JetBrains announced the release of ReSharper 7, the latest version of its .NET tooling that supports Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 and Metro-style development.
JetBrains, a maker of productivity-enhancing
software development tools, has announced the general availability of ReSharper
7, a major new release of their productivity extension for Microsoft Visual
Studio.
With Visual Studio 2012 and Windows 8 release
to manufacturing (RTM) set for early August, ReSharper 7 adds full-blown
support for Visual Studio 2012 while preserving compatibility with Visual
Studio 2005, 2008 and 2010. ReSharper 7 also provides extensive tooling for
developers targeting Windows 8 and WinRT, the new Microsoft operating system
and runtime for ARM-based PCs and tablets.
Developers who are not yet migrating to the
new Visual Studio will still find a lot to cheer about in ReSharper 7,
JetBrains officials said. New ReSharper functionality available in all
supported versions of Visual Studio includes a fresh set of real-time code
inspections and automated quick-fixes; new refactorings, including the
long-awaited Extract Class; more ways to visualize and explore the code base;
and contract annotations to fine-tune ReSharper's code quality analysis to
application-specific conventions.
"With this release, we're trying to make
life easier for .NET shops aiming to quickly start developing Metro-style apps
on the Windows 8 platform, said Ilya Ryzhenkov, ReSharper product manager at
JetBrains. The sooner companies start deploying to the Windows 8 marketplace,
the more revenue they'll be getting from it. And we're here to accelerate their
Windows 8 development efforts. On the other hand, ReSharper 7 also brings great
value to those developing more traditional .NET applications, with its new ways
to refactor, maintain and explore code bases, not to mention improved support
for specific languages, such as XAML, JavaScript, or VB.NET."
Other ReSharper 7 highlights include an
extensive pack of functionality for developers looking to create WinRT-based
Metro style applications, new code inspections and contract annotations for
more robust .NET code quality analysis, additional code exploration features
for helping visualize hierarchies of polymorphic members and Cascading Style
Sheets (CSS) styles, better support working with Windows Forms, WPF and
Silverlight, and added or improved support for a variety of languages and
technologies, including JavaScript, ASP.NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, LightSwitch and
SharePoint.
Darryl K. Taft covers the development tools and developer-related issues beat from his office in Baltimore. He has more than 10 years of experience in the business and is always looking for the next scoop. Taft is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and was named 'one of the most active middleware reporters in the world' by The Middleware Co. He also has his own card in the 'Who's Who in Enterprise Java' deck.
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