How to debug Visual Studio extensions

Question

I\'m just writing a VSIX extension for Visual Studio 2010 and can\'t figure out how to debug it.

One obvious method is to output messages. Extension template uses

Answer 1

The OutputWindowHelper.OutputString method writes to the 'General' output window pane (Ctrl Alt o). I added this line in my .csproj references to get this in VS 2013

Also see this answer.