ASP.NET Support

What features developers need:

(based on mail from David Alpert, sharp develop community forums & my personal thoughts){BR}

• based on .net 2.0 ftp support
• GUI for managing site definitions or FTP connection information (server, username, password, & remote directory). (project-independent & those saved in project solution)
• accessing files from 'project explorer' like window (double click downloads a file and opens it)
• auto upload to ftp on save
• downloading/uploading files through drag & drop
• more than one connection open at the same time
• local start iis & open page (via right click - 'view page')
• publish release build to ftp
• designer for ASP.NET
• good error reporting
• files that haven't been updated to not to be deployed/published all the time
• DLL's not to be uploaded unless they have been recompiled
• projects based on directory
• code completion for asp.net & css
• integration code behind with aspx - controls variables & stuff

forum threads:

http://community.sharpdevelop.net/forums/thread/3361.aspx{BR} http://community.sharpdevelop.net/forums/thread/2428.aspx{BR}

people interested in contributing:

Mieszko Lassota aka Miechu{BR} David Alpert{BR}

additional references:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/reference/infrastructure/wdp/default.aspx{BR} http://www.eworldui.net/unleashit/{BR} http://www.asp.net/downloads/archived/web-matrix/