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Code Analysis improvements in SharpDevelop 3.0

Laputa — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:32:29 GMT

In revision 3506, SharpDevelop 3.0 got improved support for code analysis using FxCop 1.36. There were some bugs fixed that were related to the suppress message command - it was working only with FxCop 1.35, but even there couldn't suppress messages...(read more)

XAML code completion

Laputa — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:04:00 GMT

More than one year ago, I added the XAML language binding to SharpDevelop 3.0, showing tooltips in .xaml files and enabling refactoring. (" XAML and WPF support in SharpDevelop 3.0 ") Now I finally added the missing part: code completion. You...(read more)

First Mirador (SharpDevelop 4.0) Screenshot

Laputa — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:57:06 GMT

In case anyone gets a wrong idea, take a close look at the title bar - it has the word "experimental" in it: The reverse integration of the WPF branch is the first step in the direction of "more WPF" in SharpDevelop 4.0 (this screenshot...(read more)

Patch-Sized Contributions Without JCA

Laputa — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:12:32 GMT

Our Wiki has a guideline on joining the team which outlines the process of submitting code to the project. As part of this year's #develop developer days (#d^3) we decided on a change to the guideline: It is now possible to contribute "any-size"...(read more)

StyleCop Addin

Laputa — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:03:13 GMT

This addin integrates Microsoft StyleCop into SharpDevelop. StyleCop only supports C#, and this addin has been tested against StyleCop 4.3 , earlier versions won't work. Features Line highlighting of the warnings found Change StyleCop settings on...(read more)

Which Version of SharpDevelop Supports Which Version of Subversion?

Laputa — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:01:00 GMT

Because the question keeps coming up repeatedly in the forum, I want to repeat the most important pieces of advice from the last thread in this blog post. Firstly and most importantly: If you use SharpDevelop 2.x, you must use TortoiseSVN 1.4.x. If you...(read more)

TortoiseSVN Not Found on x64 Computers

Laputa — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:00:39 GMT

If you receive the following error message but have TortoiseSVN installed, then you have run into the following snag: SharpDevelop 3.0 is explicity marked as 32 Bit application, thus it cannot use the x64 version of TortoiseSVN. Solution: install TortoiseSVN...(read more)

SharpDevelop On a Memory Stick

Laputa — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:18:14 GMT

Running SharpDevelop on USB thumb drives has been possible for a long time. What is new in version 3.0 though is that the settings that usually go into the user's profile can live directly on the memory stick - allowing you to take your settings with...(read more)

Implicit lambda parameter type inference

Laputa — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:13:48 GMT

Starting with version 3.0.0.3010, the C# code completion in SharpDevelop has support for implicitly typed lambda expressions. Given a variable "IEnumerable<MyClass> items" and the "Select" extension method from LINQ, typing "items...(read more)

SharpDevelop Now on CodePlex Too

Laputa — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:42:29 GMT

In addition to our presence on SourceForge ( project page ) we now also set up shop at CodePlex ( project page ). The motivation for this step is to increase awareness about SharpDevelop, and how parts of SharpDevelop can be reused in other applications...(read more)

IClass Immutability

Laputa — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 23:30:59 GMT

In SharpDevelop 1.1, the IClass interface had a property that was used in several places in the code: Once added to a project content, it was immutable . This was not enforced, not even documented. It just happened that no one changed IClass objects except...(read more)

NDoc Replaced With Sandcastle Help File Builder (SHFB)

Laputa — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:40:44 GMT

A change that happened rather early in the development process of SharpDevelop 3.0 (revision 2658, 8/13/2007) was that we replaced NDoc (a stalled open source project) with Sandcastle Help File Builder (SHFB) . SHFB looks and feels similar to NDoc, however...(read more)

Did Development of SharpDevelop 2.2 Stop?

Laputa — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:37:39 GMT

This question came up for example in the thread SharpDev 2.2.x on BuilderServer (this thread was started because we ceased to automatically build v2.2 on 1/11/2008). The answer is Yes . Development of SharpDevelop 2.2 stopped with revision 2675 (8/28...(read more)

Code Coverage Addin Uses PartCover 2.2 Instead of NCover in SharpDevelop 3

Laputa — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:02:23 GMT

In continuing to list changes to SharpDevelop 3, we are going to talk about the code coverage addin in SharpDevelop 3 "Montferrer" in this blog post. Previously, the addin used NCover for calculating code coverage (this is a metric you gain...(read more)

McAfee and \Src\Main\StartUp

Laputa — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:43:52 GMT

An issue that initially came up in 2006 ( Unable to compile #develop: access denied ) "resurfaced" on our contributors mailing list because one of our developers ran into this very problem that McAfee blocks access to our Main\StartUp folder...(read more)