SharpDevelop runs on a thumbdrive!

[Bucky]

I was experimenting with running applications on a USB thumb drive today and figured, on a whim, that I'd try installing SharpDevelop directly to the drive to see what happened. I figured that it would crash and burn, especially running on a computer that didn't have the .NET Framework SDK installed.

 

How wrong I was! From the short experiments I did, it seemed to run PERFECTLY on a computer that has never seen the .NET Framework SDK before. I'm sure the .NET Framework Redistributable is required, but most XP machines have that anyway, and you can always carry the installer for that along just in case.

 

I've always wanted something that I could have with me to do programming with anywhere. This seems like a great solution. I'd love to hear feedback to see if it worked as well for anybody else.

[sgt_pinky]

That's great! This is the method I used:

 

1. Format a machine, install XP SP2 straight off CD. No .NET, no updates, nothing.

2. Install #Develop onto USB key on my dev machine.

3. Put the USB Key into the new XP SP2 machine.

4. Try and run SharpDevelop.exe.

 

I get "Application failed to initalise properly.", plus some debug info.

 

Ok, fair enough, no dotnetfx.exe, but I thought I would try anyway. Install the redistributable and #Develop works fine!!

 

For those of you that haven't tried SharpDevelop, it's definitely worth a look. Has some interesting ideas that aren't present in the VS IDE. Plus, it's free. With SharpDevelop and the .NET redistributable you are coding legally, for free.

 

Nice tip Bucky. :D

Edited September 30, 2005 by sgt_pinky