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Hello everyone, We hope that you checked out the roadmap blog post we published last week and you’re just as excited about Rider 2023.2 as we are. If so, you’re in luck! The first installment of Rider’s Early Access Program just went live, and you can try out some of the new features. There are a few ways you can access preview builds: Download and install them from our website. Use the Toolbox App. Install this snap package from the SnapCraft store if you are using a compatible Linux distribution. Let’s take a look at the feature highlights of Rider 2023.2 EAP 1. C#

As we prepare for the start of the Early Access Program (EAP) for Rider 2023.2, now seems like the perfect time to share our plans for this upcoming release. Keep in mind that these plans are subject to change, and some features and improvements may need to be postponed to a future release. Also, be sure to check out the ReSharper 2023.2 roadmap, as some of those features will be making their way to Rider, too. Now let’s dive in! Language support and improvements With our next release we’re looking at the C# 12 feature preview. Rider already has feature-rich support of primary c

We've just published several new tutorials to the JetBrains .NET Guide – a central place for tutorials, tips & tricks for .NET and the JetBrains .NET tools. The three tutorials that were added are all related to game development: Creating Games With Unity - Scripting Logic With RiderCreating Games With Unreal Editor and JetBrains RiderDesign and Manage Scenes With RiderFlow Creating Games With Unity With Rider for Unity, powerful C# features help you forget about tooling and concentrate on coding. Jump to the exact code you need instantly, generate code as you type,

Hello everyone, The latest major Rider update has just been published! We invite you to explore the new features and improvements in the 2023.1 version of your favorite cross-platform .NET IDE.  C# support Reducing the number of lookups in collections Rider 2023.1 introduces a set of inspections with corresponding quick-fixes to optimize and speed up your work with different types of collections by reducing the number of lookups inside them. For example, Rider will now suggest removing redundant Contains and ContainsKey checks or using TryAdd and TryGetValue methods i

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. It lets users compare two databases to quickly identify the differences between them, ensure there are no discrepancies, and keep the data up to date.  This EAP build introduces Schema Compare for connected databases, SQL Server database projects, and .dacpac files. To initiate the compariso

On October 25–27, we hosted a free virtual event, .NET Days + GameDev Day Online 2022. Thank you to everyone who joined us and watched the talks prepared by the community speakers! Once a year, we invite them to cover topics they’re passionate about and this year we had something new. In addition to two days full of .NET-related content, we also hosted a third day, completely devoted to game development with a focus on Unity and Unreal Engine. Here are some fun facts and figures from the event: We streamed both events online three days in a row, with more than 22 hours of live streami

Good news everyone! We invite you to join JetBrains .NET Days + GameDev Day Online 2022, two virtual events taking place Tuesday to Thursday, October 25–27, 2022. Let us know if you can make it! COUNT ME IN! Once a year, we invite community speakers to cover topics they are passionate about. The topics include C#, F#, ASP.NET, Blazor, REST, GraphQL, gRPC, stories about contributing to open-source packages, and building microservices. On top of that, we’ll discuss algorithm performance and background tasks in .NET. In addition to two days full of .NET-related content, this year we also

Hello everyone, The latest major version of Rider is finally here! Let’s take a look at the exciting features Rider 2022.2 has in store. You can download the 2022.2 release build from www.jetbrains.com, install it via the Toolbox App, or use this snap package from the SnapCraft store (if you are using a compatible Linux distro). Performance improvements A significant portion of the work during this release cycle was focused on various performance improvements, particularly the optimization of the startup process and the solution-wide engine.  For version 2022.2, we’ve m

Hello everyone, We just released ReSharper 2022.2 and other JetBrains .NET tools and Visual Studio extensions. In this blog post, we’ll go through the highlights of this major update for ReSharper and ReSharper C++. To learn more about our other .NET tools, including dotCover, dotMemory, dotPeek, and dotTrace, please check out this separate blog post.  ReSharper C# 11 support This release brings support for several more features from the C# 11 preview: ReSharper 2022.2 is now aware of the required keyword for members inside a class, struct, or record type, and provides

The new Rider 2022.2 EAP build brings some useful enhancements for Unreal Engine developers. We previously told you about Symbol Servers and a new action for creating a new module. This time we want to introduce another action that will hopefully help you develop your Unreal Engine games entities more easily – the ability to create a new Unreal plugin in Rider. DOWNLOAD RIDER EAP Create a new Unreal plugin in Rider If you’ve ever tried creating plugins in Unreal Editor via the New Unreal Plugin button in the Editor's Plugin Browser, this new action in Rider will look quite familiar to you. In

The new Rider 2022.2 EAP build brings some useful enhancements for Unreal Engine developers. If you’ve never used Rider for Unreal Engine projects, give it a try and experience first-class support for the Unreal Engine reflection mechanism, integration with Blueprints, and other benefits available on Windows, Linux, and macOS. Learn more on our website. With the EAP, you can evaluate new features and enhancements for free and share your feedback with us. Please use the Rider issue tracker to report bugs and suggest new features. DOWNLOAD RIDER 2022.2 EAP Symbol server when debugging on Windo

Hello everyone, Our first release of the year, Rider 2022.1 is now available. You can download it from the JetBrains website, install it via the Toolbox App, or use this snap package from the SnapCraft store (if you are using a compatible Linux distro). We initially dubbed Rider 2022.1 a quality release with a focus on fine-tuning features and fixing bugs, but there are also some new features in the release build. Let’s check it out! Game development with Unreal Engine and Unity Rider is already widely used in the Unity development world, and it now comes deeply integrated with