Posted by kretaceous 10/24/2024
all the while you coulda probably just made it in VS code for free...
I do see the /!\ sunset /!\ warning but until they actually do nuke it, it could still be helpful
> While we’ve had some growth in terms of adoption, we didn’t reach the market share we had hoped for. We believe that the time has come to sunset the product and focus our efforts in other directions.
[0] https://blog.jetbrains.com/appcode/2022/12/appcode-2022-3-re...
Just more Big Tech setting the terms for all of us trying to make a living.
And Rider was built on IntelliJ and ReSharper, two products that successfully "competed with free" for many years before then.
So, if anything, I'd say that JetBrains is at worst reasonably well-positioned to survive dumping by larger competitors with more diverse product lines.
This isn’t a new problem, but every time I see some form of “free” it gives me pause.
There are extensions like Roslynator which provide majority of refactorings at lower perf. cost, for free $$.
One thing to note that I just learned: You cannot opt out of anonymous data collection if you use the free non-commercial license. (I'd probably still trust Jetbrains over Microsoft, but that's me)
https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2024/10/24/webstorm-and-ride...
I'd definitely recommend trying it out now that it's free. Your taste may vary.
* you have mixed C#/F# projects in a solution (C# and F# support in VSCode can't communicate today)
* you use Rider for other technology
* you want paid support for your editor tools
* you prefer IDE-style experiences rather than editor/ extension-style experiences
* you want to take advantage of Rider features like their accelerated build caching