README.txt

#develop (short for SharpDevelop) is a free IDE for .NET programming languages.
Website: http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/Default.aspx
Forums: http://community.sharpdevelop.net/forums/
Nightly builds: http://build.sharpdevelop.net/BuildArtefacts

Copyright 2012 AlphaSierraPapa for the SharpDevelop team
License: SharpDevelop is distributed under the LGPL.

The #develop project started on September 11th, 2000. The project was initiated
by Mike Krüger. In the course of the project, several contributors joined in.
If you want to contribute see http://wiki.sharpdevelop.net/JoiningTheTeam.ashx.

Overview
#develop (short for SharpDevelop) is a free Integrated Development Environment
(IDE) for C#, VB.NET, Boo, IronPython, IronRuby and F# projects on Microsoft's
.NET platform. It is written (almost) entirely in C#, and comes with features 
you would expect in an IDE plus a few more.

How To Compile
SharpDevelop can be compiled using the supplied .bat files, or in SharpDevelop itself.

System Requirements (running SharpDevelop)
 - Windows Vista or higher.
 - .NET 4.5
 - Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Runtime (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=A5C84275-3B97-4AB7-A40D-3802B2AF5FC2&displaylang=en)

Extended Requirements (building SharpDevelop)
 - .NET 3.5 SP1
 - .NET 4.5 SDK (part of Windows SDK 8.0)
 - Windows SDK 7.1 (?? not sure if this still is necessary...)
 - Windows SDK 7.0 (optional; C++ compiler needed for profiler)
 - Windows PowerShell
 - if you have cloned the SD git repository: git must be available on your PATH
 
Libraries and integrated tools:
	AvalonDock: New BSD License (BSD) (thanks to Adolfo Marinucci) 
	GraphSharp
	IQToolkit
	Irony
	ITextSharp
	log4net
	Mono T4
	Mono.Cecil: MIT License (thanks to Jb Evain) 
	SharpSvn
	SQLite
	WPFToolkit

Integrated Tools (shipping with SharpDevelop):
	Boo
	IronPython
	IronRuby
	NuGet
	NUnit
	PartCover
	Wix

Reusable Libraries (developed as part of SharpDevelop):
	AvalonEdit
	Debugger.Core
	ICSharpCode.Core
	ICSharpCode.Decompiler
	NRefactory
	SharpTreeView
	WPF Designer

SharpDevelop Contributors:
	Mike Krüger (Project Founder)
	Daniel Grunwald (Technical Lead)
	Matt Ward
	David Srbecky (Debugger)
	Siegfried Pammer
	Peter Forstmeier (SharpDevelop Reports)
	
	(for a full list see https://github.com/icsharpcode/SharpDevelop/wiki/Contributors)