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Visual Studio Extensibility

Projects and Items Templates

VSIX

• Update: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/extensibility/how-to-update-a-visual-studio-extension?view=vs-2017

• Deploying vstemplate via vsix:

  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/extensibility/getting-started-with-the-vsix-project-template?view=vs-2017
  • Using TemplateBuilder: https://blogs.endjin.com/2014/07/a-step-by-step-guide-to-developing-visual-studio-item-templates-using-sidewaffle/
  • Example VSIX full of templates: https://github.com/LigerShark/side-waffle

• Misc

  • Create solutions and projects from C#: * Nager.TemplateBuilder (https://github.com/tinohager/Nager.TemplateBuilder)

Distributing VSIX

• Simple local Gallery (Windows Service via Topshelf):
  • https://blog.sverrirs.com/2017/05/vs-selfhosted-extension-gallery.html
  • https://github.com/sverrirs/vsgallery
• Atom Generator: https://github.com/garrettpauls/VSGallery.AtomGenerator