An Itty Bitty Lightweight CodeRush
I’ve always been a Resharper user, even though I have a CodeRush/Refactor licence. Somehow, Resharper just seems to fit my coding style and habits better than CodeRush.
However, I’ve always liked the way CodeRush can visually render code …
I especially like the lines that show the extent of various constructs, like between the method braces above.
As CodeRush’s functionality is implemented in plugins, I wondered if I could reduce it down to just a couple of features. It turns out you can.
My options in CodeRush are now limited to those shown in the image on the right. They represent just 8 enabled plugins. This results in a small, lean CodeRush that gives me just what I want.
To do this - in the Options dialog select the “Expert” level, and select the “Plug-in Manager” option in the “Core” folder. Then for each plugin you want to disable, select the “Load Disable” and “Load Disable After Restart” checkboxes.
The image below shows the 8 plugins I have enabled …
