All JetBrains IDEs rely on the IntelliJ Platform to provide the basic features of a proper IDE. In addition, JetBrains’ .NET IDEs rely on both the IntelliJ and the ReSharper Platforms. In this blog post, we’ll take a look at how Rider depends on IntelliJ and ReSharper.  The IntelliJ and ReSharper Platforms When you’re using Rider, you’re not just using Rider. You’re harnessing the power

Markdown has become fundamental to online communication and even become mainstream. The language allows us to write a plain text document that we can transform into HTML, PDFs, or other display formats. You can find elements of Markdown in your favorite chat apps, source control environments, and content management systems. Many blog engines are, too, including the one that powers my personal blog

Did you know? Microsoft used the name C# in 1988. This language had nothing in common with the C# of today as it was a variant of the C language, and was discontinued. It wasn't until 2002 that Microsoft released the language named C# that we know today, with the release of the .NET Framework 1.0. .NET news December is a slow news month on most years, but here are a few highlights to che

Rider for Unreal Engine version 2021.3 is now available! It works on all major platforms, including Linux.

We're wrapping up 2021 and heading into a brand new year. Many peoples around the world celebrate one holiday or another very soon, so to those celebrating we wish the happiest of holidays and extend the warmest of greetings for 2022! 🎉 Did you know? The term "WiFi" stands for "Wireless Fidelity", and while the concept of WiFi is older than the 1970's, the first implementation was in Ha

Rider 2021.3 comes with official support for the .NET 6 SDK, including the Hot Reload feature. It brings a completely redesigned main toolbar and Debug tab, and a new Problems View tool window. Rider also supports more C#10 features, like file-scoped namespaces and global using directives, to help you use the latest language capabilities more effectively.

dotCover 2021.3, dotMemory 2021.3, dotPeek 2021.3, and dotTrace 2021.3 have been released and are ready for downloading!  Before diving into the feature set, we need to make an important announcement. Starting with the 2021.3 release, we have discontinued support for the x86 versions of dotMemory Standalone and dotMemory Portable. You can still use dotMemory x86 from the previous releases.