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Programmer Tip - Optional Parameters

Ever needed a method to work just 'slightly' different? Then C#'s optional parameters might be what you are looking for. Blog Post: bit.ly/ProgrammerTip5 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #indiedevhour #unitytips

Saving Re-Writing Code Since C# 4 When building your own systems, you might sometimes require a method you just made to slightly change its functionality in some cases. It might be that you wish you could provide an extra boolean or number to that method, without breaking all you have already done. In these cases, what you are looking for are optional parameters, something already built-in in C#:…

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Programmer Tip - Multiline Editing

Ever needed to edit many lines at once in #VisualStudio? Well, here is just how to do that. Blog Post: bit.ly/ProgrammerTip4 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #unitytips

Comment Many Lines At Once Sometimes you are in need of modifying many fields at one, to make them ALL from private to public. Other times you might want to leave a comment on many lines, while having those comments aligned. And finally, other times, you just want to delete many lines at once. If this has ever been the case, and you use Visual Studio, then you are in luck, as this popular IDE…

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Programmer Tip - Easy Documentation With ///

Never forget what your code does. #VisualStudio has a built in documentation system, simply tap "/" three times. Voilá! Now you'll never forget the Pointless() method, is indeed pointless :| Blog Post: bit.ly/ProgrammerTip3_2 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #unitytips

Never Forget What Your Code Does When the project you start working on keeps getting bigger, there are more and more things you will always need to remember the functionality of. Wait? Did you forget what that 500 line class you wrote was supposed to do? Well that is just a bummer, you will have to re-read it to figure out its intricacies. Or… if you want to avoid this problem altogether, you…

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Programmer Tip - Params Keyword

Want to create a method that can receive 1, 2 … X parameters of the same type? Use params instead of many cases O= Blog Post: bit.ly/ProgrammerTip2 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #unitytips #visualstudio #indiedevhour

Avoid Making Multiple Methods Sometimes you require to pass a LOT information to a method of a given type, and you might’ve worked around it doing something like: public MyMethodThatNeedsManyStrings(List myStringList) Which in practice might seem like the way to go, but on the long run it will involve you needing to create and populate a list before passing it to this method. Where another case…

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Programmer Tip - Visual Studio Power Mode

Begin your 2018 with FULL POWER! Make your #VisualStudio show your determination on each key press with Power Mode. #programming #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #unitytips

Do You Consider Visual Studio Bland And Boring? Ever felt that the act of writing code is boring? Not talking about coming up with the hows and whats, but instead that each individual key press itself isn’t thrilling at all. “Isn’t that how it is supposed to be?” I hear some of you ask, but the short answer would be: “Only if you want it want it to, sure.” Well, this little plugin will help you…

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