http://wiki.sharpdevelop.net/default.aspx/SharpDevelop.FeatureVideos

All existing feature videos are listed there. Go there and suggest demonstrations you would like us to record, from a user's perspective as well as a developer contributing to #develop (or our development process for that matter).

This demonstration shows the cool new XML editing features in 1.1: intellisense, folding and validation.

XmlEditing.wmv (3.02 MB)

Included in the 1.1 preview is an early version of the #report addin, done by Peter Forstmeier and Christian Amariei. This addin is not yet polished (you will see debug messages, a non-fatal crash once in a while, you name it), but still you can get a very good idea of what is to come. Give us feedback via the forum on what you would like to see in #report!

SharpReportAddin.wmv (3.23 MB)

Another contribution by Matt Ward - the NAnt integration inside #develop. From build file generation to deep integration, this demo will show what you can do:

NAntAddin.wmv (2.97 MB)

Matt Ward contributed a PInvoke addin to #develop. This screen recording shows how easy it is to use:

PInvokeAddin.wmv (789.76 KB)

Today, Daniel (DevLead for 1.1) integrated the new help addin that was written by Mathias Simmack. To get an idea how it will work, I created a screen recording for you to watch:

HelpIntegration.wmv (1012.31 KB)

The most recent checkin mandates that you have MSXML 4.0 installed. Get it here.

The SharpReport addin has been checked in for the Fidalgo branch. Peter Forstmeier (your primary contact for everything #report) sent me a screenshot of SharpReport in action so those of you who don't play around with bits from Subversion can have an early look:

SharpReport.jpg

Matt Ward has checked in his Xml Editor addin. To get an idea what you can do with it, I decided to include the tech note he wrote in this blog post. Be sure to check out section #2, user interface. It includes a couple of screenshots.

XmlEditorAddinTechNote_01.pdf (234.3 KB)

As with revision 1815 there is a new option popping up in the windows forms designer option panel:

With this option enabled, the InitializeComponents method in the generated code becomes readonly. The different background color makes indicates this:

The reason for this options are the ongoing 'bug reports' in the forum from users who didn't notice the comment above the method and changed the code.

Now running on the latest version - Gemini v1.9a.

John has packaged a new release of #ziplib - version 0.83. It is up on the download page, the wiki is now the new location for the release history.

During my Webcast, I showed three screenshots of Corsavy (our v2.0 running atop v2.0 of .NET), because there is nothing that can be called "alpha" yet.

The Class Browser and Project Scout

ClassBrowserProjects.png (64.09 KB)

The Bookmark Pad

BookmarkPad.png (102.8 KB)

The new Search & Replace dialog

SearchAndReplaceDialog.png (9 KB)

Because the question When will it be available? cropped up during the Webcast, here is my answer: our plans are to release an alpha close to Beta 2 of .NET 2.0. This means a time window of 1 to 2 months after the Beta becomes widely available (there might be some unforeseen problems, and we definitely do not want to underdeliver).