Some of you reading this may already know that I’ve been working on a XAML code Editor with syntax checking/autocompletion capabilities. Well, here is the first public BETA release of it.
Xaml Editor 2005 is intented for use by both Developers and Longhorn Enthusiasts, learning to code in eXtensible Application Mark-up Language. The application provides code autocompletion (as in Visual Studio .NET — IntelliSense), new-line auto-formatting, and much more. This way, writing XAML files is easy-to-understand and code — automatic enumeration choices makes it even easier to write Case-sensitive properties’ data. The editor has support for any Avalon CTP/release syntax — currently built-in are the November 2004 and March 2005.

Further development of the application will be focused on:

• WYSIWYG Preview Pane. (When Avalon bits are present only.) So developers and users can see the output on-the-fly.
• Format Validation. Makes you sure the written code is parseable by the Avalon XAML parser
• Enhanced Syntax Check.
• Support for bookmarking, Find/Replace dialog boxes, advanced code editor.
• Support for any other Avalon release (currently supported are the public November 2004 and March 2005.
• Help/Documentation.
• Integration of Documentation Module. Developers and users can look up definition for classes/enumerations/properties,etc. in a categorized system.

You can get the BETA release here, and see a couple of screenshots of it: #1 #2.
If you have any suggestions, wishes,questions, feel free to contact me via E-Mail or Windows/MSN Messenger at stan_fisher[AT]aeroxp.net.

Special Thanks (For private testing): Olcay Buyan, Victor Mach, James Proud, Utaks, GCNaddict, oZZy.
Parts of Text Editor Control are based on ICSharpCode’s open-source SharpDevelop product.

I hope you’ll enjoy this application, and looking forward for feedback from you,
-Stanimir

P.S. For those of you who’d like to have a Hi-Res version of the logo, you can get it here.