JetBrains ReSharper 1.5 has been released! This Visual Studio .NET 2003 Add-In includes following features:
Syntax and Error Highlighting
- Error highlighting – automatically analyses code, highlights syntax or errors, can detect and warn about potential problems.
- Warnings – make user aware of redundant using directives; declared but never used local variables; declared but never used private fields; unused private methods; unused parameters in private methods; redundant type casts; unreachable code; documentation errors.
- Marker bar emphasizes errors where they occur in the code, navigates directly to the marked code if user clicks on marker.
- Navigate easily between errors and warnings in code
- Visual indicators in margin show where current method hides, overrides, or implements the corresponding method of a base class/interface
- Enhanced syntax-highlighting complements default Visual Studio high-lighting with support for highlighting fields, local variables, types, and more.
Refactoring Support
- Rename symbols with reference correction – automatically find and correct all references to renamed namespace, type, method or field.
- Move types easily between namespaces with automatically updated references.
- Use "Change method signature" to modify signature of a method (add, remove, rename or reorder parameters, or to change return types or parameter types), with automatic reference correction.
Enhanced Navigation
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Save time moving within the code
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Quickly navigate to type or file by typing its name
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Select a file from the list of most recent 30 files
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Navigate easily to a declaration of a symbol under the caret
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Move easily to declarations of base classes or overridden/implemented methods
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Move just as easily down the hierarchy, selecting branches to correct derived class or overriding method
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Easily view the structure of the current file and navigate instantly to any member
Even with the arrival of Visual Studio 2005 refactoring support I'm sure this tool can and will provide some great productivity features.
More information on ReSharper 1.5 features can be found in this datasheet.
[Via Bill Ryan] Chase Thomas - working for Magenic Technologies - describes how you could build a better basepage framework on the .NET Framework 1.X in this series of posts:
These posts should be useful for those of us still using ASP.NET 1.X. However a lot - if not all - will be obsolete pretty soon with the arrival of ASP.NET 2.0 and its built-in master pages functionality.
If you're interested in ASP.NET 2.0 and living in Belgium, the ASP.NET 2.0 On Tour later this week is a must-attend event. I've been told a lot of people will be attending these sessions ... given this agenda I'm convinced it'll be an interesting day:
- Visual Studio 2005 and ASP.NET 2.0 for Web Development
- Visual Studio Team System 2005 for Web Development or IIS 7.0 futures
- Migration Session
- Other selected products and interesting features
In this context: if you're looking forward to migrate your existing .NET Framework 1.X applications to the .NET Framework 2.0, you should check Jay Roxe's post. He's looking for applications that can be used for testing compatibility between .NET Framework 2003 and Whidbey. Read more on his blog on how to submit your app.