The ReSharper SDK

To write plugins for ReSharper, you need to have the Software Development Kit (SDK) installed. Starting from ReSharper v8.1, SDK is divided into two parts, which we'll be discussing in the following sections.

Installing the ReSharper SDK

The first part of the SDK is the MSI installer, which contains Visual Studio project templates, item templates, and samples.

Installing the ReSharper SDK is very easy and can be done by performing the following steps:

  1. Download the installation package. Go to the Download ReSharper page at http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/download/index.html and click on ReSharper SDK for ReSharper 8.1.x (.msi) in the Related Downloads section.
  2. After opening the downloaded installation package, you should see the ...

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