Collection of settings I used to configure a minimal environment for Node.js & C# development, as shown in our recent Connect video.
Note that this is tailored to my own personal preferences - and you could certainly make VS even more minimal (VS is insanely customizable) - but hopefully it still proves useful to some folks.
Right click and select save-as to download (or clone the repo yourself). You can import these settings into VS using Tools > Import and Export settings
- Menu bar and command bar settings: removes a bunch of menu bars and commands I found unnecessary.
- Window layout settings: positions of solution exporer, task panes, etc.
- Hide Main Menu: get rid of the main menu bar to reduce visual clutter.
- Open Command-Line: open command lines really fast using
Alt-Space
- Make use of full-screen mode (
Alt-Shift-Enter) during development
