Curated list of Rider content

This is a curated list of content around JetBrains Rider. Feel free to submit your own content via a PR!

The list is divided into several sections such as tips and tricks, debugging, language support, ...

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IDE tips and tricks

In this category, we explore IDE tips and tricks that will help us become more productive when using Rider.

Blog posts and articles

• ReSharper/Rider Workshop - step by step exercises for navigation, editing, inspections, refactoring and more (JetBrains)
• Working with multiple solutions in Rider (JetBrains)
• Rider EAP update: Code style settings and layers (JetBrains)
• Rider EAP update: Working with NuGet (JetBrains)
• Rider EAP update: File watchers (JetBrains)
• Rider EAP update: Version control and database editor improvements (JetBrains)
• Smart Paste in Rider (JetBrains)
• Language injections in Rider (JetBrains)
• Working with TODO items in Rider (JetBrains)
• Local History in Rider: undo and redo on steroids (JetBrains)
• Incremental build in Rider (JetBrains)
• Open files and folders, and more project model improvements in Rider (JetBrains)
• Revert and reword Git commits, control commit message style with Rider (JetBrains)
• Find in Path gutter and more UI improvements in Rider 2017.2 (JetBrains)
• Working with Rider's built-in terminal (JetBrains)
• Using a custom shell with Rider's built-in terminal (JetBrains)
• C# Interactive tool window (JetBrains)
• XDT configuration transformations in Rider (JetBrains)
• Project templates in Rider 2017.3 - using dotnet new (JetBrains)
• Adding additional colour themes to JetBrains Rider (community)
• Unit testing improvements in Rider 2017.3 (JetBrains)
• Code Cleanup with the ReSharper Command Line Tools (JetBrains)
• Credential providers for private NuGet feeds in Rider 2018.1 EAP (JetBrains)
• Run web site projects, edit file properties and more project model updates in Rider (JetBrains)
• Viewing, filtering and navigation for log files in Rider 2018.1 EAP (JetBrains)
• Version control improvements in Rider 2018.1 (JetBrains)
• Solution Explorer and Project Model updates in Rider 2018.2 EAP (JetBrains)
• SpecFlow steps generation and general Rider changes (community)
• Unit test coverage and continuous testing. Now in Rider! (JetBrains)
• Code completion improvements in Rider 2018.2 EAP (JetBrains)
• Looking at the unit testing improvements in Rider 2018.2 (JetBrains)
• Looking at NuGet improvements in Rider 2018.2 (JetBrains)
• Live templates and file templates in Rider 2018.2 (JetBrains)
• Add missing packages, faster search and more NuGet improvements in Rider 2018.3 EAP (JetBrains)
• Performance profiling .NET code in Rider with integrated dotTrace (JetBrains)
• Rider 2018.3 assembly explorer and cross-platform .NET decompiler (JetBrains)
• Renaming projects the easy way – new refactoring in Rider 2018.3 (JetBrains)
• Code Vision in Rider: Enriching the editor with contextual information and navigation (JetBrains)
• Unit testing receives major updates in ReSharper and Rider 2018.3 EAP (JetBrains)
• .editorconfig updates, more build options, better Roslyn support in Rider 2018.3 EAP (JetBrains)
• Performance Profiling in Rider 2018.3. What’s New? (JetBrains)
• Keeping Track of Issues and Tasks in Rider (JetBrains)
• Writing plugins for ReSharper and Rider (JetBrains)
• Connecting to a Microsoft SQL Server Linux Docker Container from Rider (JetBrains)
• Profiling Mono and Mono Unity Apps on Windows, macOS, and Linux (JetBrains)
• Code Coverage on macOS and Linux in Rider 2019.1 (JetBrains)
• Unit Testing Improvements in Rider 2019.1 (JetBrains)
• Breadcrumbs, structural navigation, parameter info tooltips and more editor improvements in Rider 2019.1 (JetBrains)
• Containers? Images? An introduction to Docker in Rider (JetBrains)
• Awesome Plugins for Rider
  • Language Support (JetBrains)
  • Code Editing/Code Analysis (JetBrains)
  • UI/UX plugins (JetBrains)
• Readme.txt support, XDT transforms, native credential providers and more Rider 2019.2 NuGet updates (JetBrains)
• Fun and entertaining plugins for Rider (JetBrains)
• Work effectively with JSON using Rider (JetBrains)
• Find your perfect coding style using Rider (JetBrains)
  • Find your perfect C# style using Rider (JetBrains)
  • Find your perfect database development style with Rider (JetBrains)
  • Find your perfect web development style using Rider (JetBrains)
• Create a robust OO model in .NET with Rider (JetBrains)
• External tools in Rider: running an executable as an action (JetBrains)
• A new way to Commit! Introducing the Commit and Repository tool windows in Rider 2019.3 EAP (JetBrains)
• Introducing T4 Text Template Support in Rider 2019.3 (JetBrains)
• Project Model Updates in Rider 2019.3 (JetBrains)
• SourceLink, Consuming APIs, and NuGet Dependent Code in ReSharper and Rider 2019.3 (JetBrains)
• Working With Databases In JetBrains Rider (JetBrains)
• Test Runner Updates in Rider 2020.1 EAP (JetBrains)
• Publishing applications to IIS, Azure, AWS and more – using Rider! (JetBrains)
• Most useful keyboard shortcuts in Rider (community)
• Auto-Detect Memory Issues in your App with Dynamic Program Analysis - Rider 2020.1 (JetBrains)
• Write Regular Expressions Easily with Rider (JetBrains)
• JetBrains Rider Command Line Tricks (community)
• Speed up Creating Code with Live Templates in JetBrains Rider or ReSharper (community)
• Implicit References, Context Popup, Configuration and Deprecation Messages – NuGet Updates in Rider 2020.2 EAP (JetBrains)
• Say Hello To Localization Manager In Rider 2020.2 (JetBrains)
• Create UML Diagrams using PlantUML (JetBrains)
• Project Dependency Diagrams come to Rider 2020.3 (JetBrains)
• Working With Uno Platform And Rider (JetBrains)
• dotCover 2020.3 Improvements And Updates (JetBrains)
• Generate Dockerfile for .NET Applications with Rider (JetBrains)

Videos

• Be More Productive with JetBrains Rider (community)
• JetBrains Rider - New Cross-Platform .NET IDE Overview (JetBrains)
• Introducing Rider (JetBrains)
• Become a Productive .NET Developer with JetBrains Rider (JetBrains)

Debugger

In this category, we explore Rider's debugger. There are various tips & tricks around it, so be sure to check them out!

Blog posts and articles

• Running and debugging a .NET project in Rider (JetBrains)
• Run/debug configurations in Rider (JetBrains)
• Rider advanced debugging with breakpoints (JetBrains)
• Lambda expression breakpoints and debugger watches in Rider (JetBrains)
• Smart Step Into debugging in Rider (JetBrains)
• Drag-and-drop the execution point, function return values in locals, async call stack, ... (JetBrains)
• Debugging third-party code with Rider (JetBrains)
• Debugging third-party code with Rider – now in Mono! (JetBrains)
• Simultaneous debugging of JavaScript and .NET code with Rider (JetBrains)
• Exception popup, improved Smart Step Into, symbol servers, and more Rider 2018.1 EAP debugger updates (JetBrains)
• Memory View - Exploring .NET memory while debugging with Rider 2018.1 (JetBrains)
• Debugging ASP.NET Core apps in a local Docker container (JetBrains)
• Add references and debug code snippets in Rider C# Interactive (JetBrains)
• More meaningful call stacks, thread-specific breakpoints and other debugger improvements in Rider 2018.2 EAP (JetBrains)
• Using .NET Core launchSettings.json to run/debug apps in Rider (JetBrains)
• Remote debugging comes to Rider 2018.3! (JetBrains)
• Edit & Continue, Just-in-time Debugging, and more debugger improvements in Rider 2019.1 (JetBrains)
• How to Easily Debug Sitecore DLLs with JetBrains Rider (community)
• Debugger additions for Rider 2019.2: Pin to Top, Floating Actions, and Redesigned Stack Frames (JetBrains)
• Docker Compose, edit & continue for C# 8 and more debugger updates in Rider 2019.3 (JetBrains)
• Being More Productive With The JetBrains Rider Debugger (and return values) (community)
• Smart Step Into Enabled by Default and More Debugger Updates in Rider 2020.1 (JetBrains)
• Remote debugging Windows containers with Rider (community)
• Data Breakpoints and Pin-to-Frame – Debugger Updates in Rider 2020.2 EAP (JetBrains)
• Immediate Window – Interact with your Code while Debugging in Rider (JetBrains)

Videos

• Mastering the debugger in Rider (JetBrains)
• Launching Multiple Projects in JetBrains Rider (community)

Navigation, code analysis, inspections and quick-fixes

In this category we look at navigating codebases, as well as things like automatic code analysis, inspections and quick-fixes.

• Call and value tracking come to Rider (JetBrains)
• IEnumerable inspections and quick-fixes in ReSharper and Rider (JetBrains)
• Improved XML documentation support in ReSharper and Rider (JetBrains)
• Multi-line import completion, code generation improvements in Rider 2017.2 (JetBrains)
• Navigation improvements in Rider 2018.1 EAP (JetBrains)
• Code analysis series
  • Introduction to code analysis in Rider (JetBrains)
  • Solution-wide analysis in Rider (JetBrains)
  • Using Rider to spot errors before our application runs (JetBrains)
  • Learning best practices and language features using Rider code inspections (JetBrains)
  • Consistent code bases using Rider code analysis (JetBrains)
• Roslyn analyzer support in Rider 2018.1 EAP (JetBrains)
• JetBrains Annotations series
  • Improving Rider and ReSharper code analysis using JetBrains Annotations (JetBrains)
  • What are JetBrains Annotations - and how to get them? (JetBrains)
  • Better null checks, string formatting and path completion with JetBrains Annotations (JetBrains)
• Integrated spell checking with ReSpeller in ReSharper and Rider (JetBrains)
• Roslyn Analyzer Rulesets and stylecop.json support in Rider 2018.2 (JetBrains)
• Tuples, deconstruction, string interpolation – improved inspections and quick fixes in ReSharper and Rider 2018.3 EAP (JetBrains)
• Inline parameter name hints for C# and VB.NET in ReSharper and Rider (JetBrains)
• A Look at what’s new in Rider 2018.3: Code Completion, TODO and More (JetBrains)
• Exploring exception stack traces with ReSharper and Rider (JetBrains)
• Auto-Detect Code Format Rules With Rider 2020.3 (JetBrains)

Language/framework support

In this category, we'll explore language support. C#, VB.NET, F#, but also JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, ... and platforms like Unity.

C#

• C# 7.0 and 7.1 in Rider and ReSharper
  • Out variables (JetBrains)
  • Throw expressions (JetBrains)
  • Expression-bodied everything (JetBrains)
  • Async main (JetBrains)
  • Default literal (JetBrains)
  • Tuples (JetBrains)
  • Pattern matching with generics (JetBrains)
• C# 7.3 in Rider and ReSharper
  • Declaration expressions in initializers and queries (JetBrains)
  • Tuple equality (JetBrains)
  • Unmanaged, delegate and enum type constraints (JetBrains)
  • Ref local re-assignment (JetBrains)
  • Fixed pattern (JetBrains)
  • C# updates for stackalloc (JetBrains)
• C# 8 in Rider and ReSharper
  • Indices, Ranges, and Null-coalescing Assignments (JetBrains)
  • Switch Expressions and Pattern-Based Usings (JetBrains)
  • Recursive Pattern Matching (JetBrains)
  • Async Streams – A Look at New Language Features in C# 8 (JetBrains)
  • Nullable Reference Types: Migrating a Codebase – A Look at New Language Features in C# 8 (JetBrains)
  • Nullable Reference Types: Contexts and Attributes – A Look at New Language Features in C# 8 (JetBrains)
• Improved Analysis and Hints for Nullable Reference Types (JetBrains)
• Dataflow Analysis of Integral Values (JetBrains)
• C# 9 in Rider and ReSharper
  • Top-level Statements (JetBrains)
  • Use C# 9 records and init-only properties (JetBrains)

F#

• F# support in Rider - What's there and what's coming (JetBrains)
• F# support improvements in Rider 2017.2 (JetBrains)
• Navigation, find usages, file structure for F# scripts in Rider 2018.1 EAP! (JetBrains)
• Rider 2018.1 brings file ordering to F# projects (JetBrains)
• Typing assists, code analysis for unused opens and more F# updates in Rider (JetBrains)

VB.NET

• Named tuple inference, leading digit separator, non-trailing named arguments – VB.NET 15.3 and 15.5 language features in ReSharper and Rider (JetBrains)

JavaScript and TypeScript

• Better JavaScript and TypeScript support in Rider 2017.2 (JetBrains)
• Rider 2017.3 improved support for JavaScript, TypeScript and CSS (JetBrains)
• Working with NPM and Yarn in Rider (JetBrains)
• Build HTML and JavaScript apps using Rider (JetBrains)
• Write high-quality TypeScript code (JetBrains)
• Write Object-Oriented TypeScript Well (JetBrains)
• Unit Testing in TypeScript Code (JetBrains)

Web development

• Web framework updates in Rider 2017.3 – Angular, Vue.js, ... (JetBrains)
• Live Edit and Spy-JS in Rider 2017.3 (JetBrains)
• Web developer tools in Rider 2017.3: HTTP client and SVG editing (JetBrains)
• Publishing ASP.NET Core web applications to IIS, FTP, and more with Rider 2018.2 (JetBrains)
• Minifying JS and CSS files with Rider File Watchers (community)
• Testing and Profiling ASP.NET Core REST API's from Rider, part 1 (JetBrains)
• Testing and Profiling ASP.NET Core REST API's from Rider, part 2 (JetBrains)
• Running and debugging ASP.NET Core apps in IIS Express with Rider (JetBrains)
• A quick overview of ASP.NET Core with Rider (JetBrains)
• Create Real-time Applications with ASP.NET Core SignalR – Using Rider! (JetBrains)
• Scaffolding for ASP.NET Core projects comes to Rider 2021.1 (JetBrains)

Amazon AWS

• Introducing the AWS Toolkit for Rider (JetBrains)
• Working with AWS Lambda in Rider (JetBrains)
• Configuring the AWS Toolkit in JetBrains’ Rider (community)
• Cloud Debugging of ECS in Rider (JetBrains)

Microsoft Azure

• Deploy web apps, explore resources and more – Introducing the Azure Toolkit for Rider (JetBrains)
• Work with databases and the Azure Cloud Shell – Azure Toolkit for Rider 2018.3 EAP (JetBrains)
• Building Azure Functions, SQL database improvements and more - Azure Toolkit for Rider 2019.1 (JetBrains)
• Cloud Shell Web Preview, debug individual Azure Functions, explore ARM – Azure Toolkit for Rider 2019.2 updates (JetBrains)
• Run Azurite in Docker with Rider and keep Azure Storage data local to a solution (community)
• Azurite Support, Timer Trigger Code Completion, and More Azure Toolkit for Rider 2020.2 Updates (JetBrains)
• Build Serverless Apps with Azure Functions (JetBrains)

Blazor

• Building A Blazor Farm Animal Soundboard (JetBrains)
• Run Blazor Apps Within Electron Shell (JetBrains)

WPF / XAML

• XAML preview tool window for WPF in Rider (JetBrains)
• XAML Preview Tool Improvements in Rider 2021.1 EAP (JetBrains)

Windows Forms

• Developing Windows Forms Applications in Rider 2019.1 (JetBrains)
• Using third-party Windows Forms controls with Rider (JetBrains)

Database development

• Rider database management series
  • Configuring SQL Server 2017 for Rider (JetBrains)
  • Getting started with database support in Rider (JetBrains)
  • Working with Tables and Indexes in Rider (JetBrains)
  • Working with Data in Rider (JetBrains)
• Running Entity Framework (Core) commands in Rider (JetBrains)
• Entity Framework support in Rider 2018.1 (JetBrains)
• SQL inside C# strings, fragment editor, run query in console – Language injection updates in Rider 2018.3 (JetBrains)
• Getting Started With Entity Framework Core 5 (JetBrains)

Unity

Blog posts and articles

• Getting started with Rider and Unity (JetBrains)
• Support for Unity shaders in Rider 2017.2 (JetBrains)
• A real IDE for #unity3d: how to install JetBrains Rider C# editor on Mac (2017) #unitytips (community)
• Rider 2017.3 and Unity - Quick documentation, auto-property serialization,event functions, external class libraries, ... (JetBrains)
• Working with external class libraries in Unity and Rider (JetBrains)
• Control Unity editor play mode with Rider 2018.1 (JetBrains)
• View Unity console logs directly in Rider 2018.1 (JetBrains)
• Unity Explorer and new code inspections in Rider 2018.1 (JetBrains)
• Unity Package Explorer in Rider 2018.2 (JetBrains)
• Unity Assembly Definition Files and Rider 2018.2 (JetBrains)
• Integrating Rider 2018.2 and the Unity Editor (JetBrains)
• Unity-specific code analysis in Rider 2018.2 (JetBrains)
• Unity Performance Best Practices with Rider, Part 1 (JetBrains)
• Unity performance best practice with Rider, part 2 (JetBrains)
• Debugging Unity Players over network and USB with Rider 2020.2 (JetBrains)
• Debugger Extensions for Unity in Rider 2020.2 (JetBrains)

Videos

• Rider for Unity development (JetBrains)

Xamarin

• Troubleshooting JetBrains Rider and Visual Studio 2019 Xamarin Development (community)
• Xamarin Android Visual Designer and Layout Inspector in Rider 2019.1 (JetBrains)
• AndroidManifest.xml, Logcat and Android Profiling (JetBrains)
• Developing Xamarin applications in Rider (JetBrains)
• Create a Beautiful Mobile App With JetBrains Rider and Syncfusion Components (JetBrains)
• Hot Reload for Xamarin.Forms comes to Rider (JetBrains)
• Building a Xamarin.Forms Moon Phase App (JetBrains)

XML

• Create well-formed XML and schema efficiently (JetBrains)

Community

This category contains various blog posts and articles written by the community.

• Michael Crump's "10 days with Rider and .NET Core" series: (community)
  • Day 1 - Installing and Running .NET Core on a Windows Box (community)
  • Day 2 - Taking a Look at the Visual Studio Templates for .NET Core (community)
  • Day 3 - Running a .NET Core app on a Mac (community)
  • Day 4 - Creating a NuGet Package from .NET Core app (community)
  • Day 5 - Creating a Test Project from .NET Core (community)
  • Day 6 - Migrating an existing .NET Core to csproj (community)
  • Day 7 - Creating an ASP.NET Core Web Application (community)
  • Day 8 - Using Visual Studio Code with a .NET Core Console Application (community)
  • Day 9 - Creating a .NET Core Console App inside of Visual Studio Code (community)
  • Day 10 - Using JetBrains Rider with a .NET Core Console Application (community)
• Project Rider: A Standalone ReSharper IDE (community)
• A look a Rider for Visual Studio users (community)
• First impressions of JetBrains Rider (community)
• Writing Azure Functions with Rider (community)

A little bit of everything

This category contains "a little bit of everything". Very often these are posts that are made when new Rider versions are released, and contain various tips & tricks and feature updates.

• Rider EAP update: unit testing, .NET Core, and more (JetBrains)
• JetBrains Rider Early Access Program is now public (JetBrains)
• Rider EAP 17: NuGet, unit testing, good and bad news on debugging (JetBrains)
• Rider EAP update: Editor presentation improvements (JetBrains)
• Rider EAP 18: CoreCLR debugging is back (on Windows) (JetBrains)
• Rider EAP 19: new .NET Core, LESS, Sass, and more (JetBrains)
• Rider EAP update: .csproj-based .NET Core support (and how to migrate) (JetBrains)
• Rider EAP 20: Xamarin Android, Node.js, .NET Core improvements, and more (JetBrains)
• Rider EAP 21: F# support, bundled TFS plugin and more (JetBrains)
• Rider EAP 22: Xamarin iOS, unit testing improvements, compound run configurations and more (JetBrains)
• Rider EAP 23: .NET Core debugger is back, Code Cleanup, and more (JetBrains)
• Rider EAP 24 includes performance fixes, F# Interactive (JetBrains)
• Rider Release Candidate: performance, refactorings, Unity and more! (JetBrains)
• Rider 2017.2 EAP brings .NET Core 2.0, MSTest, and more (JetBrains)
• Rider 2018.2 Early Access Program is open! (JetBrains)
• Generating a GUID in Rider, colored parameter info, custom runtime arguments in Rider 2018.2 EAP (JetBrains)
• Redesigned Search Everywhere, Plugins, Templates and more in Rider 2018.3 EAP (JetBrains)
• Run static methods from gutter, IL Viewer, install SDKs and more improvements in Rider 2019.1 (JetBrains)