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by muhbaasu 603 days ago
It is definitely more performant in my experience. Occasional hiccups happen as well, but way less than with VS. Please note my experience with VS 22 is a bit dated because I moved to Rider a few versions ago (probably 17.8 or 17.9). Additionally, I haven't really used VS without the ReSharper plugin extensively so that's what I can compare Rider to.

Regarding your points:

> MAUI

No personal experience yet unfortunately on my part

> Code completion

At least on par, basically ReSharper with a few extras. Navigation and refactoring is great and comprehensive.

> IIS

Also no personal experience

> Debugging

Great debugger IMHO. Matches VS, predictive debugging is nice (deemphasizes branches it knows won't run), breakpoint conditions are great (only break on a certain thread, after another breakpoint had been hit, after n hits, ...), shows return values in the watch list automatically, etc.

> Look & feel

Probably personal preference: I prefer its more modern and focused look over VS. If you're into that, its Vim emulation plugin is superb.

> WPF

Not its strong suit. VS is way better here. Rider only has a preview. Annoying: it doesn't use themes for DevExpress-libraries correctly in one project at work.

> file explorer

Pretty much like VS

> Git integration

In my experience nicer than in VS. Exposes git's features more easily than VS. Take it with a grain of salt because I use the CLI mostly anyway.

I hope this helps a bit. But you're probably better off trying it for a while if you can.