New Year. New momentum

As we step into a new year, I’m reflecting on the power of consistent learning and building tools that help others.

Last year taught me that consistent, focused efforts add up. Improving skills, trying new technologies, or building useful tools – progress matters more than perfection.

This year, I plan to continue:

  • Building practical developer tools
  • Learning with intent
  • Sharing insights and experiences along the way

Wishing everyone a year of growth, good health, and meaningful work.
Happy New Year.

After 3 Years, the Domain Is Back – Something Is Restarting

After 3 Years, the Domain Is Back – Something Is Restarting

It may seem like a small thing, but for me, it marks the return of an idea that was paused—not abandoned. Reclaiming the shemeerns.com domain is one of the good pieces of news as we come to the end of the year.

Over time, I have seen how small, well-designed tools can save time, reduce friction, and make everyday development work more enjoyable. With the domain back in place, I can now resume building and sharing tools and technology-focused content that address practical developer needs.

Thank you for stopping by, and welcome back.

Visual Studio 2022 support added for Color Picker

Download for VS2022, VS 2019

User Interface modified and many more changes, try out now

Color Picker version 2.0 adds support for Visual Studio 2017

Color Picker – This tool will be very useful if you are working as a Web Developer or UI designer, who mainly uses Visual Studio for the day to day assignments. This tool provides a color tool window, color swatcher in editor.

v2.0 adds support for Visual Studio 2017 and stops support for Visual Studio 2010.

Color Picker Tool WIndow

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File Path On Footer version 1.4.9 adds support for Visual Studio 2017

File Path On Footer – This lightweight extension lets you display the full path of the file at bottom of Visual Studio’s Editor. Click Ctrl+Clcik to Open Containing Folder, Right click to Copy Full Path.

v1.4.9 adds support for Visual Studio 2017 and stops support for Visual Studio 2010.

File Path On Visual Studio Editor's Footer

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Read-Only Switch version 1.2 adds support for Visual Studio 2017 RC

Read-Only Switch – This Visual Studio extension lets you to modify read-only flag of a file easily from the Visual Studio Editor.

v1.2 adds support for Visual Studio 2017 RC and stops support for Visual Studio 2010.

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OpenWith/EditWith version 1.1 adds support for Visual Studio 2017 RC

OpenWith/EditWith – This simple extension helps you to easily open a text based file in default or configured editor. Currently it supports only Notepad as the external editor. This extension will be helpful if you wanted to open a source controlled file easily with out a file check-out .

v1.1 adds support for Visual Studio 2017 RC and stops support for Visual Studio 2010.

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File Info version 1.2 adds support for Visual Studio 2017 RC

File Info – This lightweight extension lets you display the file properties window by a single click from Visual Studio’s Editor. This tool can be accessed from bottom right corner of the File Editor.

v1.2 adds support for Visual Studio 2017 RC and stops support for Visual Studio 2010.

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Developer Command Prompt (devCmd) version 1.1 adds support for Visual Studio 2017 RC

Developer Command Prompt (devCmd) – Open Developer Command Prompt from Visual Studio IDE, Execute Commands directly from IDE, Can be accessed from Tools Menu, Solution Explorer, Toolbar.

v1.1 adds support for Visual Studio 2017 RC.

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Web Search 2 version 1.1 adds support for Visual Studio 2017 RC

Web Search 2 version 1.1 adds support for Visual Studio 2017 RC

The Web Search adds an Integrated search options for Visual Studio IDE with many features. Some of the features are,

  • Code or Comment Web Search from any Visual Studio Text Editor
  • Set Deafult Search Provider based on File Extension
  • Error List Assistant
  • Reference related Web Search from Solution Explorer Reference List
  • Search Anything using Web Search Toolbar
  • Web Search using Default Search, Custom Search, any Pre-configured Search
  • Open Search in Default Web Browser or Visual Studio
  • Shortcut key to execute
  • Supports Visual Studio 2012 and above.

v1.1 adds support for Visual Studio 2017 RC .

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