[Mono-devel-list] [ANN] X-develop - a mult-language IDE for Mono, Java and .NET

[Andrew]

Hans Kratz escribió:
> Hi!
> 
> We have just released a preview version of X-develop, our cross-platform
> 
> multi-language IDE for Mono, Java and .NET. X-develop offers features 
> that were previously only available in modern Java IDEs to C# developers
> 
> using Mono.
> 
> More information and a free preview version of X-develop are now
> available from http://www.x-develop.com
> 
> 
> Feature showcase:
> 
> * Instant detection of errors throughout all files
> 
> No need to compile in order to find out if there are errors. X-develop 
> checks all files in the solution on-the-fly in the background and 
> displays errors in an instant.
> 
> * Refactoring
> 
> X-develop includes refactorings for renaming variables, methods, 
> classes, changing method signature, extracting methods and more.
> 
> * Productivity features
> 
> X-develop boosts productivity with coding tools such as Organize 
> imports, Usage search, Code formatting, Smart templates, Go to class, Go
> 
> to symbol and more.
> 
> * VS.net 2005 compatibility
> 
> X-develop uses the solutio/project concept from VS.net 2005. 
> Solutions/projects created for Windows can be loaded and modified with 
> X-develop on Linux.
> 
> 
> Current limitations for using X-develop with Mono:
> 
> - Development for Mono is currently only supported on Linux x86.
> 
> - The Mono framework directory has to be specified using the MONO_HOME 
> environment variable.
> 
> - There is no build support for Mono within the IDE until an MSBUILD 
> clone is implemented.
> 
> - There is no support for running applications which would be kind of 
> pointless without build support.
> 
> - There is no debugging support (AFAIK, there is currently no stable 
> Mono debugging API).
> 
> - There is no support for displaying Monodoc comments. Monodoc uses a 
> totally different format compared with XML files used by Microsoft.
> 
> 
> If you have any comments please contact us at info at omnicore.com or using
> 
> the discussion forum at http://forum.omnicore.com
> 
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> 
> Hans

Hello.

It sounds very interesting.

A suggestion: It could be very helpful if there was a "features 
comparison table" between X-develop, vs.net, mono develop and sharp develop.

A question: is it planned a Windows version? when would it be released 
aproximately?


-- 
	Regards,

		Andrew