SharpDevelop 2.1 Beta 3

1) Release Information

Beta 3 is the final beta for SharpDevelop 2.1. The upcoming release candidates will focus on bug fixing only, no new features. Speaking of new features, here is a quick rundown of what is new / changed for Beta 3:

* Unit Testing News: Support for .NET 1.1

http://community.sharpdevelop.net/blogs/mattward/archive/2006/12/14/TestingWithDotnet11InSharpDevelop21.aspx

* Unit Testing News: STA support and more

http://community.sharpdevelop.net/blogs/mattward/archive/2006/11/22/UnitTestingChangesInSharpDevelop21.aspx

* PDF Export support in SharpReport – please visit the dedicated SharpReport support forum

http://community.sharpdevelop.net/forums/44/ShowForum.aspx

* XML Editor has a visual editing environment (tree view)
* Solution configuration editor added
* Custom tool support implemented
* Change: MSBuild libraries are used instead of own implementation
* Change: Asynchronous wait dialog added
* Change: .NET 1.0 support dropped

As usual, please report bugs in our Beta forum:

http://community.sharpdevelop.net/forums/23/ShowForum.aspx

Known bugs are listed in our publicly accessible bug tracker:

< http://bugtracker.sharpdevelop.net/Issues.aspx?pi=4&m=1

2) Downloads

SharpDevelop 2.1 Beta 3 is available on our Downloads page:

http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/Download/#SharpDevelop21

Please note that to take full advantage of SharpDevelop 2.1 features, you must install the following software too (otherwise, code analysis and code coverage support will be disabled):

NCover: http://ncover.org/site/
FxCop: http://www.gotdotnet.com/Team/FxCop/
TortoiseSVN: http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/

Daily builds of SharpDevelop 2.1 are available on our build server at

http://build.sharpdevelop.net/buildartefacts/

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/