.NET Tools

WPF Hot Reload is now available in Rider, starting with the 2026.2 EAP 2 build. You can edit your XAML while your app is running under the debugger and see the changes immediately, with no rebuild, no restart, and no losing your place in the application. Together with the C# Hot Reload support that'…

The latest installment in the Rider 2024.1 Early Access Program has just been released, and it’s jam-packed with updates. Before you download it, let’s take a look at the major changes. Updated New Project dialog To help reduce your cognitive load as you configure new projects, we have thor…

Hello everyone,  A new EAP build for Rider 2023.2 has just landed and it’s incredibly feature-rich! Let’s take a look at the most notable updates.  C# updates Rider 2023.2 comes with new inspections and quick-fixes for common Entity Framework issues, such as the “N+1” problem and …

Hello everyone, Last week we shared our roadmap plans with you, and today we’re revealing the first EAP build for Rider 2022.3!  Before you download it, let’s take a look at what awaits you inside.  Startup performance improvements Everyone likes to get news about performan…

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.

The release of .NET 6 introduced Hot Reload. With it, you can make changes to (managed) code while your application is running and apply them without having to pause or stop the application. We covered how to work with Hot Reload in Rider 2021.3 and make changes without having to constantly stop …

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…