Comments on: The Resharper Challenge: What if You Could Only Have 7 Features?

By: KC Day of Dot Net ReSharper Presentation and Resources | Caffeinated Coder

KC Day of Dot Net ReSharper Presentation and Resources | Caffeinated Coder — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:14:45 +0000

[...] also wrote a few posts on the topic, including my favorites from about a year ago and my recent efforts to break out of my R# rut. I learned a ton of new things as I was preparing [...]

By: Russell Ball

Russell Ball — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:25:01 +0000

@James – I also am a big fan of the 2 navigation features you mentioned, but I never tried the introduce variable one before. That’s definitely a keeper. Thanks for the suggestion!

By: James Kovacs

James Kovacs — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:08:04 +0000

Hard to give up any of those features as I use them frequently. Other features to check out (using IntelliJ bindings)… One that you didn’t list that is a killer ReSharper feature is go to Declaration (Ctrl-B) and go to Inheritor (Ctrl-Alt-B). This is a fantastic way to navigate a codebase quickly. Combine that with VS’s CTRL-”-” to go back and code exploration is a snap.

Another trick in becoming a ReSharper Jedi is Introduce variable (Ctrl-Alt-V). You need a variable… Type the following:
new Foo()
Now Ctrl-Alt-V with your cursor after the close paren, enter to select the suggested variable name, and the line becomes:
Foo foo = new Foo();
Now if it would only use IFoo as my type if it existed…

By: Russell Ball

Russell Ball — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:48:49 +0000

@Steven: Good suggestion! I just played around with it and it looks like it will be a good technique for removing dependencies within code so that they will be more testable.

By: Steven Mitcham

Steven Mitcham — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:57:38 +0000

I would replace the generate constructors item with Introduce Parameter (CTRL-R + P).

I just recently found the generate constructors feature, but in combination with extract method and the new feature that suggests ‘broader’ parameters with a green underlines, I get a lot more effect from my refactoring by easily parameterizing the extracted method.

By: Russell Ball

Russell Ball — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:23:06 +0000

Very tricksy. I never thought of it before, but I guess JetBrains has managed the impossible. They have gotten both Microsoft and Java developers to like the same software vendor.

By: Tom Opgenorth

Tom Opgenorth — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:23:29 +0000

I wouldn’t play. I’d switch to Java and get me a copy of IntelliJ.