Changes between Version 16 and Version 17 of Development/GettingStarted

Timestamp:

08/07/11 20:42:22 (8 years ago)

Author:

ibboard

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Development/GettingStarted

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 === Development Environment ===
 
-All of the WarFoundry projects use Visual Studio 2005 or 2008 project files. VS.Net 2005 files are the original standard, but 2008 is becoming more common and is not fully compatible (it should be in theory, since MonoDevelop can manage it, but VS.Net 2008 insists on trying to upgrade the solution).
+All of the WarFoundry projects use Visual Studio 2010 project files. In theory this could be compatible with other versions of Visual Studio, as MonoDevelop can handle all formats, but Microsoft force an update when using the new tools.
 
-For System.Windows.Forms development (Windows-based applications), using Visual Studio 2008 is recommended. Microsoft make versions of [http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/ Visual Studio 2008 Express] available for free. Although they're not as feature complete as the full version and don't (officially) support plugins, they seem more than adequate for the current WarFoundry work.
+For System.Windows.Forms development (Windows-based applications), using Visual Studio 2010 is recommended. Microsoft make versions of [http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/ Visual Studio 2010 Express] available for free. Although they're not as feature complete as the full version and don't (officially) support plugins, they seem more than adequate for the current WarFoundry work.
 
-For GTK# and other non-System.Windows.Forms development, using [http://monodevelop.com/ MonoDevelop] is recommended. MonoDevelop isn't as powerful as Eclipse for Java development, but it does have a plugin architecture (including SVN support) and a GTK GUI editor.
+For GTK# and other non-System.Windows.Forms development, using [http://monodevelop.com/ MonoDevelop] is recommended. MonoDevelop is constantly improving and has more features than Visual Studio 2010 Express, but it does have a plugin architecture (including SVN and Git support) and a GTK GUI editor.
 
-Other development environments may also be suitable, depending on taste, (e.g. Eclipse with a Mono/.Net plugin, or SharpDevelop) but Visual Studio Express 2008 and MonoDevelop have been adequate and useful for all current development.
+Other development environments may also be suitable, depending on taste, (e.g. Eclipse with a Mono/.Net plugin, or SharpDevelop) but Visual Studio Express 2010 and MonoDevelop have been adequate and useful for all current development.
 
 === SVN Client ===