When comparing dotPeek vs LINQPad, the Slant community recommends dotPeek for most people. In the question“What are the best .net tools?” dotPeek is ranked 4th while LINQPad is ranked 17th. The most important reason people chose dotPeek is:
The dotPeek's UI is very reminiscent of a text editor, it has a large section with decompiled code, file browser, a search and navigation tool, etc. Developers will easily find themselves at home and get used to it quickly.
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Pros
Pro Uses a very familiar interface
The dotPeek's UI is very reminiscent of a text editor, it has a large section with decompiled code, file browser, a search and navigation tool, etc. Developers will easily find themselves at home and get used to it quickly.
Pro Diagram
View dependencies between assemblies.
Pro The ideal coding scratch pad
Pro Dark theme
Pro Portable
Can be deployed portable all files are optional apart from LINQPad.exe and LINQPad.exe.config.
Cons
Con Slow
Starts up slowly, not a lightweight tool.
Con PostgreSQL driver
PostgreSQL support is not included, but a driver can downloaded from GitHub.
Con Windows only
But LINQ Pad 6 will support .Net Core 3.0.