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A plugin for [http://www.lua.org LUA]-support for Visual Studio 2003 can be found [http://www.sjbrown.co.uk/?code=lualite here]. It's basically a simple syntax scheme and does not take real advantage of any advanced VS-features. There's a pseudo-IntelliSense feature but it doesn't work very well. So don't expect anything special here. | A plugin for [http://www.lua.org LUA]-support for Visual Studio 2003 can be found [http://www.sjbrown.co.uk/?code=lualite here]. It's basically a simple syntax scheme and does not take real advantage of any advanced VS-features. There's a pseudo-IntelliSense feature but it doesn't work very well. So don't expect anything special here. | ||
Notice that the plugin only works on the 2003 versions of Visual Studio .NET! | Notice that the plugin ''only'' works on the 2003 versions of Visual Studio .NET! | ||
A plugin for [http://www.lua.org LUA]-support for Visual Studio 2005 can be found [http://www.trystan.org/lua.html here]. This plug-in supports syntax highlighting, project support, basic MSBuild integration, and shell integration. Intellisense and code regions are in the works. Notice that the plugin only works on the 2005 versions of Visual Studio .NET! | A plugin for [http://www.lua.org LUA]-support for Visual Studio 2005 can be found [http://www.trystan.org/lua.html here]. This plug-in supports syntax highlighting, project support, basic MSBuild integration, and shell integration. Intellisense and code regions are in the works. Notice that the plugin only works on the 2005 versions of Visual Studio .NET! | ||
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== Visual Studio and XML == | == Visual Studio and XML == | ||
This | This is probably the one reason for using Visual Studio in AddOn-development. | ||
The XML editor included in .NET 2003 is okay, but really nothing special. It has basic XSD support and stuff, but it really won't stand a chance against tools like [http://www.altova.com/products_ide.html XMLspy]. However, with the | The XML editor included in .NET 2003 is okay, but really nothing special. It has basic XSD support and stuff, but it really won't stand a chance against tools like [http://www.altova.com/products_ide.html XMLspy]. However, with the newer 2005 version things changed. | ||
The whole XML-Editor was rewritten in the new version and can now easily compete with most XML-Editors out there, free and commercial. | |||
Although the Lua-plugin for VS 2005 is not as good as the LuaLite plugin for 2003, which is mainly due to the first still being in an early stage of development, the XML-Editor is really worth the upgrade and may greatly increase your productivity if you're an experienced developer. | |||
[[Category:Interface Customization]] | [[Category:Interface Customization]] | ||
[[Category:Glossary]] | [[Category:Glossary]] | ||