1) Release Information
The Beta 2 release is centered around quality – ranging from bug fix to improving our infrastructure to support Web and Windows better than before. In this Beta release you will find the following new features:
* .NET 4.5 targeting support
* CQA Reports
You can read more about SharpDevelop install requirements – which changed for Windows 8 – in Daniel’s blog post:
Siegfried details the changes to our project system:
http://community.sharpdevelop.net/blogs/siegfried_pammer/archive/2012/03/04/project-behaviors-extensibility-in-the-project-system.aspx
And finally, see Christoph’s blog for our future platform directions:
2) Downloads
SharpDevelop 4.2:
http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/Download/#SharpDevelop4x
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):