IDE Programs and Tools

Visual Studio

Licensing

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Extensions

Resharper C# & C++

Still the best intellisense there is. I use VS over Rider or CLion because its much better at handling project management and UI/UX.

Jetbrains

Best IDE's out there. I use their standalone products for Java and Python.

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Intellij

Pycharm

Artificial Intelligence

Claude Code

Claude MAX Plan

MCP's

Makes the fucking thing interact intelligently with Windows etc.

DesktopCommanderMCP

1. Install Claude Code
2. Install Zed
3. Install NPX (Nodejs)

then:

npx @wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander@latest setup

Read the output the npx command produces and open the claude_desktop_config.json it talks about. Then open zed and ctrl+shift+p -> agent: settings. Add a custom MCP Server and manually take the information from the claude code json and put it in the zed mcp json.

/// The name of your MCP server
  "some-mcp-server": {
    /// The command which runs the MCP server
    "command": "cmd",
    /// The arguments to pass to the MCP server
    "args": ["/c","npx","-y","@wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander@latest"],
    /// The environment variables to set
    "env": {}
  }

Zed

Hooks up to Claude Code (no API fees :D)

paste the content of this json into Zed->Open Settings File

zed_settings.json

// Zed settings
//
// For information on how to configure Zed, see the Zed
// documentation: https://zed.dev/docs/configuring-zed
//
// To see all of Zed's default settings without changing your
// custom settings, run `zed: open default settings` from the
// command palette (cmd-shift-p / ctrl-shift-p)
{
  "agent_servers": {
    "claude": {
      "default_model": "sonnet",
      "default_mode": "bypassPermissions",
    },
  },
  "vim_mode": false,
  "telemetry": {
    "diagnostics": false,
    "metrics": false,
  },
  "icon_theme": {
    "mode": "dark",
    "light": "Zed (Default)",
    "dark": "Zed (Default)",
  },
  "base_keymap": "JetBrains",
  "ui_font_size": 16,
  "buffer_font_size": 15,
  "theme": {
    "mode": "dark",
    "light": "One Light",
    "dark": "Ayu Dark",
  },
  "title_bar": {
    // Whether to show the branch icon beside branch switcher in the titlebar.
    "show_branch_icon": true,
    // Whether to show the branch name button in the titlebar.
    "show_branch_name": true,
    // Whether to show the project host and name in the titlebar.
    "show_project_items": true,
    // Whether to show onboarding banners in the titlebar.
    "show_onboarding_banner": false,
    // Whether to show user picture in the titlebar.
    "show_user_picture": false,
    // Whether to show the sign in button in the titlebar.
    "show_sign_in": false,
    // Whether to show the menus in the titlebar.
    "show_menus": true,
  },
}