Around two years ago I was on a really small team, just two or three developers, and the other developer decided they wanted us to use Rider. Because I didn’t have a preference, I used Rider and rather enjoyed it. However, that developer has since moved teams and now it is just me (for the time being).
So I was considering moving back to Visual Studio or even switching to Visual Studio Code, but I wanted to see some arguments against this.
Here is my list so far, but it’s probably out of date since I haven’t used Visual Studio in a long time.
Pros of Rider:
- Much faster than using ReSharper
- Less sharp interface with a better font
- I’m used to it at this point
- I have a Nyan cat loading bar which is kind of fun
Cons of Rider:
- Enterprise license is expensive (probably)
- New versions of C# aren’t immediately supported
- Refactorings are becoming less necessary with the rise of AI assistants
- Don’t really like their source control manager
Wanted to hear what other users think. What keeps you using Rider?
I haven’t used VS in quite a while as well. This is just quick thoughts, might be missing some things, this is just what came immediately to mind, I might edit this later:
Pros:
Cons:
Misc?:
I wrote this thing on phone, I have no idea if it’s readable lol