ReSharper VS CodeRush Performance

Question

I have seen extensive articles and blog posts compared, but what about performance?

I am well versed in ReSharper functions, but performance is unbearable.

I am willing to change to avoid this trap, but will I really avoid this?

I do not ask anyone to do statistics on a new machine, but what is an approximate factor? I am looking for something more than just "empty faster."

2/1?

Answer 1

Firstly, the full disclosure: I just finished the full trial period for both Resharper and Coderush, and in the end I spent my money on Resharper.

To answer your question - yes, in my experience, Coderush is much faster than Resharper. Often with Resharper, the entire user interface is paused for a split second or so while it is dynamically compiling to check for errors in the code, and you can noticeably see the sidebar update. Coderush on hand added very little noticeable decrease in performance.

I am stuck with Resharper, although for two reasons: firstly, the set of functions that it provides is simply better suited to my work style. I gave Coderush four weeks to beat me another, but its main selling point (the frankly brilliant template engine) never made up for the lack of functionality that I had learned to rely on for four weeks with Resharper. Secondly, I noticed that the performance of Resharper improved significantly with the latest version, the slowdown was really very bad for files that in any case needed refactoring - files created with Resharper tended to work very well, since fewer errors were noted .

Both tools have a generous trial period, although I had no problems installing, uninstalling, and flipping between them, so the best I can offer is to try myself. For me, Coderush is faster and feels more professional, but Resharper has functionality that I didn’t want to give up.

Answer 2

Thanks for the feedback. Can you talk more about what features you discovered over another? that you didn’t want to give up?

For me, the only feature that I like about ReSharper that CodeRush lacks is Unit Testing. Everything else, I find CodeRush to excel in ... but I'm new to both products, so I would like to know more.

Answer 3

I agree with Martin, but I would also say that with version 4.5 ReSharper is much faster, especially in large projects.

I went with coderush for a while, but working with the development team, I would say that R # is still the most useful.

You have several discount coupons and advanced checks for ReSharper if you are interested:

http://web2asp.net/2009/09/resharper-discount-and-extended-trial.html