.NET Tools

As .NET developers, we need to iterate on our applications while building, and part of that developer inner loop is the debugging experience. The rise of multi-platform code editors further requires developers to have all the functionality they need to build and debug their application out of the bo…

ReSharper C++ 2026.2 is out, bringing initial support for C++26 reflection, the most anticipated addition to the C++ language in recent years. This release also introduces ACP agent support in ReSharper with Junie as the first available agent, adds support for the ISPC language, and significantly…

Rider 2026.2 opens up the IDE's own intelligence to your AI coding agents, so they work from real project knowledge instead of reconstructing it from files and terminal output. A new set of agent skills covers testing, profiling, refactoring, and official Microsoft .NET workflows, and GitHub Copi…

ReSharper 2026.2 takes the first step toward ACP-based agent support in Visual Studio, starting with Junie in Preview. This is the beginning of an open AI ecosystem for .NET developers: your choice of agents and models, connected through a single protocol, paired with the code intelligence ReShar…

The Rider 2026.2 Release Candidate is ready for you to try. This upcoming release opens the IDE's own intelligence to your AI coding agents, brings GitHub Copilot in natively, and delivers a wave of performance gains across both .NET and game development. Rider 2026.2 makes debugger launch and br…

The ReSharper 2026.2 Release Candidate is ready for you to try. This release takes the first step toward ACP-based agent support in Visual Studio, starting with Junie in Preview, and sharpens everyday C# development with better analysis, refactoring, and .editorconfig integration. It also brings …

JetBrains GameDev Day is back! Join us online on September 28, 2026, for a day dedicated to game development, practical engineering, tools, workflows, and the people building games across the world. We’re looking for speakers who are excited to share their knowledge, experience, lessons learned, tools, or creative approaches with the gamedev community.

The last couple of months have been busy ones for ReSharper across VS Code and compatible editors. Between the 2026.1 and 2026.2 releases, we've been steadily sharpening the everyday .NET experience – from tracing how your data flows, to navigating call chains, to keeping your project structure fron…

For over a year, the most consistent question from our users and community has been clear: When will the ReSharper extension support debugging? We heard you. And with the 2026.2 release, the first version of the debugger is now live. Built on the same core debugging engine that powers JetBra…

Did you know? The using keyword has two completely different meanings. You can use it to import classes from different namespaces at the top of a file, or to ensure deterministic cleanup in a method body. It’s not the only keyword that has multiple meanings. See how many you can think of. Wel…