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ReSharper 5.0 vs ReSharper 4.5

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Legend: — Unsupported — Supported — Better support
Feature ReSharper 4.5 ReSharper 5.0
Development Environments and Languages
Supported Visual Studio versions Visual Studio 2005, 2008 Visual Studio 2005, 2008, 2010
Supported C# versions 2.0, 3.0 2.0, 3.0, 4.0
Supported VB.NET versions VB8, VB9 VB8, VB9, VB10
Web Development
ASP.NET support C#, VB.NET code C#, VB.NET code + markup files
ASP.NET-specific refactorings no
  • Extract Content Placeholder
  • Rename TagPrefix
  • Rename TagName
ASP.NET-specific navigation no Go to Related Files (masterpages, CSS files etc.)
ASP.NET-specific code generation no
  • Code generation actions
  • Live, file, and surround templates
ASP.NET MVC support no Navigation and coding assistance for controller and action usages in string literals
HTML support no

Navigation, coding assistance, context actions, and completion for HTML items in ASP.NET markup files
Navigation and Search
Support for external sources no
  • Metadata view
  • Navigation to shared sources (PDB source server support)
  • Navigation in sources that are external to current solution
Structural search and replace no yes
Code bookmarks no yes
Hierarchy views yes

Type Hierarchy

 better

Type Hierarchy, Project Hierarchy
Code Analysis
Code inspections ~750 ~900
Quick-fixes ~550 ~600
Solution-wide warnings and suggestions no yes
Value tracking no yes
Call tracking no yes
Pattern-based code analysis no yes
Upgrade loops to LINQ no yes
Refactorings
Overall refactorings 35 40
Project-level refactorings no
  • Move types/files between folders and projects
  • Move multiple types from a single file to multiple files
  • Safe Delete sets of types/files/folders
  • Synchronize namespaces with physical location
Coding Assistance
Context actions 158 ~200
Code Cleanup yes better

Added XML formatting
Predefined code templates 75 86
Unit Testing
Supported NUnit version 2.4 (limited) Any, up to 2.5
Other Features
Localization and globalization Via RGreatX plug-in Bundled

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