I like to code in the dark. Literally. Dark outside, dark inside, dark on the screen. I find the dark screen to be “easier on the eyes”, even when it is light outside.

In Visual Studio (or vwd) you can use these .vssettings files to import settings. Some great guy on the internet has made several settings files to turn your code windows dark. I love it.

Here is the link to one such blog that has these files avail for download.

http://www.agileprogrammer.com/dotnetguy/archive/2006/09/07/19030.aspx

To apply these settings download the file from the blog above. The zip file contains 3 color schemes that you can use. Unzip them. Go into visual studio and click Tools >> Import and Export Settings. The wizard is kinda confusing but read the screens and you should be importing those settings in no time.

If you don’t like any of those color schemes from the agile programmer blog, there are some more out there on the internet.

For example http://winterdom.com/2007/10/ragnarokavs2005colorscheme

I like the Ragnarok Grey color scheme from that site the best.