Keeping lists of frequently used assembly references
This idea had been on our heads for quite a while. Just to make sure it wasn’t just us who thought it was a cool idea, we posted it on the Extension Ideas forum and it rather quickly made it to the top 10.
You can go straight to the bits and/or keep reading for the details of how it works :)
It’s not uncommon to have projects that require dozens of references. It’s also fairly common that the set of references you use within a company for certain types of projects (i.e. “ASP.NET MVC App with NHibernate”) is also pretty stable and there’s usually a well-known combination of assembly references that you have to setup for each and every one you start. Ditto for “Unit Test Project” (i.e. add xUnit, Moq, etc.).
In a nutshell, here’s how easy it is to create a new reference list:
Note that the suggested list name is smart enough to find the common root name in all of the selected ones. If no common root is found, you will just see the New List… menu: ...