Congratulations JetBrains, for releasing the next major version of ReSharper!

I'm developing with ReSharper for about a year now. I don't leave the house without it anymore. I didn't see another tool that boosts my development performance in VS more than ReSharper.

If you don't know ReSharper yet, I strongly suggest to check it out now.

You can download a 30-day trial here. 

I finally managed to compose a first guidance document on how to use Flynn. It is a tutorial that contains a walkthrough. On the basis of a simple example the main use cases are demonstrated.

You can find the tutorial here.

After watching the introduction video about Acropolis I'm calming down again. No, I won't fall for the hype this time. The hype that will probably be generated by Microsoft and Acropolis.

I really liked the CAB and SCSF concept. But the latest, somewhat heated up discussion between Jeremy D. Miller, Oren Eini, Chris Holmes and Glenn Block really made me thinking. And the result of this discussion is that I will watch the development of Acropolis from a far bigger distance than I used to.

From what I saw in the Acropolis video, I must say that I'm a little bit disappointed. Acropolis seems to become another RAD tool. A RAD tool on a new level, yes, but RAD. You may be impressing managers with this stuff, but not me.

In defense of this project I have to say, that I didn't take a closer look at Acropolis. And it would be unfair to discard it. But I will watch it skeptically.

Btw, Glenn Block, from the P&P group answers some question you may have regarding Acropolis and the future of CAB, SCSF.

I released the first beta version of Flynn yesterday. It is the very first published binary package.

I'm currently working on a comprehensive documentation. And hope to get it released soon. I'm aiming for the upcoming weekend. So stay tuned.

JetBrains released a beta version of ReSharper 3.0 some days ago.
Check out this blog entry to learn about the new features. You can download a fully functional 30-day evaluation version here.

If you don't know ReSharper yet, you should check it out ASAP! It is a great piece of software.

Unfortunately there is some trouble going on in the ReSharper newsgroups. The reason for this is the pricing decisions JetBrains made for ReSharper 3.0. So if you purchased ReSharper 2.5.2 ($149-$249) on April 15th or later you'll get a free upgrade to ReSharper 3.0 for free.

Now there are a number of complaints from those who won't get the free upgrade because they bought ReSharper before April 15th. They are even saying that they kick ReSharper and switch to other tools.
This is ridiculous.

First of all, I haven't run across any other tool that can compete with ReSharper. So I'd say good luck finding something.

And second, if you are a company I bet you didn't hesitate a second when you decided about the $600 coffee dispenser. Now there is a tool that saves you time and money and you still whine about $249 you have to spend?

For several releases JetBrains gave their upgrades out for free. I always wondered how they could do this. Now they are charging for the upgrade, and I'm going to pay for it.

And you know what. If you don't want to pay for the upgrade, just stick to 2.5.2. After all, this is what you paid for. JetBrains never said that upgrades are included for free.