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I switched from Java to .NET recently due to a new job and man... IntelliJ is just so much... "better" than Visual Studio... at least out of the box, especially

I switched from Java to .NET recently due to a new job and man... IntelliJ is just so much... "better" than Visual Studio... at least out of the box, especially the tab management is a nightmare. I will say however, it is impressive how good IntelliSense is, I hadn't had the opportunity to see how good it was but damn.

pleb_nz 3y ago
I'm a fan of rider, it's my go-to for anything dotnet and after a few years of rider usage I really don't enjoy VS like I used to when I have to dive back into using VS.
- veec_cas_tant 3y ago
  Agree - Rider has provided a much more enjoyable programming experience for me as well. It does lag behind in supporting some things though, such as early Blazor, but I think it is mostly caught up now.
- solarkraft 3y ago
  Rider is the 1 good IDE for .NET.
lostmsu 3y ago
I am a long time Visual Studio user who is trying to switch to Rider, and used IntelliJ IDEA previously quite a bit. When you refer to tabs, I don't know what are you talking about. I struggle with moving tabs around in Rider. In fact, it tends to glitch sometimes rendering IDE inoperable until restarted. I don't see any differences in handling them. On the contrary, I find the UI of debugging tools much better in Visual Studio. At least the default Rider layout dumps a lot of stuff (call stack, variables and immediate) in the same pane, and it just does not work for me. I don't need immediate a lot of time. I like multiple panes of variables/watches, and I like to be able to switch between individual debugging panes while keeping others. E.g. I use both watches + stack and watches + debug output and switch often, and in the Rider I don't know how to do that.
pjmlp 3y ago
My jobs revolve around Java, .NET, JavaScript and C++ for the last 25 years. This only counting the professional time, as I have been coding since 1986, and used most Borland products already in high school. I never been that impressed with InteliJ versus other IDEs.
_ea1k 3y ago
I remember thinking this when I first had a job in .net ~15 years ago. VS felt great to the sort of people that had only ever used older versions of VS. Everyone else begged for Intellij resharper. :) I haven't touched it since then, but given the number of comments about Rider, I'm guessing this hasn't really changed.

pleb_nz 3y ago

I'm a fan of rider, it's my go-to for anything dotnet and after a few years of rider usage I really don't enjoy VS like I used to when I have to dive back into using VS.

veec_cas_tant 3y ago
Agree - Rider has provided a much more enjoyable programming experience for me as well. It does lag behind in supporting some things though, such as early Blazor, but I think it is mostly caught up now.
solarkraft 3y ago
Rider is the 1 good IDE for .NET.

lostmsu 3y ago

I am a long time Visual Studio user who is trying to switch to Rider, and used IntelliJ IDEA previously quite a bit. When you refer to tabs, I don't know what are you talking about. I struggle with moving tabs around in Rider. In fact, it tends to glitch sometimes rendering IDE inoperable until restarted. I don't see any differences in handling them. On the contrary, I find the UI of debugging tools much better in Visual Studio. At least the default Rider layout dumps a lot of stuff (call stack, variables and immediate) in the same pane, and it just does not work for me. I don't need immediate a lot of time. I like multiple panes of variables/watches, and I like to be able to switch between individual debugging panes while keeping others. E.g. I use both watches + stack and watches + debug output and switch often, and in the Rider I don't know how to do that.

pjmlp 3y ago

My jobs revolve around Java, .NET, JavaScript and C++ for the last 25 years. This only counting the professional time, as I have been coding since 1986, and used most Borland products already in high school. I never been that impressed with InteliJ versus other IDEs.

_ea1k 3y ago

I remember thinking this when I first had a job in .net ~15 years ago. VS felt great to the sort of people that had only ever used older versions of VS. Everyone else begged for Intellij resharper. :) I haven't touched it since then, but given the number of comments about Rider, I'm guessing this hasn't really changed.