๐# ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป.
In March, this finally changed ๐
What's the problem with C# in VS Code?
You open your .NET solution in VS Code, Cursor, or another lightweight editor.
You get basic syntax highlighting. Some IntelliSense. Maybe a few squiggly lines.
But real productivity? That's been missing.
Here is what I kept running into:
โข Weak code analysis that misses real issues
โข Limited refactoring support
โข Limited Solution Explorer
โข No reliable navigation to decompiled sources
โข No built-in unit test runner
โข AI-generated code with no quality layer on top
For years, the only real options were:
โ Use a full IDE like Visual Studio or Rider
โ Piece together multiple VS Code extensions and hope they work
This changed in March.
JetBrains officially released ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ for VS Code, Cursor, and Google Antigravity:
jetbrains.com/resharper/?proโฆ
This is the same ReSharper engine that millions of developers have trusted in Visual Studio for 20 years, now running in VS Code, Cursor, and Google Antigravity.
๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ'๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐: ๐ถ๐'๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ป๐ผ๐ป-๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฒ, ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐.
Here is what made a real difference for me:
1๏ธโฃ Professional-grade code analysis
โณ Real-time inspections and quick-fixes for C#, Razor, Blazor, and XAML. It catches issues that basic extensions completely miss.
2๏ธโฃ Smart coding assistance
โณ Context-aware completion, auto-imports, live templates, and inline documentation that go way beyond what a standard editor offers.
3๏ธโฃ Solution Explorer inside VS Code
โณ A central hub for managing files, folders, NuGet packages, and projects across your entire solution. Just like in Rider or Visual Studio.
4๏ธโฃ Refactoring you can trust
โณ Rename works across your whole solution while safely handling conflicts and references. No more search-and-replace guessing.
5๏ธโฃ Fast navigation to any source
โณ Jump to symbols, usages, files, and types. When source code is not available, ReSharper decompiles assemblies and takes you directly to the declaration.
6๏ธโฃ Built-in unit testing
โณ Run and manage tests for NUnit, xUnit .net, and MSTest directly in your editor with easy navigation to failing tests.
The next major area of focus for ReSharper for VS Code is debugging support.
JetBrains is actively working on support for launching debugging sessions and attaching to processes in .NET and .NET Framework applications.
๐ You can install ReSharper in the Extensions view of your editor (VS Code, Cursor, and Google Antigravity)
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Many thanks to
@jetbrains for sponsoring this post