Proposal Visual Studio Integration (VSIX)

Why?

  • you have to open the Package Manager Console to access package functionality - which sucks
  • EnvDTE gives you a lot of access to the project information and APIs, but the IDE integration is shallow

Ideas

  • hook into VS build events so that you can update code snippets that actually compile!
  • highlight code snippets inside the VS text editor
  • easy access to documentation (think folder view in Sublime Text) without needing to access Package Manager Console