#develop .89 is here!

1) What's New in #develop .89
2) Changes
3) Where to Download
4) Where to Report Bugs
5) How Can I Help?

1) What's New in #develop .89

This release completes a major restructuring of the infrastructure and source code tree. Projects support backend bindings that are not targeting compilers, the object browser has much more functionality than before, folding was re-integrated and a new XML formatting strategy added (for details, see the Changes section). Our feature preview this time: a Windows Forms Designer. Take a look at the tech note and source code - if you have time to spare, help us make it a great open source implementation of a forms designer!

2) Changes

* Initial implementation of a Windows Forms Designer (see How Can I Help)
* Support for Mono on Windows: you can choose the C# compiler as well as the execution environment
* Folding is re-integrated
* XML formatting strategy
* Object browser was refactored by Markus Palme
* #develop help is integrated with a help browser
* Project options dialog redesigned
* Toolbar is now more functional
* C# backend binding: treat warnings as errors passed to csc.exe
* Parser refactoring and new parser data structures
* NDoc works reliably in exe and source distributions
* Namespace cleanups
* Project browser refactoring allows for more varied backend bindings
* Project file format changed to match new project subsystem

3) Where to Download

http://www.icsharpcode.net/opensource/sd/download/

4) Where to Report Bugs

http://www.icsharpcode.net/opensource/sd/BugReporting.asp

5) How Can I Help?

The easy things you can do:

* Tell your fellow developers about #develop
* Report bugs
* Put a link to #develop on your homepage (use docs\BuiltWithSharpDevelop.png)
* Add the above button to your applications
* When writing an article, use #develop and add screenshots
* Publishers and training companies: add #develop to your CD's.

For developers that strive for a challenge:

Take a look at our Forms Designer implementation and the Tech Note (docs\TheFormsDesigner.sxw). There are a few "unsolved mysteries" that we need help with help us out, and we'll award free polos from our shop

http://www.icsharpcode.net/Store/default.asp

to the best submissions.