Still an up to date tool to have
January 09, 2025

Still an up to date tool to have

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with JetBrains Rider

JetBrains Rider is yet one of the best IDEs in the market, mainly regarding its suggestion on good practices if it is either a visual cue on an early out or suggestions to reduce branching of things like that. That in general is the main reason why I recommend JetBrains Rider for beginners. It has a nice auto-complete feature that helps learners spend more time thinking about their problem then about the language or other details.

Pros

  • Auto-complete
  • Improvement suggestions
  • Nice visual cue for things that can be improved
  • Well integrated with GitHub Copilot

Cons

  • Things are starting to get slower as the IDE grows
  • Blazor integration is a bit lacky
  • Blazor hot reload could be automatically applied instead of having to click on Apply link/button.
  • Help reduce mistakes while giving good improvement suggestion
  • Reduce refactoring time
  • Nicer iteration time with find references tab
Besides the fact that Blazor apps need to click on a button / link in order to apply the auto reload, usability is not an issue with JetBrains Rider.
Main difference between JetBrains Rider and Microsoft Visual Studio or the Visual Studio Code is the Find References tab that is more dynamic, customizable, filterable, among other features. I prefer the git integration of JetBrains Rider because it seems to deliver the information I need.

Do you think JetBrains Rider delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with JetBrains Rider's feature set?

Yes

Did JetBrains Rider live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of JetBrains Rider go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy JetBrains Rider again?

Yes

I keep recommending more people to use it because I deal with a lot of learners and I believe that is an easier way for them to focus on the problem and not in the language, IDE, indentation, etc. Other features that I love is the renaming feature which is quite useful as well as the “unnecessary using removal” for C#. I also their find reference tab since it keeps multiple instances that I can refer back after or remove items I don’t want on the list o just filter setter and exclude getter (and vice versa).

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