Visual Studio 2008 SP1 + CodeRush XPress 3.2.1 = Awesome

I happened to use Eclipse before and I can understand why someone will be disappointed to use Visual Studio as per C# editor features. But after I started to use Visual Studio 2008 with CodeRush XPress 3.2.1, I am really impressed that Microsoft has been catching up in terms of the editor part with the partnership with CodeRush. It is definitely a Free Productivity Tools for Visual Studio.

Check it out here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vcsharp/dd218053.aspx

Handy shortcuts:

F12 to definition. Ctrl + Shift + 7/ 8 get back.
Shift + F12 : Find all references

Metadata as source
F8
Ctrl + Tab ===== Ctrl Alt Down
Sourcecode outliner power liner

Quick Information
CodeRush Xpress

Quick Navigate
Go to file: Ctrl+Alt +F
Go to symbol: Ctrl+Shift+Q
Highlight usages: Ctrl +Alt +U

Code snippets
-Double tab to build the static

Smarttag
Ctrl .

Refactoring
Ctrl+ '

SP Background Squiggles

Camel-Case navigation
Alt+ Left and Alt Right

Expand /Shrink Selection
Ctrl+Alt+= / Ctrl+Alt+-