New SharpDevelop Builds Coincide w/ Microsoft's VS.NET 2008 Release

nospam@example.com (Matt) — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:48:31 -0700

I'm downloading SharpDevelop v.3.0.0.2774 as I write this, and I can't wait to give it a try.

Even though I have VS2005 installed on my laptop at home I still find myself using #D more frequently when I'm messing around with some code. It's like a superior "Express" edition IDE, in case you've never tried it. It's leaner and much faster than the Microsoft environment, and there's none of the registration garbage to deal with. Even more, it doesn't restrict you to a specific language like Microsoft's free offerings do; VB.NET/C#/Boo/etc are all there, and you can choose which framework you'll be targeting as well (including Mono).

Another reason why I'll be glad to start in with the latest era of IDEs is because we may be moving to VS.NET2008 at work. One of the guys on our development team has been testing our readiness to migrate away from the old v.1.1 framework into either 2.0 or 3.0/3.5. Not having had much experience with 3.5, it'll be nice to play around with some of the new features ahead of time.

I've really liked working with SharpDevelop 2.2 in the past, so I'm definitely anxious to try out the latest version.

Will post more once I've spent some time with it.

[ UPDATE ]

I was interested so I googled for .NET 3.5 features: check out this grid to see what comes with the new framework!

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New SharpDevelop Builds Coincide w/ Microsoft's VS.NET 2008 Release