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CodeRush Feature Overview

Code Generation & Typing

Create new code more efficiently with CodeRush's intelligent code generation. Declare members in a single keypress. Surround code with try/catch or using blocks (again, in a single keypress).

Write Boilerplate Code Faster and with Fewer Keystrokes
Add Using Directives and Common Member Implementations Instantly
Create Code Elements Intelligently Based on Usage
Surround Selected Code with Popular Language Constructs
Intelligently Create New Code Based on a Sample Selection

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Code Refactoring & Transformation

With over 100 refactorings and intelligent code providers, CodeRush delivers the power you need to easily change code, improving readability and the internal structure without changing external behavior.

Safely make changes to the API (add/remove parameters, add interface members, move members up the hierarchy) or update legacy code to support new language features. Focus more on code quality and functionality, and let CodeRush handle the routine changes to the code base.

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Move through your code at warp speed. CodeRush includes innovative, powerful and exclusive tools that help you be exactly where you want to be in an instant, regardless of solution size.

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Code Style & Formatting

With a rich set of code style settings, you get to focus on code quality and functionality while CodeRush focuses on matching the style needed in the moment. And code style settings can be separately configured (if needed) for yourself, individual solutions, and your entire team.

You can format code, remove unused code, and sort and group members in a single action. You can do this for the active file or instantly clean up entire folders or projects. CodeRush gives you complete control over the entire process.

And if you like, CodeRush will clean up code automatically (to your specifications) when saving documents.

Whether it's Style Cop guidelines or any other style you prefer, CodeRush can organize your code and make it easier to read.

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Code Visualization & Readability

CodeRush can add code visualization features to Visual Studio, improving code quality and readability, and help you more easily create and debug code.

Features include:

Highlight and Correct Misspelled Words in Code, Comments, and Strings
Preview Expression Values In-place while Debugging
Perform Common Tasks with Type Members with a Single Click
Highlight Code Blocks and Region Boundaries
Make Sure All Your Code Fits Onscreen with a Right Margin Indicator Line

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Code Coverage & Testing

When it comes to Test Driven Development, CodeRush is the tool of choice. CodeRush's Test Runner is top of its class. It's the fastest test runner available for .NET. Run and debug a single test, or all tests in the solution. You can even focus on a group of related tests using the Sessions functionality. In-source icons let you run, debug, and see test run status directly from code. And it simply works across test frameworks without any configuration required.

NUnit, MSTest (VS Testing), xUnit, and MSpec tests all are working right out of the box. .NetCore (including .Net 5 and .Net 6), .Net Framework, and multi-target projects are also supported.

CodeRush Templates make it easier to create new tests with a simple keystroke, while Code Coverage helps your entire team find problem areas in the code. You can even reveal line-by-line coverage details if you like.

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What's New in the latest version

Code Issues

We improved analysis of async code patterns, adding new code issues to report situations where code may be missing an intended 'await':

inside try and using statements, which could cause problems with exception handling and premature object disposal
inside synchronous code, effectively producing fire-and-forget tasks

Context Providers

We added two new context providers [DebugRunMode] and [DebugBreakMode]. You can use them to setup context for keyboard shortcuts, templates, and any other feature that supports context.

Improved Visual Studio 17.14 support

We patched a number of CodeRush features to work correctly with the recent Visual Studio 17.14 release.

Resolved Issues

T1287718 - Navigation - Drop marker before jump fails to drop marker on F12 shortcut

T1291860 - Voice - Voice commands do not work when the WinForms designer has focus

T1291861 - Templates - 'tm' template does not work with xUnit.v3

T1291863 - Code Issues - Squiggly underlines are shown in the code editor even when code issues are not registered in Visual Studio

T1287969 - Code Issues - "Variable is assigned twice in succession" code issue is incorrectly reported

T1287970 - Code Issues - CRR0044 and CRR0045 issues are falsely reported for local variables with the using modifier

T1291847 - Code Issues - CRR0034 false positive for MVC controller actions

T1291864 - Code Issues - CRR0033 highlights code too aggressively

T1291858 - Code Issues - CRR0034 is raised for event handlers

T1291849 - Sync Namespace with Folder Structure - Refactoring gives an incorrect result when a folder name starts with a number

T1291856 - Test Runner - cannot run xUnit tests when project targets .NET9 or .NET10 preview