Chapter 3. Find What You Are Searching For

I didn’t spend too much time testing the Find features in the editor, as I was more focused on core editing and Microsoft IntelliSense functionality. However, there were times when I helped to analyze test-case failures, assisted in the full test pass, or just did what we call a bug bash, where the test team devotes an entire working day (if not the entire 24 hours) to try to find as many bugs as possible.

You can categorize searching within the editor into three buckets: keyboard searches, quick searches, and advanced searches. The keyboard searches tend to be the fastest, involving the least amount of interaction with the user interface (UI), but they can be limited in scope. The quick searches are your ...

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