiently rename my variables or member functions. And most importantly, the speed of Intellisense was relatively poor on large solutions. Sometimes I had to wait a couple of seconds to get the list of methods for my object.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

How does Visual Assist help you create your applications?<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

First of all, I love many refactoring tools that I get with VA. I can quickly and safely rename my variables, functions, and much more. Another important part is code extraction and the ability to move the code back and forth between a header file or the implementation. Additionally, VA is super fast with even larger projects, and I can quickly get a list of member functions, function signatures, and much more. Recently, I have also been exploring VA Code Inspections which helps with code modernization.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

What made Visual Assist stand out from other options?I think it’s at least three elements:<\/h2>\r\n\r\n

I think it has three elements:<\/p>\r\n