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+# #develop (short for SharpDevelop) 
+
+##Overview
+
+ #develop 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.
+
+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 ["Joining the team"](https://github.com/icsharpcode/SharpDevelop/wiki/Joining-the-Team).
+
+1. [Official Website](http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/Default.aspx)
+2. [Forums](http://community.sharpdevelop.net/forums/)
+3. [Build Artefacts (Nightly Builds)](http://build.sharpdevelop.net/BuildArtefacts)
+
+##How To Compile
+ #Develop can be compiled using the supplied .bat files, or in #Develop itself.
+
+##System Requirements (running #Develop)
+
+ - Windows Vista or higher.
+ - [.NET 4.5](http://www.microsoft.com/en-au/download/details.aspx?id=30653)
+ - [Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Runtime](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=A5C84275-3B97-4AB7-A40D-3802B2AF5FC2&displaylang=en)
+
+##Extended Requirements (building #Develop)
+
+ - [.NET 3.5 SP1](http://www.microsoft.com/en-au/download/details.aspx?id=22)
+ - [.NET 4.5 SDK](http://www.microsoft.com/en-au/download/details.aspx?id=30653) (part of [Windows SDK 8.0](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/hh852363.aspx))
+ - Windows SDK 7.1 (?? not sure if this still is necessary...)
+ - Windows SDK 7.0 (optional; C++ compiler needed for profiler)
+ - [Windows PowerShell](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34595)
+ - [SD Git Repository](https://github.com/icsharpcode/SharpDevelop.git)
+ 
+##Libraries and Integrated tools:
+
+* [Avalon Dock](http://avalondock.codeplex.com/) : New BSD License (BSD) (thanks to **Adolfo Marinucci**)
+* [Graph#](https://graphsharp.codeplex.com/)
+* [IQToolkit](https://iqtoolkit.codeplex.com/)
+* [Irony](https://irony.codeplex.com/)
+* [ITextSharp](http://sourceforge.net/projects/itextsharp/)
+* [log4Net](https://github.com/apache/log4net)
+* Mono T4
+* [Mono.Cecil](https://github.com/jbevain/cecil): MIT License (thanks to **Jb Evain**) - 
+* [Sharp Svn](https://sharpsvn.open.collab.net/)
+* [SQLite](https://sqlite.org/)
+* [WPFToolkit](https://wpf.codeplex.com/)
+
+##Integrated Tools (packaged with #Develop):
+
+* [IronPython](http://ironpython.net/)
+* [IronRuby](https://ironruby.codeplex.com/)
+* [NuGet](https://nuget.codeplex.com/)
+* [NUnit](http://www.nunit.org/)
+* [OpenCover](https://github.com/OpenCover/opencover)
+* [WiX](https://wix.codeplex.com/)
+
+##Reusable Libraries (Part of #Develop):
+
+* [AvalonEdit](https://github.com/icsharpcode/SharpDevelop/wiki/AvalonEdit)
+* Debugger.Core
+* [ICSharpCode.Core](https://github.com/icsharpcode/SharpDevelop/tree/master/src/Main/Core)
+* [ICSharpCode.Decompiler](https://github.com/icsharpcode/SharpDevelop/tree/master/src/Libraries/ICSharpCode.Decompiler)
+* [NRefactory](https://github.com/icsharpcode/NRefactory)
+* [SharpTreeView](https://github.com/icsharpcode/SharpDevelop/tree/master/src/Libraries/SharpTreeView)
+* [WPF Designer]( https://github.com/icsharpcode/SharpDevelop/tree/master/src/AddIns/DisplayBindings/WpfDesign)
+
+## #Develop Contributors
+
+###Developers
+
+* [Mike Krüger](https://github.com/mkrueger) (Project Founder)
+* [Daniel Grunwald](https://github.com/dgrunwald) (Technical Lead)
+* [Andreas Weizel](https://github.com/Rpinski)
+* [Matt Ward](https://github.com/mrward)
+* [David Srbecky](https://github.com/dsrbecky)(Debugger)
+* [Siegfried Pammer](https://github.com/siegfriedpammer)
+* [Peter Forstmeier]( https://github.com/PeterForstmeier)(#Develop Reports)	
+
+###Non-Developers
+
+* Christoph Wille (PM)
+* Bernhard Spuida (Kalfaktor)
+
+###Past Developers (Non-Exhaustive List)
+
+* [Mike Krüger](https://github.com/mkrueger) (Project Founder)
+* Alexandre Semenov
+* Andrea Paatz
+* Christian Hornung
+* David Alpert
+* Denis ERCHOFF
+* Dickon Field
+* Georg Brandl
+* Ifko Kovacka
+* Itai Bar-Haim
+* Ivan Shumilin
+* John Reilly
+* John Simons
+* Justin Dearing
+* Markus Palme
+* Mathias Simmack
+* Matt Everson
+* Nathan Allan
+* Nikola Kavaldjiev
+* Philipp Maihart
+* Poul Staugaard
+* Robert Pickering
+* Robert Zaunere
+* Roman Taranchenko
+* Russell Wilkins
+* Scott Ferrett
+* Sergej Andrejev
+* Shinsaku Nakagawa
+* Tomasz Tretkowski
+* Troy Simpson
+
+######Copyright 2014 AlphaSierraPapa for the SharpDevelop team. SharpDevelop is distributed under the MIT license.