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JetBrains Rider is the most viable alternative. I know it's not open source, but pragmatically it supports Linux/macOS/Windows really well, and has lots of IDE
by ianlevesque 3y ago
JetBrains Rider is the most viable alternative. I know it's not open source, but pragmatically it supports Linux/macOS/Windows really well, and has lots of IDE features for linting, auto-completion, and refactoring. I know Microsoft wants people to use VS Code now, but it's just not in the same league yet.
- KronisLV 3y agoThey also had a discount going on: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37369946 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37369946 But it seems like the submission is flagged now, it's "sold out" now. Either way, I'm inclined to agree that JetBrains IDEs are pretty good, as I commented there as well.
- andix 3y agoYes, if you are developing .NET professionally there is no way around Visual Studio (Windows) or Rider. Visual Studio is free for personal use and smaller companies (community edition), and Rider is not very expensive. I actually think every developer should have a JetBrains all products license in their toolbox, their IDEs are very useful, support most programming languages and have one of the best SQL IDEs included. Also they are all quite similar, so you can switch to a new programming language without getting used to a new IDE.