Saturday, January 26th, 2008
Refactoring Tools
If you’re looking for an inexpensive Visual Studio 2008 refactoring add-in that performs many essential refactorings at a price point significantly lower than ReSharper, MojabSoftware’s new Smarties 2008 (goofy name, notwithstanding) may be your ticket to getting the job done. After reviewing the list of core features, I have to say that I’m impressed by the breadth of both refactorings and timesavers packed into the $46US package.
Their website has this to say about Smarties 2008:
Smarties 2008 is designed for professional developers who don’t need the refactor commands that are used just to change the badly written codes by someone else but instead they want something more powerful and at same time affordable to get their jobs done easier.
Their business model is a simple application of the Pareto Principle (80-20 rule). It’s probably worth a closer look if you’re on the fence and for the price probably a no-brainer if you don’t need all the extra shiny stuff from ReSharper.
