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JetBrains Rider vs KDevelop: What are the differences?

Developers describe JetBrains Rider as "A cross-platform .NET IDE based on the IntelliJ platform and ReSharper". It supports .NET Framework, the new cross-platform .NET Core, and Mono based projects. This lets you develop a wide array of applications including .NET desktop applications, services and libraries, Unity games, Xamarin apps, ASP.NET and. On the other hand, KDevelop is detailed as "A free, open source, and cross platform IDE". It is a feature-full, plugin extensible IDE for C/C++ and many other programming languages. It offers a seamless development environment to programmers that work on projects of any size. It helps you get the job done while staying out of your way.

JetBrains Rider and KDevelop can be primarily classified as "Integrated Development Environment" tools.

Some of the features offered by JetBrains Rider are:

  • live code inspection
  • fast
  • responsive

On the other hand, KDevelop provides the following key features:

  • Quick code navigation
  • Remarkable code comprehension
  • Semantic highlighting
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Pros of JetBrains Rider
Pros of KDevelop
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    ReSharper for VS bundled
  • 3
    Runs on Linux
  • 3
    NuGet package manager
  • 3
    Debug & Trace support
  • 2
    SQL editing tools
  • 2
    Refactoring support
  • 2
    Free for Open Source projects
  • 2
    64-bit process
  • 2
    Solution-wide refactoring
  • 2
    Intellisense
  • 2
    User Friendly
  • 2
    Simple Design
  • 2
    Code intellisense for c++

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Cons of JetBrains Rider
Cons of KDevelop
  • 3
    Costs money
  • 2
    Cheaper
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    What is JetBrains Rider?

    It supports .NET Framework, the new cross-platform .NET Core, and Mono based projects. It lets you develop a wide range of applications including .NET desktop applications, services and libraries, ASP.NET Core web applications and more.

    What is KDevelop?

    It is a feature-full, plugin extensible IDE for C/C++ and many other programming languages. It offers a seamless development environment to programmers that work on projects of any size. It helps you get the job done while staying out of your way.

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