I'm often asked how to best learn to build Visual Studio extensions, so here is what I wished someone told me before I got started. Don't skip the introduction It's easy to create a new extensibility project in Visual Studio, but unless you understand the basics of how the extensibility system works, then you are setting yourself up for failure. The best introduction I know of is a session from //build 2016 and it is as relevant today as it was then.  Know the resources Where do you get more information about the various aspects of the Visual Studio APIs you wish to use? Here are some very helpful websites that are good to study. Official documentation Official extensibility samples repo on GitHub Visual Studio Extension Checklist LearnVSXNow! series by Dotneteers Know how to search for help Writing extensions is a bit of a niche activity so searching for help online doesn't always return relevant results. However, there are ways we can optimize our search terms to generate better results.


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