Spotware Release New Version of cTrader Desktop for Developers

Spotware has announced the release of its cTrader Desktop 4.2 version - a release that opens up one of the biggest selections of technical improvements within several years, largely focused on the developers in the cTrader ecosystem.

cTrader Desktop has now migrated to the latest .NET6 version, providing many new features for developer use, while maintaining the old .NET4 framework for backward compatibility with all existing cBots and indicators.

Among other functions, cTrader has altered the way an algo file is built by removing any dependency from the cTrader application for the build process. The whole building process now takes place using .NET build tools, which gives users the option to use any IDE to work on their algos, from Visual Studio to Jetbrains Rider, to easily reference other libraries from NuGet, to integrate their algo with .NET products, and to compile cBots and indicators using the 'dotnet build' command and even write code and compile it on Linux or Mac.

"The cTrader Desktop 4.2 is filled with major improvements for developers within the cTrader community. It's one of the most developer-focused updates that cTrader Desktop has seen in many years, and it once again comes to prove that we at cTrader focus on all our community members' needs",  says Panagiotis Charalampous, the Head of Community Management at Spotware, "Aside from the move to the .NET6 version and alteration in the way algo files are now built, which opens up a lot more opportunity for developers, there also is the improved intellisense with C# 10 support, a new installer and updater for cTrader, improvements for backtesting and optimization, debugging support, new compiler settings, improved automate logs and much more."