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The funny thing is that when compared to Visual Studio (and JDeveloper?), NetBeans, IntelliJ and even Eclipse can be considered lightweight.

by martinp 17y ago

giu 17y ago
That's actually true. A fresh install of Visual Studio (VS) is already quite heavy, but when you install an add-in like ReSharper (hands down, it's still one of the best add-ins for VS) on top of it everything gets more heavy and slower. Yet still, for the time I had worked with Eclipse during my studies, I have to say (languages set aside) that I enjoy more to work with VS.
- martinp 17y ago
  Most users of Visual Studio I've spoken to usually recommendeds the ReSharper addon, like you just did. ReSharper is a nice tool, no doubt about it. But what I don't understand is how Visual Studio can be so big and heavy and still don't have refactoring tools that can match ReSharper.
  - giu 17y ago
    That's the question I'm asking myself, too. They added a lot of functionality to VS (unit testing, TFS support etc.), but they never added more refactorings, which I and surely others would appreciate. ReSharper's refactoring functionality is right now the only reason I would consider to install the add-in, but since I didn't need any of the advanced refactorings yet, I'm keeping ReSharper away from my VS installation. I get my work done without it, so I see no need to bloat VS any more :) But, I surely can recommend to install it for various other reasons, e.g. I stumbled upon a few interesting things thanks to its suggestions.
- viggity 17y ago
  I know a lot of people who like resharper, but I'm a CodeRush guy myself. I've evaluated both and CodeRush has a much better UI (no modal dialog boxes) and does some awesome stuff with graphics so you can preview what your code will look like after a refactoring. It has had some mem/perf issues in the past, but they have fixed their issues - the same can't be said for resharper.
etherael 17y ago
Having used Jdeveloper and netbeans, I'd have to say I don't see the point of jdev at all, it appears to do much less, worse. I don't think it belongs in the same category as something like VS (does much more, better).

The funny thing is that when compared to Visual Studio (and JDeveloper?), NetBeans, IntelliJ and even Eclipse can be considered lightweight.

by martinp 17y ago

The funny thing is that when compared to Visual Studio (and JDeveloper?), NetBeans, IntelliJ and even Eclipse can be considered lightweight.

giu 17y ago

That's actually true. A fresh install of Visual Studio (VS) is already quite heavy, but when you install an add-in like ReSharper (hands down, it's still one of the best add-ins for VS) on top of it everything gets more heavy and slower. Yet still, for the time I had worked with Eclipse during my studies, I have to say (languages set aside) that I enjoy more to work with VS.

martinp 17y ago
Most users of Visual Studio I've spoken to usually recommendeds the ReSharper addon, like you just did. ReSharper is a nice tool, no doubt about it. But what I don't understand is how Visual Studio can be so big and heavy and still don't have refactoring tools that can match ReSharper.
- giu 17y ago
  That's the question I'm asking myself, too. They added a lot of functionality to VS (unit testing, TFS support etc.), but they never added more refactorings, which I and surely others would appreciate. ReSharper's refactoring functionality is right now the only reason I would consider to install the add-in, but since I didn't need any of the advanced refactorings yet, I'm keeping ReSharper away from my VS installation. I get my work done without it, so I see no need to bloat VS any more :) But, I surely can recommend to install it for various other reasons, e.g. I stumbled upon a few interesting things thanks to its suggestions.
viggity 17y ago
I know a lot of people who like resharper, but I'm a CodeRush guy myself. I've evaluated both and CodeRush has a much better UI (no modal dialog boxes) and does some awesome stuff with graphics so you can preview what your code will look like after a refactoring. It has had some mem/perf issues in the past, but they have fixed their issues - the same can't be said for resharper.

etherael 17y ago

Having used Jdeveloper and netbeans, I'd have to say I don't see the point of jdev at all, it appears to do much less, worse. I don't think it belongs in the same category as something like VS (does much more, better).