Wow.. fully featured .NET IDE (C# and VB.NET) for free

[MDesigner]

Yeah I know this is in the sticky software thread (Freeware replacements for commonly warez'ed programs), but it's so damn cool, I had to post a thread by itself.

SharpDevelop is seriously awesome. I've used Visual Studio .NET quite a bit, and SharpDevelop does a nice chunk of what VS.NET does. Very cool, especially considering it's free.

Some stuff seems to be missing.. I can't figure out how to build a release version (as opposed to debug), and I can't figure out how to add a .NET reference. But oh well.. It's really slick.

 

[AtTheGates]

Originally posted by: MDesigner
I can't figure out how to build a release version (as opposed to debug)

Project->Project Options->Configurations then right click on release.

I can't figure out how to add a .NET reference

Can't you do that by right clicking Reference the the Projects window.

I've been using #develop for a few weeks and it is great. Only for C# so far but it has been able to do everything I've needed.

 

[realredpanda]

can it do normal vb programs as well?

 

[Liviathan]

That looks pretty interesting.

 

[Balthazar]

Having used C# at work extensively I can say that, while a good start, it is NOWHERE near ready.

HUGE glaring flaw #1?

Any code put into the designer (so to iterate over an array and add items to a listbox) block gets removed if you go back to the design tab and do ANYTHING.

Granted its not every day you NEED to add code to the designer block, but I've had a fair number of times where I need to, and VS.NET does it just fine.

Also the intellisense is a bit funky (sometimes you have to delete the line your on to get it to do intellisense again).

The config is a bit lacking still (still cannot figure out how to get it to compile into a winexe by default).

But I greatly look forward to say, a 2.0 realease of the app

Not having to spend a crapload of money on a IDE that will be useless as soon as another point release of the framework comes out is a huge plus