Sharped

Developing a program involves writing plenty of lines of code, and this can even be done in a plain text editor. Needless to say that it’s recommended to use a dedicated editor which supports syntax highlighting, compilers, and more. In this regard, Sharped comes with the means to help you develop C# applications.

First of all, you might want to know that there’s no setup involved, so you can see what the application can do for you from the moment download is done. However, your computer needs to be fitted with .NET Framework for everything to properly function. You can even carry it and use it from a thumb drive if you work on different computers.

There’s enough visual space to clearly view and write all code, and the lower section even includes a log section to display possible errors and operation status. You start off in a blank text tab, but you can load a sample file to see how the style is displayed, but writing doesn’t have to be an inconvenience, given you already know how to develop C# applications.

On the bright side of things, the application includes syntax highlighter, which makes it easy to tell regular text strings from functions, and other special strings. On the downside, there’s no line numbering on the side, so you might find it a little difficult to track your code.

The application doesn’t simply provide an option to write your lines of code, but also to test them out. It includes a compiler with which you can build the resulting program. The options menu makes it possible to choose a different compiler, which is used as the default option.

Taking everything into account, Sharped is a pretty straightforward editor, or better yet an IDE for C#. It contains a syntax highlighter for the code, but it could have used a bit more options for better work, such as line numbering on the side, or line counter.