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There are an awful lot of people who swear by Resharper. If that's all you've replaced it with, it's likely you've not sampled all of the power it gives you. F

There are an awful lot of people who swear by Resharper. If that's all you've replaced it with, it's likely you've not sampled all of the power it gives you. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong.

henrikschroder 16y ago
When I used Visual Studio 2003, Resharper was necessary to get anything done. When I used Visual Studio 2005, Resharper added a bunch of nice features that made it more pleasant. Now, when I'm using Visual Studio 2008, I no longer use ReSharper, since most of the functionality is native. There are a few features I miss, but to me they didn't motivate the longer startup times and general sluggishness that Resharper unfortunately adds.
- gokhan 16y ago
  How do you replace Navigate functionality of Resharper in native 2008? (in IntelliJ IDEA keyboard layout) Ctrl+N Go to Type Ctrl+Shift+N Go to File Ctrl+F12 Go to Member These three bindings alone can make any developer 2-3x productive in daily coding activities.
  - arethuza 16y ago
    Three times more productive?
    - gokhan 16y ago
      I believe so. It's like instant teleportation all over the solution. No mouse. No struggling with the Solution Explorer. Example: Ctrl+N, type FAM, all classes matching the pascal casing with (F)xx(A)xx(M)xx will be displayed, like FormsAuthManager. Select one with keyboard to navigate to the file. Once there, Ctrl+F12, type VU for ValidateUser and enter to navigate to method, etc. An old but a good start is 31 Days of Resharper: http://blog.excastle.com/2007/01/31/blog-event-the-31-days-of-resharper/ http://blog.excastle.com/2007/01/31/blog-event-the-31-days-o...
  - yread 16y ago
    Is it different from F12 Go to definition in VS?
    - henrikschroder 16y ago
      Yes, that is what you use to follow a chain of definitions from one file to the next. The smart goto functionality allows you to start typing the name of any type in your project and navigate to it, or start typing the name of any filename in your project and navigate to it. Try out the StudioTools plugin I linked to above and see what you think. Default is alt+o to open any file, and ctrl-g to go to any type.
  - henrikschroder 16y ago
    I use a smaller plugin for that called StudioTools: http://submain.com/products/studiotools.aspx http://submain.com/products/studiotools.aspx And I agree, those features make you so much more productive!
TeHCrAzY 16y ago
I think its both. I find it hard to work without resharper, yet it is a bloated, buggy pile of crap at times.
yread 16y ago
I admit I haven't tried it much.

There are an awful lot of people who swear by Resharper. If that's all you've replaced it with, it's likely you've not sampled all of the power it gives you. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong.

henrikschroder 16y ago

When I used Visual Studio 2003, Resharper was necessary to get anything done. When I used Visual Studio 2005, Resharper added a bunch of nice features that made it more pleasant. Now, when I'm using Visual Studio 2008, I no longer use ReSharper, since most of the functionality is native. There are a few features I miss, but to me they didn't motivate the longer startup times and general sluggishness that Resharper unfortunately adds.

gokhan 16y ago
How do you replace Navigate functionality of Resharper in native 2008? (in IntelliJ IDEA keyboard layout) Ctrl+N Go to Type Ctrl+Shift+N Go to File Ctrl+F12 Go to Member These three bindings alone can make any developer 2-3x productive in daily coding activities.
- arethuza 16y ago
  Three times more productive?
  - gokhan 16y ago
    I believe so. It's like instant teleportation all over the solution. No mouse. No struggling with the Solution Explorer. Example: Ctrl+N, type FAM, all classes matching the pascal casing with (F)xx(A)xx(M)xx will be displayed, like FormsAuthManager. Select one with keyboard to navigate to the file. Once there, Ctrl+F12, type VU for ValidateUser and enter to navigate to method, etc. An old but a good start is 31 Days of Resharper: http://blog.excastle.com/2007/01/31/blog-event-the-31-days-of-resharper/ http://blog.excastle.com/2007/01/31/blog-event-the-31-days-o...
- yread 16y ago
  Is it different from F12 Go to definition in VS?
  - henrikschroder 16y ago
    Yes, that is what you use to follow a chain of definitions from one file to the next. The smart goto functionality allows you to start typing the name of any type in your project and navigate to it, or start typing the name of any filename in your project and navigate to it. Try out the StudioTools plugin I linked to above and see what you think. Default is alt+o to open any file, and ctrl-g to go to any type.
- henrikschroder 16y ago
  I use a smaller plugin for that called StudioTools: http://submain.com/products/studiotools.aspx http://submain.com/products/studiotools.aspx And I agree, those features make you so much more productive!

TeHCrAzY 16y ago

I think its both. I find it hard to work without resharper, yet it is a bloated, buggy pile of crap at times.

yread 16y ago

I admit I haven't tried it much.