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Rider is your option there, it's better than Visual Studio (I used to work on VS).

by phillipcarter 11mo ago

starvar 11mo ago
How is it so different than Visual Studio that you think it is "better"?
- Deukhoofd 11mo ago
  I switched over entirely to Rider as well, in my experience it's far more performant, has a far smoother UX, has a lot more functionality for power users, and includes Resharper by default, giving you access to a bunch more powerful inspections and refactoring.
- Semaphor 11mo ago
  Offers essentially everything VS does + everything ReSharper does. I switched after years of using VS + R#, and have never looked back.
- cyptus 11mo ago
  performance!
- throwuxiytayq 11mo ago
  Pick literally any Visual Studio feature. Rider does it better.
- SparkBomb 11mo ago
  I've used Rider for several years now on and off. Generally I would put these at the top of the list. - Integrated ReSharper. - Far better performance (it isn't even close) - Doesn't take 30GB of disc space up. Visual Studio has been a massive disc space hog since forever. Rider is a few hundred megabytes IIRC. - Less bugs (Visual Studio has been progressively getting worse). - There was better tooling IMO around NuGET.
  - dahauns 11mo ago
    >- Less bugs (Visual Studio has been progressively getting worse). Eeeeeeh...it's not quite roses and rainbows on the Rider side either, and that's coming from a Jetbrains fanboy. (Although admittedly, I'm not really up-to-date on the current state of VS in day-to-day work) But yeah, the coding/refactoring support (Resharper et al) and general quality and integration of tooling (database tools, package managers, version control, debugging (esp. multi-process) etc.) is the big one for me.
    - SparkBomb 11mo ago
      > Eeeeeeh...it's not quite roses and rainbows on the Rider side either, and that's coming from a Jetbrains fanboy Obviously. IME it is better than Visual Studio. > But yeah, the coding/refactoring support (Resharper et al) and general quality and integration of tooling (database tools, package managers, version control, debugging (esp. multi-process) etc.) is the big one for me. I rarely use any of these tools tbh. I just want Resharper and something that works reliably on Linux. I would transition to using vim entirely but half the vim stuff I like using I can't use with Windows (work is never not going to use Windows).
- zigzag312 11mo ago
  Much better UX and integrated ReSharper.
whstl 11mo ago
Yep. VSCode gets you 90% there. But IMO Rider gets you over 100%.

Rider is your option there, it's better than Visual Studio (I used to work on VS).

starvar 11mo ago

How is it so different than Visual Studio that you think it is "better"?

Deukhoofd 11mo ago
I switched over entirely to Rider as well, in my experience it's far more performant, has a far smoother UX, has a lot more functionality for power users, and includes Resharper by default, giving you access to a bunch more powerful inspections and refactoring.
Semaphor 11mo ago
Offers essentially everything VS does + everything ReSharper does. I switched after years of using VS + R#, and have never looked back.
cyptus 11mo ago
performance!
throwuxiytayq 11mo ago
Pick literally any Visual Studio feature. Rider does it better.
SparkBomb 11mo ago
I've used Rider for several years now on and off. Generally I would put these at the top of the list. - Integrated ReSharper. - Far better performance (it isn't even close) - Doesn't take 30GB of disc space up. Visual Studio has been a massive disc space hog since forever. Rider is a few hundred megabytes IIRC. - Less bugs (Visual Studio has been progressively getting worse). - There was better tooling IMO around NuGET.
- dahauns 11mo ago
  >- Less bugs (Visual Studio has been progressively getting worse). Eeeeeeh...it's not quite roses and rainbows on the Rider side either, and that's coming from a Jetbrains fanboy. (Although admittedly, I'm not really up-to-date on the current state of VS in day-to-day work) But yeah, the coding/refactoring support (Resharper et al) and general quality and integration of tooling (database tools, package managers, version control, debugging (esp. multi-process) etc.) is the big one for me.
  - SparkBomb 11mo ago
    > Eeeeeeh...it's not quite roses and rainbows on the Rider side either, and that's coming from a Jetbrains fanboy Obviously. IME it is better than Visual Studio. > But yeah, the coding/refactoring support (Resharper et al) and general quality and integration of tooling (database tools, package managers, version control, debugging (esp. multi-process) etc.) is the big one for me. I rarely use any of these tools tbh. I just want Resharper and something that works reliably on Linux. I would transition to using vim entirely but half the vim stuff I like using I can't use with Windows (work is never not going to use Windows).
zigzag312 11mo ago
Much better UX and integrated ReSharper.

whstl 11mo ago

Yep. VSCode gets you 90% there. But IMO Rider gets you over 100%.