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If you work on large Unreal Engine projects in Rider, you've likely experienced the dreaded debug-step delay – hit F10 for Step Over, contemplate making coffee, then finally see the next line execute.  These delays occur in LLDB Debugger, the engine behind Rider's debugging capabilities for …

Another week, another Rider 2024.2 Early Access Program build!  This EAP build is packed with highly anticipated features such as the Tasks view and inline rendering of documentation comments. Let’s have a look! Inline rendering of documentation comments Instead of a wall of text mixed…

In Rider 2024.1, we're shipping a highly requested feature: collection visualizers. Our very own Evgeny Terekhin has taken on the task of integrating DataGrip's infrastructure to visualize data in the debugger. This makes it easier for .NET developers to inspect collections like List<T> and Di…

Twelve must know debugging features in JetBrains Rider every developer should know.

With the introduction of debugging tools, software developers were empowered to interactively investigate the control flow of software programs to find bugs in live environments. At JetBrains, we've always strived to improve the art of debugging. Besides the more standard things you expect from a de…

Debugging source generators in JetBrains Rider and seeing generated C# code artifacts.

The Early Access Program for Rider 2023.1 is in full swing and its latest installment – the EAP 6 build – has just been published.  Before you download it, let’s take a look at the updates in this build. New UI improvements In response to the feedback we’ve received from our user c…

The latest installment in our Early Access Program for Rider 2023.1 is here, and it’s packed with exciting updates. Before you download this build, let’s take a look at the highlights. Database Schema Compare Schema Compare is an essential tool for database development and maintenance. …

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.

We’re quickly approaching the last major release of the year, and the Beta version of Rider 2021.3 is now available. You can download it from our website, get it from our free Toolbox App, or use this snap package (for Ubuntu). This build is free to use and no license is required. The Beta bu…

Users of our latest Rider Early Access Preview (EAP) may have noticed something dramatically different in their favorite IDE: the completely redesigned main toolbar. Our team is constantly evaluating how to deliver an even more delightful experience to our users, and I personally think we nailed …

For Rider, 2021 is the year of debugging, debugging, debugging! In July’s 2021.2 EAP release, we've made several Blazor debugging updates. Now we’re following up with even more excellent debugging improvements in our current 2021.3 Early Access Preview (EAP) release. It includes an updated UI for…