Stop typing the same C# boilerplate (new how-to column)

We have a new how-to from columnist Ben Day over on our VSLive blog. Basically, Ben got tired of writing the same C# boilerplate again and again, so he finally sat down and built some custom VS Code snippets. Now he can type three letters, hit Tab and poof — an entire code block drops in, placeholders and all.

Lots of handy tricks and tips in this one, including Ben’s go-to snippets. Full post (with a link to Ben’s snippet library on GitHub) is here:

https://vslive.com/blogs/news-and-tips/2025/07/supercharge-your-csharp-productivity-in-vs-code-with-custom-snippets.aspx

Here’s one as an example – “a basic snippet that expands into a Console.WriteLine() with an interpolated string”: