Differences between CodeRush Pro and CodeRush Xpress

Let’s compare the feature sets of the free CodeRush Xpress version and full CodeRush Pro version bundled with Refactor! Pro. Remember, that CodeRush Xpress is completely free to all Visual Studio 2008 and 2010 C# and Visual Basic developers. Its features are listed on the appropriate page.

The table below is almost a full list of features these two products provide. The comparison is made in the following areas:

• Code Analysis
• Code Generation
• Coding Helpers
• Code Providers
• Navigation
• Selection
• Visualization
• Clipboard Tools
• Testing Tools
• Refactorings

Some feature lists are shortened to reduce the size of the table. For example, CodeRush Pro includes over 120+ code issues but CodeRush Xpress has none of them. So the full list is not published, however, you can see the lists by clicking the appropriate links that follow to other posts with additional information.

	Feature	CR X	CR Pro
Code Analysis	A background static analysis and code issues technology for your source code with over 125+ code issues providing suggestions and errors with instant code fixes.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	The ultimate Duplicate Detection and Consolidation feature for finding and eliminating code duplications.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
Code Generation	Code Templates technology. Code templates are like Visual Studio’s code snippets on steroids. They’re extensible, more powerful, easier to use, and include their own editor.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Smart Constructor	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Over 20 code providers specially dedicated for the consume-first code declaration.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
Coding Helpers	Duplicate Line	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Intellassist	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Member Mover	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Member Organizer	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Scope Cycle	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Smart Enter	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Smart Parentheses	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Smart Brackets	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
Code Providers	More than 30 additional code providers for different code changing tasks.	(partially)	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
Navigation	Markers	(partially)	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Bookmarks	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Camel Case Navigation	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Click Identifier	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Navigation Providers	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Tab to Next Reference	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Highlight All References	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Quick Navigation	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Quick File Navigation	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	References	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Expression Focus	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Navigation Through Logical Blocks	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Open Files	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Recent Files	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Step Into Member	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Table Size UI	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
Selection	Camel Case Select	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Quick Comment/Uncomment	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Selection Increase/Reduce	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Selection Embedding	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Selection Inversion	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
Visualization	Comment Painter	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Comment Highlighter	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Element Highlighting	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Flow Break Evaluation	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Line Highlighter	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Member Icons	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Region Painting	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Right Margin Line	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Show Color	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Show Metrics	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Spell Checker	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Structural Highlighting	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Xml Doc Comments Painter	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
Clipboard Tools	Smart Cut/Copy	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Intelligent Paste	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Paste Replace	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
	Clipboard History	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
Testing Tools	The fastest Unit Test Runner executes your unit tests, navigates through tests, and facilitates processing test results. Supports the most known testing frameworks, such as NUnit, MbUnit, VS Testing,  Silverlight Testing, xUnit and others.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
Refactorings	See the full comparison table of the refactorings shipped in different products. The columns to the right show the number of refactorings shipped with the product.	58	200+
	Code Metrics Window	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.	Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.

Another difference between CodeRush Pro and CodeRush Xpress is in the number of supporting programming languages. CodeRush Xpress supports only CSharp and Visual Basic, while CodeRush Pro supports many more languages.

Also, CodeRush Pro ships with additional Shared Source solution, which has several projects with open source plug-ins that are intended for learning plug-ins development using the DXCore framework.

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