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Originally posted by Ezra
Wouldn't it be easier to create an extension for one of the big IDE's out already? Like Netbeans or Eclipse.
You could build an extension on VS using the
Visual Studio Shell, that way you already have a work space which just needs to be extended with whatever you want. Users would have to install the Visual Studio Shell SDK in order to run the program, but I believe this is reasonable seeing all the benefits it offers. For example, JScript syntax highlighting is already fully available, including local variables and user-defined functions, you'd just need to add the Plus! specific objects and events. You'll also have less to worry about the GUI and focus more on the actual workings of the IDE.
It appears like he already has a lot of work done in WPF though. If he wants to switch to VS Isolated Shell, it may turn out to be a lot of work. He'd have to create a new project and learn about how to create VS Shell extensions. However, if he has already managed to build something that complex from scratch in WPF, I believe he would be able to pull it off. It just depends on whether it's actually worth it.
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