SharpDevelop News

1) Release Information

This is the first Beta for SharpDevelop 3.1, which incorporates bug fixes, improvements as well as major new features. Please note that it builds on SharpDevelop 3.0 and thus upgrades existing SharpDevelop 3.0 installations by default.

* Improved IronPython Support

IronPython 2.0 Forms Designer
http://community.sharpdevelop.net/blogs/mattward/archive/2009/05/12/IronPython2FormsDesigner.aspx

Converting C# and VB.NET Code to IronPython
http://community.sharpdevelop.net/blogs/mattward/archive/2009/05/11/ConvertingCSharpVBNetCodeToIronPython.aspx

* Profiler for Managed Applications

Introducing a New Tool in SharpDevelop – The Profiler
http://community.sharpdevelop.net/blogs/siegfried_pammer/archive/2009/04/04/introducing-a-new-tool-in-sharpdevelop-the-profiler.aspx

Merging of Calls – Pinpointing Interesting Methods
http://community.sharpdevelop.net/blogs/siegfried_pammer/archive/2009/04/13/merging-of-calls-pinpointing-interesting-methods.aspx

Integrated Profiler Plans
http://wiki.sharpdevelop.net/ProfilerPlans.ashx

The following features have been updated:

* NUnit 2.5 Support
http://community.sharpdevelop.net/blogs/mattward/archive/2009/05/10/NUnit25Support.aspx

* Subversion 1.6
http://community.sharpdevelop.net/blogs/laputa/archive/2009/04/03/subversion-1-6.aspx

* Update to Boo 0.9.1.3287

* Update to WiX 3.0.5301

2) Downloads

SharpDevelop 3.1 Beta 1:
http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/Download/#SharpDevelopBetas

Please note that to take full advantage of SharpDevelop 3.x features, you must install the following software too:

FxCop (Code Analysis)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9aeaa970-f281-4fb0-aba1-d59d7ed09772&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft StyleCop
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/sourceanalysis

TortoiseSVN (Source Control)
http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/

F# (September 2008 CTP)
http://research.microsoft.com/fsharp/release.aspx

3) Support

Our primary means of support is via our Web-based forum (please do not email team members directly unless they advise you to do so in the forum):

http://community.sharpdevelop.net/forums/