For those of you who aren’t aware, JetBrains is the company behind IntelliJ IDEA, the Java IDE which I’ve heard amazing things about (I’ve tried it a couple of times but never got into it – I think I need an expert sitting beside me to point out the cool stuff as I go) and ReSharper, the incredibly useful (although somewhat resource hungry) add-in to Visual Studio that turns it into a respectable IDE.
What would happen if Microsoft bought JetBrains?
I’m sure that killing off the reportedly best Java IDE would do .NET no harm (even if it would be a fairly cruel thing to do, and still leave other perfectly good IDEs in the Java space), and surely they could use the ideas and experience of the company to improve Visual Studio significantly. I strongly suspect that tighter integration could make all the ReSharper goodness available with less performance overhead, and while it’s no doubt too late now, wouldn’t it have been wonderful for all of those features to be available in Orcas?
Anyway, just a thought.
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yes jon, makes sense to me.
resharper saves me at least a day a month in productivity…
stop with the entity framework, testing frameworks and source contol when others clearly do a better job and make your workbench better by buying jetbrains….
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Maybe JetBrains isn’t selling.
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Hmm, I think JetBrains is saving up to buy Microsoft instead …
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They have added a handful of features from Resharper to VS 2017. MS can potentially copy all features into VS one day (would be hostile and am not sure about patents behind the features).
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What are some of the key features or functionalities of IntelliJ IDEA and ReSharper, and how do they enhance the development experience in Java and Visual Studio respectively? Have you personally used any of these tools, and if so, what has been your experience with them?
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I used to use ReSharper, but haven’t for a while. I’ve never got on with IDEA much.
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