ReSharper 2022.1 vs. Visual Studio 2022
This document lists some of the features that are provided by ReSharper 2022.1 but are missing or not as fully implemented in bare Visual Studio 2022 17.1.
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 17.1
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ReSharper 2022.1
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Code analysis |
On-the-fly design-time code analysis for C#, VB.NET, XAML | On-the-fly design-time code analysis for all supported languages (including ASP.NET, XAML, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, and more) |
800+ code analysis rules (code inspections) | 1500+ code analysis rules (code inspections) | |
Design-time error highlighting: compiler errors for C#, VB.NET, JavaScript, TypeScript, and C++ | Design-time error highlighting: most compiler errors, many possible runtime errors (such as detection of possible null reference exceptions) for all supported languages | |
400+ kinds of code issues that can be fixed automatically | 1900+ kinds of code issues that can be fixed automatically | |
250+ quick actions to resolve code issues in C#, F#, and VB.NET | 1300 quick-fixes to resolve code issues in C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, XAML, XML, JavaScript, TypeScript and other supported languages | |
Full solution analysis for C# and VB.NET | Solution-wide error/warning monitor for all supported languages | |
Call hierarchy | Call tracking | |
Integrated ESLint support | Integrated JSLint, ESLint, and TSLint support | |
Reporting all errors and code quality issues in a file | Reporting all errors and code quality issues in any scope, up to the entire solution | |
Code annotations for nullability analysis | Code annotations help analyze solution with greater accuracy (nullability, contracts, etc.) | |
Suggest usings for types in installed NuGet packages | A quick-fix that finds unresolved symbols and namespaces on nuget.org | |
Custom code inspections and fixes with structural search and replace patterns | ||
Analysis of code stored inside string literals, tags and attributes | ||
Track Value Source | Value tracking to analyze value origins and destinations | |
Refactoring |
15 solution-wide refactorings | 58 solution-wide refactorings |
120+ local refactorings (automated local code transformations) | 470+ context actions (automated local code transformations) | |
Project-level cleanup refactoring: Sync Namespaces | Project-level cleanup refactorings: Adjust Namespaces, Move Types into Matching Files, and Remove Unused References. | |
Structural replace for same or similar code | ||
Code generation |
Create from usage | Create from usage |
Generate code from code snippets (templates) | Generate code from configurable live, surround, source, and postfix templates | |
Generate files from templates | Generate files and file sets from configurable templates | |
Generate type members | Generate type members | |
Generate null checks for parameters | Generate configurable null checks for parameters | |
Visual editor for code snippets (templates) | ||
Build tool |
MSBuild | ReSharper Build: out-of-process incremental build tool that optimizes MSBuild and applies heuristics to build only projects that need updating, comes with a built-in NuGet package restorer |
Project-level tools |
Dependency graph Enterprise | Project Dependency Diagram, Assembly Dependency Diagram, and Type Dependency Diagram that do not require Visual Studio Enterprise Edition and display without compiling anything |
Assembly explorer to open and navigate inside compiled assemblies | ||
NuGet browser to explore packages, types, and namespaces in the NuGet gallery | ||
Run configurations for multiple startup projects, static methods, and external executables | ||
Coding assistance |
Code completion | Code completion is context-driven, can suggest types and extension methods from the entire solution, import namespaces, generate code, and more |
Syntax highlighting | Syntax highlighting (different configurable colors for more identifier kinds) | |
Auto-import namespaces | Auto-import namespaces with NuGet search for types and namespace | |
Move line or selection up/down | Move line, selection, statement, parameter, member, etc. up/down/left/right | |
Expand/Contract selection | Extend/Shrink selection | |
Regular expressions assistance | Regular expressions assistance with the Validate Regular Expression dialog | |
Pasting items from clipboard history | Pasting items from clipboard history | |
Inlay hints for parameter names and type names | Inlay hints for parameter names, type names, and type conversions; push-to-hint mode | |
Completion of statements with ';' | Complete statement | |
Structural navigation with Tab/Shift+Tab | ||
Structural remove | ||
Localization assistance | ||
Auto-correction of escape sequences in pasted string literals | ||
Integrated spell checking | ||
Navigation & search |
Go To | Search everywhere |
Go to declaration | Go to declaration that also helps navigate between usages | |
Find references | Find usages of the current and related symbols, including text occurrences | |
Highlight references | Highlight references | |
Go to symbol | Go to symbol | |
Go to type | Go to type | |
Go to file member | Go to file member | |
Go to file | Go to file | |
Code bookmarks | Code bookmarks | |
Navigate to decompiled source | Navigate to decompiled code | |
View recent files | View recent files/recent edits and jump to last edit | |
Quick Launch | Go to action | |
Go to base | Go to base symbols, derived symbols, and end implementations | |
Gutter icons for implemented and inherited symbols | Gutter icons for implemented, inherited, and hiding symbols | |
Go to text | ||
Structural search and replace | ||
Go to related and nearby files | ||
Navigate to exposing APIs | ||
IL Viewer | ||
Hierarchy views for projects, project references, types, CSS styles | ||
File structure | ||
Solution-wide to-do explorer with configurable patterns | ||
Code style |
Reformat code | Reformat code, optionally with contextual configuration of formatting rules |
Optimize namespace import directives | Optimize namespace import directives, including bulk imports | |
Configurable code syntax style inspections | Configurable code syntax style inspections | |
Naming style | Naming style | |
EditorConfig support | EditorConfig support with File Formatting Info window which allows to explore all .editorconfig files that affect the current file | |
Code cleanup in file, project, or solution (C#) | Code Cleanup in any scope: selection, file, folder, project, solution (C#, VB.NET, C++, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, and other languages) | |
Remove unnecessary usings and unused private members in a file | Remove code redundancies in the scope of a method, a class, a file, a project or the whole solution | |
File header style via EditorConfig | File header style via EditorConfig or settings | |
Auto-detection of naming and formatting styles | ||
Use comments to configure formatter | ||
Organize and reorder file/type members | ||
Unit testing |
Unit test explorer | Unit test explorer |
Testing frameworks support (MSTest, VSTest, xUnit.net) | Testing frameworks support (MSTest, VSTest, xUnit.net, NUnit, QUnit, Jasmine) | |
Run tests from the editor (MSTest and xUnit.net only) | Run tests from the editor | |
View test status in the editor (MSTest and xUnit.net only) | View test status in the editor | |
Code coverage tools Enterprise | Code coverage tools dotUltimate | |
Live Unit Testing Enterprise | Continuous testing dotUltimate | |
Multiple unit test sessions, which can run simultaneously and independently of one another | ||
Debugger |
DataTips in the editor | Searchable DataTips in the editor |
Breakpoints window | Breakpoints window with preview, context search, grouping, and export | |
Find breakpoints by context | ||
Values of local variables, current line expressions, and function returns are shown in the editor | ||
Managing settings |
Synchronize settings via Microsoft ID | Synchronize settings with team via VCS or any file hosting service |
Settings layer system to store different settings for different solutions without conflicts | ||