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I have been using DevExpress CodeRush for a few days now, and I really like it. It makes finding possible errors easy, and has a lot of useful code generation options, like create missing constructors for custom exceptions.
How many people here use/have used CodeRush, and what was your experience with it.
I am currently using version 13.1.7.
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I used it for a while. It's refactoring and suggestions were reasonably ok but what really put me off it was the amount of refactoring "chatter". That is, the popups and code suggestions took up so much space they got in the way of the code. To be honest, I think it probably does or can do things better than Resharper which I use but CodeRush was too much in your face and cluttered the IDE. On balance, RS's IDE is much "quieter".
I reported my observations to the DE team. Whether anything changed, I don't know.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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SeptimusHedgehog 151576 wrote: what really put me off it was the amount of refactoring "chatter". That is, the popups and code suggestions took up so much space they got in the way of the code.
That's one of the reasons I like it! It lets me see what it's going to do. Also pop-ups at the bottom right of the screen are finely placed for me. I prefer its in-screen painting to ReSharper's modal dialogs, but this is a matter of taste.
I don't know when you last used CR. However, most of the stuff you object to can be disabled in options. But I admit it can take a while to find out how! Also, recent versions install in "friction-free" mode by default which means you see almost nothing.
The trouble with these tools is they take a while to tame and probably many devs don't have the time. 
Kevin
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Sage words, Kevin. I last used CR around June last year. It was included in the DE licence we had for their Winforms components.
Kevin McFarlane wrote: The trouble with these tools is they take a while to tame and probably many devs don't have the time
That's no maybe. My biggest problem with RS is they have too many options. Like CR the tweaking can be overwhelming.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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SeptimusHedgehog 151576 wrote: My biggest problem with RS is they have too many options. Like CR the tweaking can be overwhelming.
Lol, I've gotten used to it now I think. I did have a problem when, having gotten used to CR, I then worked in a contract where they had a site licence for ReSharper, so I had to spend some time trying to get RS to work the same way as CodeRush, with keyboard shortcuts, etc.
I guess the options have built up over the years to cater for the differing preferences of developers. In my experience no two devs work in quite the same way.
Kevin
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Yes, I use it. The forums are very good as well. I also use a couple of custom plugins - BlockPainter Plus and Documentor that are available in the Visual Studio gallery.
ReSharper is also good but I prefer CodeRush's UI paradigm. However, in both products, there is a hell of a lot to learn! There's a handy CodeRush PDF[^] that is a bit out-of-date but is very useful for having most of what you might want to do in one place.
Kevin
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I was watching Dave Gorman's new show on TV last night, Modern Life Is Goodish, which I have mentioned on here before, and he did a bit about the difference between presents and gifts, and the difference between men and women's present / gift buying habits.
I always believed when I was a kid, that clothes are a crap present. As a kid if you need clothes then you get bought clothes. Except at birthday or Christmas time when you get given clothes that you would have got normally at any other time of year.
But then I have never cared about clothes, still don't, would much rather I didn't have to wear them. I'm also rather large and awkward, and clothes never look as good on me as they do on a shelf or hanger.
So now I have to buy my own clothes, or at least pay for them, I quite like getting clothes for my birthday. Or I did. Saves me having to shop, saves me having to choose, not my fault if the wife thinks they're a bit sh*t, although as she tends to advise those doing the buying they tend to be what she approves of anyway.
But now I have too many clothes, my draws are full, I wish people would stop buying me clothes.
Except for socks. I love wearing new socks.
So far today I have had socks, boxer shorts, and a coat. I had a coat last year. I am not a coat wearing person, unless forced into one by cold weather I will not wear one. Last year's is almost immaculate. I now have two coats. That is one more than I could wear.
Part of the problem is that I am not easy to buy presents for, I accept that, I don't really want anything, don't really need anything. I would be far happier just to get a card, I appreciate the thought, but I cannot really see the point in people spending their money on something I neither want nor need.
The problem is exasperated by my wife and her family. They are into birthdays for some reason. My mum and dad asked me what I want, I said nothing, they'll give me some cash towards something at some point. My brother and I generally just swap a few bottles of beer each year (his birthday is 8 days before mine), sometimes we don't bother and just buy our own with the understanding that they are from the other.
But my wife's family are different, not only do they have to buy you something, anything, doesn't really matter what as long as you get something. So the wife has resorted to just telling them "get him some clothes".
I am going to get some more clothes this evening, of that I am sure. I don't know where to put them, no doubt I'll wear them because they will be more easily accessible then those I already have which will no longer get used despite being perfectly useable in every way.
Maybe I'm just a miserable old sod.
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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Too many crap presents at xmas time.
I am glad of socks and boxers, it saves me the time and money in buying them and they are definitely going to be used.
Cheap aftershave gets tossed straight into the bin.
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Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Dalek Dave wrote: Cheap aftershave gets drunk and then tossed straight into the bin
ftfy
speramus in juniperus
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including High Karate?
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: Cheap aftershave Nagy gets drunk and then tossed straight into the bin
FTFTFYFY. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I can perfectly understand you. I also never know, how to answer the question, what I'd wish for at christmas. Neither do I know what I could give my family... Every year in the week before christmas I am wandering aimlessly around at the mall trying to figure out something that won't just provoke a forced smile from the recipient... 
And in the end I'll resort to chocolate. Everybody loves chocolate. 
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Happy Birthday in advance..... 
Thanks,
Milind
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That's a very roundabout way to let us know it's your birthday.
Happy birthday, you grumpy old man.
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It's the thought that counts...isn't it?
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ChrisElston wrote: which will no longer get used despite being perfectly useable in every way.
May I suggest donating them to charity?
Happy Birthday!
You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colon."
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When the in-laws or friends ask my wife what to get me for birthdays and Christmas, she has a standard one-word response and I am PERFECTLY happy with it.
Coffee.
Tim
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Graciously accept the clothes, then donate the excess to charity. I suspect that there are more than a few shelters or thrift shops in your area who would be delighted to share in your good fortune, and give you a tax write-off for your kindness.
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I put Red Bull in my Coffee this morning.
Now I can see noises O_O
speramus in juniperus
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Sugar was out?
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This just in:
Sales of both Nescafe and Red Bull have tripled in Manchester
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I've only been to Manchester once. We stayed the weekend with friends near Old Trafford, but spent the time out in the Lake District.
speramus in juniperus
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: spent the time out in the Lake District.
Did you travel there by car, or by using the produce of local street vendors?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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By car. Twas a family outing.
speramus in juniperus
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Caffine RUSH!!!!!! seriously why do people drink Red Bull?, it tastes like disinfectant imho!
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