--- title: "Resharper Vs. Refactor! and CodeRush - Let the games begin." url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2006/6/11/resharper-vs-refactor-and-coderush-let-the-games-begin.md" canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2006/6/11/resharper-vs-refactor-and-coderush-let-the-games-begin.html" published: "2006-06-11T01:06:00" updated: "2006-06-11T01:06:00" tags: [".NET", "Visual Studio"] author: "Roy Osherove" description: "It feels like the VS.NET Add-in wars are coming this way again, and I'm glad. Here's what DevExpress had to say on this unofficial blog post : \"Just as a taster, how about these: Refactor! Pro 2.0 has more than twice as…" usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)." license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" --- # Resharper Vs. Refactor! and CodeRush - Let the games begin. By Roy Osherove June 11, 2006 In [.NET](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net), [Visual Studio](https://osherove.com/blog/category/visual-studio) **Historical article** · Originally published June 11, 2006; technical details may be outdated. It feels like the VS.NET Add-in wars are coming this way again, and I'm glad. Here's what DevExpress had to say on [this unofficial blog post](http://community.devexpress.com/blogs/ctodx/archive/2006/06/08/132.aspx): "Just as a taster, how about these: Refactor! Pro 2.0 has more than twice as many refactorings as ReSharper 2.0; CodeRush 2.0 has a revolutionary next-generation template engine that delivers a significant boost in power, productivity and efficiency" I've been using [Resharper 2.0](http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/) (which just [opened a blog](http://blogs.jetbrains.com/dotnet/) too)for the past month and it's been nothing but pure pleasure to keep finding out niftly little helper features(XML Refactoring and Schema help). As it stands, for me [CodeRush](http://www.devexpress.com/Products/NET/CodeRush/) \+ [Refactor Pro!](http://www.devexpress.com/Products/NET/Refactor/) have Nothing on Resharper except nice graphics and a more confusing set of options than Microsoft Office.  I'd love for DevExpress to change my mind on this. I think they could, given the amount of Refactorings. But it doesn't end there. The 2nd best feature about Resharper is the navigation Abilities - finding a class or a file easily, global intellisense (not requiring using, and adds it automatically) is another one. Add these two, and you just might win my heart, [DevExpress](http://www.devexpress.com/). 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