ReSharper Documentation

What's the best way to quickly learn ReSharper basics?

One of the best ways is probably to watch this short video in which Hadi Hariri gives a demo of ReSharper's navigation and search, code analysis, refactorings, unit testing, code generation, and support for multiple languages and frameworks, all in about 10 minutes.

A lot more ReSharper videos is also available for you to view on JetBrains YouTube channel.

In addition, you can get a solid overview of ReSharper features by watching the ReSharper Fundamentals course on Pluralsight.

How do I explore ReSharper in all its variety?

If you want to dive into ReSharper's diverse feature set, try ReSharper Online Help for an all-around description of language support, specific features, and how and why to use them.

How is ReSharper better than plain Visual Studio?

ReSharper is way more powerful than even the latest releases of Visual Studio in terms of code analysis, set of refactorings and code transformations, depth of navigation support and in many more respects. For a brief overview of ReSharper value over recent versions of Visual Studio, see the following docs:

How can ReSharper help solve common .NET development tasks?

ReSharper helps with a great deal of frequent software development and maintenance tasks, such as finding unused code, complying with naming guidelines, detecting possible runtime exceptions, or adopting software design patterns. See ReSharper Cookbook for tutorials on undertaking these and other tasks using ReSharper.

How do I convince my boss that ReSharper is a valuable addition to our tool set?

There's a presentation called ReSharper Benefits (.pdf) that looks at ReSharper functionality from a ROI perspective and provides a basic way to estimate how a development team benefits from using ReSharper.

There's also ReSharper Data Sheet (.pdf) that fits the most relevant information on ReSharper into two print pages.

Is the latest ReSharper worth an upgrade from an older version?

Every new major release is a result of a whole year's effort by the ReSharper team, and it's usually well worth the money spent. To learn what ReSharper updates add compared to previous versions, please see the following comparison tables:

How do I learn ReSharper keyboard shortcuts?

ReSharper is a great tool for everyone. However, keyboard-centric developers get additional value out of it as it maps most of its actions to keyboard shortcuts. Use these cheat sheets to master your ReSharper keyboard scheme of choice:

ReSharper Default Keymap: Visual Studio scheme (optimized for experienced Visual Studio users, overrides as few native Visual Studio shortcuts as possible)
ReSharper Default Keymap: ReSharper 2.x / IntelliJ IDEA scheme (optimized for users of other JetBrains tools such as IntelliJ IDEA, PhpStorm and other IntelliJ-based IDEs)

How do I tweak ReSharper to my liking or according to my team standard?

Default ReSharper settings aren't perfect for everyone. For example, you might want to modify default naming rules or modify severity for certain code inspections. Refer to ReSharper Customization Guide for guidelines on these and other tweaks.

You can also use numerous ReSharper plugins that extend or modify ReSharper functionality, or even create your own plugins, and ReSharper Plugin Development Guide is going to help you with that.

ReSharper customization and plugin development guides