<s>
Visual	B-Application
Assist	I-Application
is	O
a	O
plug-in	B-Application
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Whole	O
Tomato	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plug-in	B-Application
primarily	O
enhances	O
IntelliSense	B-Application
and	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
navigating	O
through	O
source	O
code	O
and	O
providing	O
flexible	O
refactorings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
enhances	O
code	O
suggestions	O
,	O
can	O
generate	O
or	O
rewrite	O
code	O
,	O
and	O
includes	O
spell	B-Application
checking	I-Application
support	O
for	O
comments	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
adding	O
enhanced	O
debugging	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Assist	I-Application
supports	O
Visual	O
C++	O
and	O
Visual	O
C#	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
March	O
2023	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Assist	I-Application
supports	O
Visual	O
C++	O
2022	O
right	O
back	O
to	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2005	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Community	O
Editions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
6.0	O
-	O
2003	O
was	O
deprecated	O
in	O
2017	O
,	O
though	O
the	O
latest	O
version	O
to	O
support	O
those	O
older	O
IDEs	O
is	O
still	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Express	O
editions	O
lack	O
third-party	O
extensibility	O
and	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Code	O
uses	O
a	O
separate	O
extensibility	O
model	O
,	O
thus	O
Visual	B-Application
Assist	I-Application
cannot	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
them	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Assist	I-Application
is	O
used	O
by	O
C++	O
development	O
teams	O
worldwide	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
especially	O
popular	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
development	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
Unreal	B-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
developers	O
list	O
installing	O
Visual	B-Application
Assist	I-Application
as	O
a	O
key	O
requirement	O
before	O
beginning	O
development	O
with	O
Unreal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Youtuber	O
TheCherno	O
states	O
they	O
've	O
used	O
Visual	B-Application
Assist	I-Application
for	O
90%	O
of	O
the	O
C++	O
development	O
they	O
've	O
ever	O
done	O
,	O
and	O
refers	O
to	O
the	O
combination	O
of	O
Unreal	B-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
and	O
Visual	B-Application
Assist	I-Application
as	O
"	O
a	O
match	O
made	O
in	O
heaven.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Unreal	B-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
Community	O
wiki	O
notes	O
,	O
"	O
Many	O
programmers	O
simply	O
prefer	O
to	O
disable	O
[	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
's	O
inbuilt ]	O
Intellisense	B-Application
and	O
use	O
Visual	B-Application
Assist	I-Application
that	O
has	O
included	O
support	O
for	O
Unreal	B-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Assist	I-Application
has	O
a	O
custom	O
language	O
parser	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
not	O
a	O
compiler-style	O
parser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
's	O
common	O
for	O
code	O
tooling	O
tools	O
to	O
use	O
either	O
compiler	O
engines	O
or	O
compiler-style	O
parsers	O
,	O
but	O
Visual	B-Application
Assist	I-Application
's	O
approach	O
is	O
more	O
flexible	O
and	O
means	O
the	O
tool	O
is	O
more	O
useful	O
in	O
real-world	O
coding	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
coding	O
,	O
a	O
developer	O
may	O
have	O
incompletely	O
written	O
code	O
,	O
but	O
an	O
assistance	O
tool	O
needs	O
to	O
still	O
function	O
correctly	O
,	O
as	O
Visual	B-Application
Assist	I-Application
does	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Assist	I-Application
is	O
aware	O
of	O
macros	O
,	O
but	O
can	O
"	O
see	O
"	O
inside	O
macros	O
that	O
a	O
compiler	O
will	O
exclude	O
:	O
this	O
means	O
it	O
can	O
refactor	O
fully	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
missing	O
references	O
that	O
other	O
tools	O
would	O
not	O
see	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Assist	I-Application
is	O
tightly	O
integrated	O
into	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
,	O
which	O
uses	O
a	O
different	O
extensibility	O
model	O
to	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2022	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
was	O
a	O
32-bit	O
application	O
,	O
constraining	O
memory	O
to	O
a	O
maximum	O
of	O
4GB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
common	O
for	O
developers	O
to	O
have	O
multiple	O
plugins	B-Application
loaded	O
into	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
Assist	I-Application
developers	O
spent	O
considerable	O
effort	O
on	O
ensuring	O
the	O
memory	O
impact	O
of	O
using	O
Visual	B-Application
Assist	I-Application
was	O
very	O
low	O
,	O
even	O
parsing	O
very	O
large	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
