ReSharper Essentials

Your first plugin

Now let's create your first plugin! In this example, we will use a plugin that is created automatically when you are creating a ReSharper plugin project. It simply allows you to reverse strings by adding a new context action and shows how you can add custom options to different menus in Visual Studio.

Creating a project

Assuming that you have installed SDK, we need to start with opening Visual Studio. It is important to run Visual Studio as an administrator.

Now let's create a new project. From the Visual Studio menu, navigate to FILE | New Project and from the New Project window, navigate to Installed | Templates | Visual C# | ReSharper | v8.1. This will display a list of the types of projects available to create the ReSharper ...