{"id":2617,"date":"2022-08-23T17:01:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T21:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wholetomato.com\/?p=2617"},"modified":"2022-09-05T15:10:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T19:10:25","slug":"why-its-necessary-to-invest-in-visual-studio-extensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/why-its-necessary-to-invest-in-visual-studio-extensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Why It&#8217;s Necessary to Invest in Visual Studio Extensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Extensions are tools meant to make a developer&#8217;s life easier. But as with any tool, choosing the best one to invest in requires a bit of probing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re in the market for your or your team\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s SaaS fix, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re in luck. This article will make your research a bit easier. In this blog, we discuss the value of one of the most powerful productivity extensions in Visual Studio and why plugins in general are still necessary in 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_76 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\r\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\"><p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\r\n<\/div><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/why-its-necessary-to-invest-in-visual-studio-extensions\/#What_does_Visual_Assist_do\" >What does Visual Assist do?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/why-its-necessary-to-invest-in-visual-studio-extensions\/#How_much_is_a_developers_time_worth\" >How much is a developer&#8217;s time worth?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/why-its-necessary-to-invest-in-visual-studio-extensions\/#Is_a_Visual_Studio_code_assistant_the_solution\" >Is a Visual Studio code assistant the solution?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/why-its-necessary-to-invest-in-visual-studio-extensions\/#The_advantages_of_having_Visual_Assist\" >The advantages of having Visual Assist<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_does_Visual_Assist_do\"><\/span><b>What does Visual Assist do?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visual Assist is a Visual Studio productivity plugin that is designed to help write C\/C++ and C# code faster and easier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Set-of-Features.png?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2619\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/why-its-necessary-to-invest-in-visual-studio-extensions\/set-of-features\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Set-of-Features.png?fit=1410%2C746&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1410,746\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"VA Features\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Set-of-Features.png?fit=300%2C159&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Set-of-Features.png?fit=1024%2C542&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-2619 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Set-of-Features.png?resize=429%2C227&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Visual Assist Features\" width=\"429\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Set-of-Features.png?w=1410&amp;ssl=1 1410w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Set-of-Features.png?resize=300%2C159&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Set-of-Features.png?resize=1024%2C542&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Set-of-Features.png?resize=768%2C406&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Set-of-Features.png?resize=360%2C190&amp;ssl=1 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 429px) 100vw, 429px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VA does this by improving or adding built-in tools and features in Visual Studio with an efficient and a more powerful alternative. These benefits may manifest as more responsive menus, better code analysis tools, or even bespoke shortcuts that streamline complex processes into a single click.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other articles can give a more complete explanation of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/28\/10-compelling-reasons-why-you-need-visual-assist-for-visual-studio-2022\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">what Visual Assist does<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but in a nutshell, VA is a tool extension that improves a developer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s productivity.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_much_is_a_developers_time_worth\"><\/span><b>How much is a developer&#8217;s time worth?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not everyone realizes that time is the most expensive currency we exhaust every day. It is an indispensable and irreplaceable resource\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand doubly so in the world of developers and programmers!<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">the average day for a developer costs a whopping $420\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you know that the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ziprecruiter.com\/Salaries\/C-C-Developer-Salary\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">average day for a developer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> costs a whopping $420? That&#8217;s around $3,000 weekly. That is why it is in the best interest of businesses and teams that the majority of a developer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s eight-hour workday is focused on actual <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">programming. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30_Workday-Allocation-of-an-Average-C-Developer_Infographic-1.png?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2624\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/why-its-necessary-to-invest-in-visual-studio-extensions\/30_workday-allocation-of-an-average-c-developer_infographic-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30_Workday-Allocation-of-an-Average-C-Developer_Infographic-1.png?fit=1100%2C950&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1100,950\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Workday Allocation of an Average C++ Developer_Infographic\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30_Workday-Allocation-of-an-Average-C-Developer_Infographic-1.png?fit=300%2C259&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30_Workday-Allocation-of-an-Average-C-Developer_Infographic-1.png?fit=1024%2C884&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-2624 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30_Workday-Allocation-of-an-Average-C-Developer_Infographic-1.png?resize=490%2C424&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"c++ dev average workday\" width=\"490\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30_Workday-Allocation-of-an-Average-C-Developer_Infographic-1.png?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30_Workday-Allocation-of-an-Average-C-Developer_Infographic-1.png?resize=300%2C259&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30_Workday-Allocation-of-an-Average-C-Developer_Infographic-1.png?resize=1024%2C884&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30_Workday-Allocation-of-an-Average-C-Developer_Infographic-1.png?resize=768%2C663&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30_Workday-Allocation-of-an-Average-C-Developer_Infographic-1.png?resize=360%2C311&amp;ssl=1 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, this also means that developers are getting pressured with shorter development cycles. A 2020 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/info.sourcegraph.com\/hubfs\/CTA%20assets\/sourcegraph-big-code-survey-report.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">research<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00c2\u00a0found that codebases are increasingly getting larger, and pressure to deliver projects faster has increased in the past 10 years. And as larger and more complex codebases became the norm, demand for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/marketplace.visualstudio.com\/vs\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tools to support C++ developers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has also ballooned.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2626\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-24-at-2.38.47-AM.png?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2626\" data-attachment-id=\"2626\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/why-its-necessary-to-invest-in-visual-studio-extensions\/screen-shot-2022-08-24-at-2-38-47-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-24-at-2.38.47-AM.png?fit=1294%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1294,394\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Developers response to pressure increasing\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;From Sourcegraph: THE EMERGENCE OF BIG CODE&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-24-at-2.38.47-AM.png?fit=300%2C91&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-24-at-2.38.47-AM.png?fit=1024%2C312&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-2626\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-24-at-2.38.47-AM.png?resize=660%2C201&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-24-at-2.38.47-AM.png?w=1294&amp;ssl=1 1294w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-24-at-2.38.47-AM.png?resize=300%2C91&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-24-at-2.38.47-AM.png?resize=1024%2C312&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-24-at-2.38.47-AM.png?resize=768%2C234&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-24-at-2.38.47-AM.png?resize=360%2C110&amp;ssl=1 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>From Sourcegraph: <a href=\"https:\/\/info.sourcegraph.com\/hubfs\/CTA%20assets\/sourcegraph-big-code-survey-report.pdf\">The Emergence of Big Code Survey<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_a_Visual_Studio_code_assistant_the_solution\"><\/span><b>Is a Visual Studio code assistant the solution?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Going back to the main question, why is investing in Visual Studio extensions necessary? VS has made leaps and bounds in usability, efficiency, and support but the advantages are reduced due to increasing project requirements and time pressure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example,\u00c2\u00a0 there are still areas that lack extensive support and functionality. Game development projects, for instance, have <a href=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/15\/unreal-engine-quality-of-life-in-visual-assist-2021-2\/\">resource-intensive tasks<\/a> and unfamiliar syntax causing unintended behavior in the IDE.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This unsupported niche is filled by plugins and is also why <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">professionals need extensions to perform better.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The core of development work is problem solving\u00e2\u20ac\u201dnot typing, navigating, or fixing syntax errors. They are part of the work, but they should not take more time than necessary.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visual Studio is a tool. Visual Assist is an enhancement. They are meant to simplify work and increase productivity. With increasing workloads and expectations, developers need to have more and better tools to produce quality work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dividing a developer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s attention into other tasks such as debugging small errors, shuffling through blocks of code, and waiting for builds to compile can stunt productivity\u00e2\u20ac\u201dresulting in slower project turnaround time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some users may rely on native tooling, but as long as Microsoft cannot support every possible use case and application of Visual Studio, having performant plugins will still be a necessity for C\/C++ developers. Besides, $129 for Visual Assist is a relatively low opportunity cost to get massive gains in productivity\u00e2\u20ac\u201d making it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wholetomato.com\/purchase\">an investment that pays for itself<\/a> in as fast as two weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_advantages_of_having_Visual_Assist\"><\/span>The advantages of having Visual Assist<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For those who transitioned to VS 2022, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/12\/visual-assist-support-for-visual-studio-2022-previews\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shift to a 64-bit architecture<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has certainly fixed a few of the issues that long plagued the IDE. But a few problems persist to this day, such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tedious and repetitive tasks<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Superfluous processes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frustrating build and load times<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unrecognized syntax and false errors<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s suite of features is specifically designed to alleviate these pain points with quick and responsive menus and options. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Fast performance is still one of [our] main advantages over other plugins,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d notes Chris Gardner, lead developer of Visual Assist. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, i<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also lightweight and works 100% alongside other VS plugins. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We believe it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s part of being a good member of the [plugin] ecosystem where [we] sit alongside others,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d explains David Millington, a product manager of Embarcadero Technologies and Whole Tomato.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2690\" style=\"width: 522px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30_Workday-Allocation-of-an-Average-C-Developer_Infographic_v03_B-1.png?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2690\" data-attachment-id=\"2690\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/why-its-necessary-to-invest-in-visual-studio-extensions\/30_workday-allocation-of-an-average-c-developer_infographic_v03_b-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30_Workday-Allocation-of-an-Average-C-Developer_Infographic_v03_B-1.png?fit=1108%2C989&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1108,989\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Workday of an Average C++ Developer_Infographic\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Visual Assist users can reallocate ~21% of their day to more pertinent tasks.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30_Workday-Allocation-of-an-Average-C-Developer_Infographic_v03_B-1.png?fit=300%2C268&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30_Workday-Allocation-of-an-Average-C-Developer_Infographic_v03_B-1.png?fit=1024%2C914&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-2690 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30_Workday-Allocation-of-an-Average-C-Developer_Infographic_v03_B-1.png?resize=512%2C457&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"visual assist time saved\" width=\"512\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30_Workday-Allocation-of-an-Average-C-Developer_Infographic_v03_B-1.png?w=1108&amp;ssl=1 1108w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30_Workday-Allocation-of-an-Average-C-Developer_Infographic_v03_B-1.png?resize=300%2C268&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30_Workday-Allocation-of-an-Average-C-Developer_Infographic_v03_B-1.png?resize=1024%2C914&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30_Workday-Allocation-of-an-Average-C-Developer_Infographic_v03_B-1.png?resize=768%2C686&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30_Workday-Allocation-of-an-Average-C-Developer_Infographic_v03_B-1.png?resize=360%2C321&amp;ssl=1 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visual Assist users can reallocate <strong>~21%<\/strong> of their day to more pertinent tasks.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>Feature Demo: example of time-saving feature (Code Inspection)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here is a concrete example of how VA can save a ton of time. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wholetomato.com\/features\/feature-code-inspection?sc_lang=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Code inspection<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a nifty feature that checks code for quality issues and suggests the appropriate fixes.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two main advantages of Visual Assist over the native refactoring options are <\/span><b>a) <\/b>it automatically suggests corrections as you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re working on it, <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>b) <\/b>it works just as well on large codebases.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/711K2eBgSh0?t=840\">Visual Assist&#8217;s code inspection<\/a> in action:<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2630\" style=\"width: 627px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/711K2eBgSh0?t=840\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2630\" data-attachment-id=\"2630\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/why-its-necessary-to-invest-in-visual-studio-extensions\/webinar-recording-whats-new-in-visual-assist-2022-14-39-screenshot\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Webinar-Recording-Whats-New-in-Visual-Assist-2022-14-39-screenshot-e1661364118891.png?fit=1920%2C883&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,883\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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Gardner<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>Give Visual Assist a spin<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re still unsure whether investing into a small plugin is worth it, VA offers a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wholetomato.com\/downloads\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">30-day trial for free<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 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