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# Visual Studio Tools for Metalama

> Visual Studio Tools for Metalama enhance productivity with CodeLens, Aspect Diff, and Aspect Explorer.

Canonical: https://postsharp.net/metalama/features/tooling.html

See how Metalama aspects affect your code with CodeLens integration, Aspect Diff, and Aspect Explorer. Write aspects in T#, our C#-to-C# template language, with syntax highlighting.

Visual Studio Tools for Metalama require either a free Metalama Community license or a Metalama Professional license.

## Features

<ul class="lightboxSource">
    <li>
        <img src="https://postsharp.net/assets/images/homepage/codelens-240232b298.svg" alt="CodeLens Integration" />
        <p>
            <b>CodeLens</b>: Identify applied aspects within the editor, even when they are not evident from the source code.
        </p>
    </li>
    <li>
        <img src="https://postsharp.net/assets/images/homepage/diff-0fa8dad69c.svg" alt="Diff Preview" />
        <p>
            <b>Metalama Diff</b>: Compare source and transformed code directly within Visual Studio.
        </p>
    </li>
    <li>
        <img src="https://postsharp.net/assets/images/homepage/template-9a0411f87a.png" alt="Syntax Highlighting" />
        <p>
            <b>Syntax Highlighting:</b> Distinguish meta-code with T# syntax highlighting.
        </p>
    </li>

    <li>
        <img src="" alt="Aspect Explorer" />
        <p>
            <b>Aspect Explorer:</b> View all aspects in the solution and see how they affect the source code.
        </p>
    </li>
</ul>

## Resources

* Download from [Visual Studio Gallery](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=PostSharpTechnologies.PostSharp)

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