Hopefully you know VS can debug your applications?! Riiiiiiiiight? haha Ok, next, you know you can hit F5 to "debug into" your app right? Well, when you hit F9 to setup a breakpoint, I hope you also know you can "interrogate" your variable values using a feature called QuickWatch (highlight the variable/method you want to peek into and hit SHIFT+F9). You'll see something like this, when I highlight the whole age.ToString() then hit SHIFT+F9, I can see the value.
And that's fantastic! But my complaint is, why can't VS just figure out when I put my cursor in the middle of the ToString() method call, THAT'S what I want to see in the QuickWatch?!
What do I mean? When I try it, I place my cursor in the middle of the "To" and "String()" without selecting anything. To me, it's pretty self-evident I want to see the value of the ToString() method call. BUUUUUUUT to VS, it seems to be pretty ambiguous.
But it's not ambiguous, AND EVEN IF IT IS AMBIGUOUS!!!!!!!!!! Just give me something!!!! I can see the Expression field and the Name column, and if VS automagicaly picks something incorrect, I can quickly see what its picked and either go change the expression here, or go back and highlight what I want.
I want VS to work this way 95% of the time, I just put my cursor in the middle of the variable/method call/property I want to see and VS just figures it out! It can do all the other intellisense, reformatting, background compiling, SURELY it can automagically figure out what I want to debug!
Now that my rants over, it's time to grab a coffee and get back to coding!