.NET Tools

9 ReSharper Features Every .NET Developer Should Know

Around 15 years ago, I got my first assistant job at a university department. Frankly, I only used ReSharper for its solution-wide analysis, which would alert me whenever I broke the spaghetti code I got served. I did not know about all the refactorings yet. It was only at my second job that my awes...

ReSharper’s New Out-of-Process Engine Cuts Visual Studio startup UI freezes by 61%

Visual Studio power users love ReSharper’s deep analysis, but the cost has been the occasional UI hiccup that breaks the flow of work. In ReSharper 2025.2, analysis runs in a separate 64-bit worker out of Visual Studio’s UI process. Previously, ReSharper shared Visual Studio’s UI process, so long an...

C# Language Support in ReSharper and Rider 2025.1

Our release for ReSharper and Rider 2025.1 is just around the corner, and we have lots of exciting features shipping for the current and next version of C#! This will be a really long post (blame our awesome devs!), so make sure to use the table of contents on the right. Oh, and of course... Downlo...

Support for Game Consoles in JetBrains Rider

Big news for console game developers! As part of the 2024.3 release, JetBrains Rider added support for PlayStation®5 and Xbox consoles, allowing you to build, deploy and debug your custom or Unreal Engine-based games directly on your preferred game consoles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNT1o...

C# Language Support in ReSharper and Rider 2024.3

Our upcoming 2024.3 release marks a huge milestone for our development process but especially for our users. ReSharper and Rider 2024.3 will be simshipped along with .NET 9 and C# 13! Yes, you heard right—no more waiting an extra few weeks or using our EAP builds to take advantage of the latest and ...

Support for SLNX Solution Files

For nearly twenty years, the .NET community has enjoyed working with solution files (*.sln). Due to their tooling-centered format, manually changing these files has always been challenging. Merge conflicts in solution files—much like merging CSPROJ files—were commonplace and often resulted in corrup...

Hot-Reloading C++ with Live++ and JetBrains Rider

We've been working with Stefan Reinalter and the team at Molecular Matters to make the industry-leading Live++ binary patching tool work seamlessly with C++ projects in JetBrains Rider! This is a great productivity boost for both Unreal Engine developers and those working on custom C++ engines. L...

Building a GraphQL Client in .NET with JetBrains Rider and StrawberryShake

Many teams are using GraphQL for their API needs, thanks to its powerful query language and flexibility. Unlike traditional REST APIs, GraphQL lets you fetch the data you need in a single request, making your applications more efficient and responsive. However, it can be daunting getting started ...

Unreal Debugging Improvements in Rider 2024.2

Rider 2024.2 includes massive improvements to the native debugger, significantly improving the experience of evaluating native code while debugging. There are performance improvements, better handling of optimised code, and support for evaluating operators on smart pointers and string types. The cha...

Cast Expressions, Primary Constructors, Collection Expressions, List Patterns – C# Language Support in 2024.2

Our release for ReSharper and Rider 2024.2 is just around the corner, and we have lots of exciting features shipping for the new C# 13 and current C# and VB.NET! Since there are so many, we will split them into multiple blog posts. So make sure to check those posts out as well! In this series, we...

Equality Analysis, Ref Structs, Culture Previews, Using Directives – C# Language Support in 2024.2

Our release for ReSharper and Rider 2024.2 is just around the corner, and we have lots of exciting features shipping for the new C# 13 and current C# and VB.NET! Since there are so many, we will split them into multiple blog posts. So make sure to check those posts out as well! In this series, we...

Escape Character, Extract Common Code, Params Modifier, Out Vars – C# Language Support in 2024.2

Our release for ReSharper and Rider 2024.2 is just around the corner, and we have lots of exciting features shipping for the new C# 13 and current C# and VB.NET! Since there are so many, we will split them into multiple blog posts. So make sure to check those posts out as well! In this series, we...