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Modernizing, or migrating to modern language features in any language can help make code more readable, efficient and secure. In this blog post, we’ll look at ways to modernize code so it’s better than before.   Take advantage of modern language features Why refactor code just to mod…

Hello everyone, We’ve just released Rider 2021.1. Let’s see what’s inside. Update to Docker Support Adding Docker support to a project in Rider is now easier – you can generate the Dockerfile while creating a new project. Just select Docker Support in the New project dialog. If you want to add a Do…

Hello everyone! We‘ve just published the ReSharper Tools 2020.3.3 and Rider 2020.3.3 releases. Here’s a quick synopsis of the most critical fixes we’ve delivered with these builds. You can use the links below to navigate directly to the product you are interested in: Rider ReSharper dotMemory ReSha…

Hello everyone! For the last 4 months the whole .NET division here at JetBrains has been working hard on preparing some awesome stuff for you in the last Rider release of this year. We hope you will enjoy all the new features and improvements. Say hello to the Rider 2020.3 release! Here are the …

Hello everyone and welcome to ReSharper’s third and final release of the year! With C# 9 recently released, ReSharper 2020.3 was destined to be about supporting new language features with our entire tool set. Of course, Source Generators had to be covered too. We also managed to implement long-awai…

C# 9 has brought us init-only properties and records, allowing us to work with types similarly to functional languages. Let’s take a look at some new C# 9 features and how both ReSharper and Rider 2020.3 support them. Init-only properties The ability to initialize C# objects without having to write …

One of the most exciting features in .NET 5 and C# 9 are source generators. They enable us to hook into the compilation pipeline that is executed for our projects, analyze source files that are to be compiled, and provide additional source code for our final assembly. In other words, we can take adv…

Hello everyone, Please welcome ReSharper 2020.3 EAP1. It’s only the beginning of the release cycle, but we’ve already got something to show you! ReSharper With C# 9 on the way, we’re doing a lot to support the latest language standard. For top-level statements, ReSharper not only provides so…

Hello everyone, Welcome to the early access program of our third release of the year, Rider 2020.3. The highlights of the first EAP build include more advanced C# 9 support, new debugger features, and UX improvements. Let’s look into the details. UX improvements The most obvious update is …