This sounds trivial, and it is. But if you have a Visual Studio background and are trying out JetBrains Rider for the first time, this may not be apparent how to setup launching multiple projects in JetBrains Rider.
This entire week I’ve almost exclusively used Rider. I’ve used some of the early EAP’s, but not on an actual project.
One of the first roadblocks I hit was trying to figure out how to launch multiple projects from my solution.
Thankfully, it didn’t take me too long to figure out. However, I then had a colleague ask me the very next day how to do it, as he was also trying it out for the first time.
Run Configurations
Under the Run > Edit Configurations... menu, brings up a dialog where you can manage different configurations. Under the .NET Projects, you will have one default entry that points to an existing project. Create any new .NET Project entries to any other executable projects you have in your solution.
Compound
Next, to run multiple configurations together at once, create a Compound configuration and add your .NET Projects to it.
As I mentioned, it’s pretty trivial but maybe not obvious to someone not familiar with JetBrains IDE’s.
Rider Review
I’m looking forward to the next couple weeks using Rider. I plan on giving a full review after I’ve given it is paces with real project work.
Are you using Rider? How are you enjoying it? I’d love to hear your comments below or on Twitter.