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ReSharper: Can it stand in as a co-programmer?

The comments here got me thinking. If you are a new Developer without a mentor and no one to collaborate on for your projects; can a tool, ReSharper in this case, stand in that capacity? Does it need another tool or process, system or human, to accomplish this. I am in no position to get a fellow dev soon and I fear StackOverFlow wi...

Weird resharper issue with action lists that don't work.

So we had a power outage at work the other day and ever since then ReSharper and Visual Studio just aren't playing nicely. The issue occurs when I try to click on one of the light bulb action lists, they just disappear. I also noticed that when I compile and there is an error, the error list acts like it's trying to open but doesn't. ...

Whitespace auto format - ReSharper and VS2008 fighting each other!

Consider the following line of code: things.Add(new Thing { ID = null, Name = "a thing" }); The whitespace formatting you see there is that which I get when I type the closing ;. Now, if I ask Visual Studio to reformat my code, or I type a closing } it gets reformatted: things.Add(new Thing{ID = null, Name = "a thing"}); I prefer ...

Should I use VS 2008 refactoring support or buy ReSharper?

Should I use VS 2008 refactoring support or buy ReSharper? What are some of really good things you can do using ReSharper that cannot be done using VS 2008 refactoring support? ...

Should I wait to buy Resharper until VS 2010 is released?

I have used up my 30 day trial and want to buy Resharper now. But, I'm poor and $150 is a lot for me to handle right now. Is anything in VS 2010 going to make buying Resharper now a mistake? I heard that VS 2010 is like VS 2008 + Resharper. I find it hard to believe but wanted to ask SO before spending my money. Thanks! Result: ...

What are the real benefits of Resharper for Visual Studio and are they worth the price?

Duplicate of: Using Resharper…Time Saver? (and others) I have been hearing alot about the resharper product and I have read the benefits on their website. I would like to know from actual users of the product what they consider to be the invaluable & cannot live without benefits. Are the benefits worth the purchase especially if yo...

Resharper 4.0 vs Slick Edit. Which one is the best.

Lets list their differences(strengths + weaknesses) and find out. ...

How to turn off ReSharper's "Find All Usages"

I am giving ReSharper for C# a whirl. I have found that I prefer Visual Studio's simpler "Find All References" over ReSharper's more detailed "Find All Usages". "Find All References" finds everything I need 95+% of the time. Does anyone know of a way to turn off "Find All Usages" and revert back the VS's implementation? ...

Why is resharper making the following recommendation?

My code is... public static void AssertNotNull<T>(string name, T val) { if (val == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(String.Format("{0} must not be null", name)); } Resharper is recommending... public static void AssertNotNull<T>(string name, T val) { if (Equals(val, default(T))) ...

Is there a Visual Studio plugin (preferably Resharper) that has camel case selection

Exact duplicate of this thread I have some quite long variable / field names in my code and I'm finding the default behaviour for CTRL+SHIFT+Right-Arrow and CTRL+SHIFT+Left-Arrow to be less productive than if it were to adhere to camel casing. Here's an example. Say the cursor is before the A in AndAnotherThing. CTRL+SHIFT+Right-Arrow ...

Make ReSharper respect your preference for code order.

Related to my other question: What's the best way to layout a C# class? Is there a way in ReSharper to define the order you want your members to be in, so that ReSharper will maintain it? ...

Resharper Dependency.

As i code with Resharper, I sometimes wonder if i will always need it. When i turn this devilish tool off, i find as if someone "took away my powers". Should i be worried? ...

How can you force StyleCop for ReSharper to ignore files?

We’ve just been working on introducing StyleCop to our team and are using the StyleCop ReSharper plugin from Code Plex. Problem is, every single file in the project appears to be getting analysed and we can’t find a way to exclude particular files. This includes files such as the designer.cs file from the DBML or third party components i...

A tool like ReSharper, but for Java?

I have read a lot about ReSharper on here. It sounds like it has a lot of cool features to help the programmer out. Trouble is, I don't write C#. Is there any tool that has similar functionality to ReSharper, but for Java instead? Thank you! ...

VS2008 is autoformatting my javascript in a .js file and I want it to stop

Duplicate: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/605461/vs2008-removes-my-indentation-in-js-file (Turn off auto formatting in the formatting tab) Hi I have VS2008 and ReSharper 4.0 and I'm having a problem. When I enter a new line of code in any .js file, it goes thru and reformats all of the JavaScript braces. I've found where in ReSha...

Does Resharper 4.1 support both Camel Humps and normal selection modes?

I've found the setting for Camel Humps in resharper: Resharper -> Options -> Editor -> Use CamelHumps The problem is that I would still like to be able to use the normal selection mode (i.e. the default behaviour for CTRL+Arrow and CTRL+SHIFT+Arrow) as well as the CamelHumps mode. For example consider this variable: private int MyVer...

Resharper Trap "Convert to 'return' statement"

Given the following routine: private static object ParseNumber(string token, FieldDefinition def) { if (def.Fraction > 0) return Double.Parse(token); else return Int64.Parse(token); } Resharper offers me the option to refactor it into a statement with the ternary operator: private static object ParseNumber(string token, F...

what is the best location for me to put nunit tests for a library which must be used from both ASP.Net and WinForms

I have an infrastructure library which must be used from both WinForms and ASP.Net. I would like to wrap this up in some unit tests. Which project do I put these in? Do I use another folder in my library project? A different solution which contains only my infrastructure project and a separate unit testing project? Incidentally, I wi...

How to speed up VS2008 with Resharper startup?

There is no doubt that the VS2008 startup time is more than doubled when Resharper is installed. Has anyone found any way to mitigate Resharper's penalty at least a little. ...

How to do effective refactoring using VS Studio 2005/2008

I am looking for experience/tools to improve refactoring techniques using VS Studio 2005/2008. Currently I only use standard refactor menu choices: Rename... Extract Method... Encapsulate Field... ...