You can try out the Resharper 2.0 alpha for Visual Studio 2003 or 2005. I tried it out for Visual Studio 2005. Immediately, some cool new features jumped out at me.
- Resharper runs NUnit tests for you right from the code. It includes a graphics window similar to the NUnit gui.
- Many new refactories with context-sensitive offering. One common one is to breat a variable declaration from the constructor.
I tried it out for about an hour, and then I uninstalled it. It is an alpha, and I did experience some of the known issues which include hangs at several places:
- Adding new class to project.
- Opening a solution.
- Saving a file.
- Compiling
These known issues are published on the download site. After all, it's an alpha, but when it performs as snappily as Resharper 1.5, it'll be a great productivity tool.
For the time being, I'm evaluating another refactoring tool called JustCode!. It has similar features to the other tools in the space, and I'm giving it a shot. I recognize that I have a bias because I'm already familiar with the Resharper shortcut keys, but JustCode! is nicely filling in the gaps of the VS 2005 refactorings.