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Rider 2019.2 is released!

Hello everyone, We have good news for you today – Rider 2019.2 is released and ready for you to download! Here are the biggest and best things about Rider 2019.2: (more…)

Alexander Kurakin Alexander Kurakin

Using third-party Windows Forms controls with Rider

We introduced Windows Forms support in Rider 2019.1, and have been working hard on improvements. While Microsoft provides a standard set of controls with Windows Forms, many development teams make use of third-party control libraries, such as those by Telerik, DevExpress, Syncfusion, ComponentOne or Infragistics. The latest Rider 2019.2 Early Access Preview (EAP) adds better support for third-party controls! (more…)

Maarten Balliauw Maarten Balliauw

Rider Gets Even Better in 2019.1.2

Say hello to Rider 2019.1.2 and its 80+ fixed bugs and improvements! The list below collects all notable fixes/changes: (more…)

Alexander Kurakin Alexander Kurakin

Rider 2019.1 Has Arrived!

Today we are thrilled to introduce this year’s first major update for Rider – please welcome Rider 2019.1! With this release, Rider 2019.1 gets a new pack of features and improvements: (more…)

Daria Dovzhikova Daria Dovzhikova

Developing Windows Forms Applications in Rider 2019.1

With Rider 2019.1 EAP (and the stable release coming very soon!), we deliver another major feature right to your front door. With nearly 300 votes, the Windows Forms Designer was one of the highest voted features that got implemented for this release. Since the designer relies on and integrates with Windows-specific components, it's available only on Windows systems. We're excited to tell you more about how it works, so let's open up a Windows Forms project and dive right in! Using the Windows Forms Designer After opening (or creating) a Windows Forms project, we can open a form in the edito

Matthias Koch Matthias Koch