Rinat Abdullin

Launchy - Open Source Keystroke Launcher for Windows

In this post I’m just kicking out one item from my “to do list“.

Being a developer means that you tend to stick to your keyboard instead of wasting time to reach for the mouse and do some movements. That’s why learning R# shortcuts could yield an immense productivity boost in your .NET projects. Same principle applies to the other areas outside your IDE as well.

Launchy (aka “Open Source Keystroke Launcher for Windows”) is just like your {Ctrl}+{N} Resharper shortcut for your Windows Operating System. And it is also extensible, skinnable and works. I’ve used HiddenMenu and PStart before, but this tool is way more efficient.

BTW, do you know, that you can type something like *Report in R# type search and it will work?

Tags: Todo

[self.todo] - Some things that might be worth checking out

• InterLINQ - Linq over the WCF (finally forget about XPO gateway?)
• Umbrella project - helper/utility library for C# 3.0
• NServiceBus - .NET communications framework
• Mass Transit - another service bus implementation for .NET
• Launchy - another launcher for Winfows (seems to be too popular)
• FinalBuilder - another build scripting tool with rich task set (not free, yet got some popularity)

Tags: Todo