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  1. When calling Dump() on a typle with named elements, the output columns are "Item1", "Item2", etc. instead of the actual names.

    Example:

    var names = new List<(int Id, string First, string Last)>();

    ...

    Actual output:

    Item1 Item2 Item3
    1 Alice Cooper
    2 Bob Hope

    Expected / desired output:

    Id First Last
    1 Alice Cooper
    2 Bob Hope

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  2. It would be great if LP could support source control integration using the SCC-compatible source control interface (Ex. Beyond Compare 3).

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  3. 1) Ignore - ignore field/property/class in the dumped tree
    Example:
    public class AggregatedError
    {
    public string Name { get; private set; }

          [DumpOptions(Options.Ignore)]
          public string[] Files { get; private set; }
    

    }
    will not display Files property.

    2) NotExpanded - do not expand collection by default
    Example:
    public class AggregatedError
    {
    public string Name { get; private set; }

          [DumpOptions(Options.NotExpanded)]
          public string[] Files { get; private set; }
    

    }
    will display Files as a collection, but will not expand its by default

    3) ToString - display object as string
    Example:
    [DumpOptions(Options.ToString)]
    public class AggregatedError
    {
    public override string ToString()
    {…

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  4. Would be nice to be able to use LINQPad to test WCF Data Services with the ability to set HTTP Request Header variables as part of the connection settings. That way we could simulate passing a value like an API Key in the Header.

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  5. It would be great to be able to print source (and output) from linqpad.

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  6. In the additional namespace imports I put "using Outlook = Microsoft....Outlook".

    When I'm in a call that wants something of that namespace, replace the full entry with just the alias Outlook.

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  7. In order to drop SQL Management Studio completely, more sql management features are needed.

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  8. Would like to see LINQPad able to access OAuth secured Odata services.

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  9. When I start up linqpad, it's always to use the same database (the database of the product I work on), but by default it lists "no connection". Rather than constantly making me set the connection, it would be nice to be able to flag one as the default connection (similar to a default printer).

    Another option would be to default the connection to whatever was last used (this would be as effective for me since I'm always using the same one).

    Yet another option would be that if there's only one connection defined in the Connections window, default to that…

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  10. Automatically create entities based on synonyms just like it currently does for views and stored procedures.

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  11. I use LINQPad on three different computers. It would be very helpful to be able to export the preferences and connections from one so they can be imported into another instance.

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  12. I don't mean a fully support as it's hard to do. Just Commit and Merge or something like that. I don't mind on configure the first time the repositorioes, but it would be nice too. Maybe something like the Team Explorer (Idk if you can take advantage of that). I use multiples PCs and I do that manually from the console (easier to forget to do it).

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  13. SQL Server Management Studio has a Parse (Ctrl-F5) feature under the Query menu vs. Execute (F5); and Visual Studio has a Build Solution vs. Start Debugging (F5). Both of these options allow you to check for syntax or compile errors without executing the query or running the program. I was surprised not to find this feature in LINQPad also. This would be a very useful feature to me. I hope we could see it in an upcoming release. Thanks, I love LINQPad!

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  14. A really nice feature would be an integration of LinqPad into Excel, a bit like Tsunami. I presume that it shouldn't be too difficult to implement with ExcelDna.

    What would be really nice is features like being able to run Linq query against excel ranges, and if possible (like in F#) having auto-complete with column names.

    LinqPad to excel (making functions available as udf in excel) is also nice but I think less useful.

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  15. It would be great if LINQPad could create classes from a JSON object in the clipboard (Just like the WebEssentials extension for VisualStudio can do)

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  16. I know not everyone uses Resharper, but a lot of people do. It'd be really nice to have an option to map keyboard shortcuts for any of the new refactoring or navigation features to the standard resharper keys.

    I'd also like to see goto definition and goto declaration in the right click menu as I use these all the time (I believe VS2015 now has the equivalent of these anyway).

    I'm so tied to this product that I even find myself trying to use the shortcut keys in Word :)

    Thank You!

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  17. Would you consider creating an online version of LINQPad? I'm learning LINQ and Rx and it would be nice to stay in the browser to try out the cool queries and examples I see online. .Net Fiddle does LINQ, but I'm sure it doesn't have the nice output options that LINQPad has.

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  18. It would be great if we could have Node.js as one of the selectable languages.

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  19. Having an access to data or implementing your own data provider, will make LinqPad an awesome tool for AutoCode Generation and Testing.
    I wrote my own MsSqlMetaData (Just and EF provider for system views, it's on NuGet) provider and currently generating a lot of code, but writing c# programs to generate code is not as easy as using text templates.

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  20. Need a standard toolbar to for quicker access to open, save, ...

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