This week I found a great little tool for .NET developers who are always trying new things. If you are tired of creating projects just to test some new code or concepts, then this little application is for you. Snippet Compiler will allow you to compile and execute code without having to open Visual Studio or creating a new project. This should drastically help to reduce the number of ConsoleApplication1...n folders in your development directory.
This application is great for developers who are stuck working on older machines (My personal laptop falls into this category). It is fully functional, complete with intellisense, compiler errors and warnings and external referencing. It is currently in alpha, so you will have to deal with some differences in behavior, such as proper highlighting for reference types and no auto indentation. These minor discrepancies aside, all functionality seems to be pretty well tested. This little tool is going to save me space on my hard-drive as-well-as tons of worthless clutter. I highly recommend Snippet Compiler to help when learning new framework technologies. Hats off to Jeff Key!!
Download it here.
