What is the best alternative IDE to Visual Studio

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As I ve only ever used Visual Studio for  NET development  I would like to expand my horizons and see what else there is on offer as an alternative to it  So what in your opinion is the best alternative to Visual Studio  Is there a viable alternative

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If you re into C  and VB Net and don t mind open source then you could use SharpDevelop  It does a pretty good job

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There s MonoDevelop  which I occasionally use when I want to do some light C  coding when in Linux   It s nothing close to VS Net  but it works for small projects   I really don t think most of the alternatives people have listed come anywhere close to VS Net

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vim  It also helps you to stop using your mouse so much

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As far as  net languages go  VS is hard to beat      I have used SharpDevelop before for  net  and is overall pretty good   For other languages like Java  Eclipse is really good  as well as some of the Eclipse variants like Aptana for web work      Then there s always notepad

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The other great thing about SharpDevelop is the ability to translate solutions between the two big managed  NET languages VB NET and C   I believe it doesn t work for  websites  but it does for web application projects

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Zeus   Here s an example showing code completion  taken from the Zeus homepage

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If you are looking to try Java  I believe NetBeans is a very  very good IDE  However  for  NET  sure there are alternative IDEs but I don t think it makes much sense to use them unless you are developing on an Open Source platform  in which case SharpDevelop is a good choice and is reasonably mature

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There are many alternatives  check this list  Alternative IDEs to Visual Studio NET  mirrored on Web Archive because the original link is down

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For  NET development  VS2008 is the best but if you want to check for another best IDE  Eclipse probably the best after VS if you are rating it among the IDEs  ofcourse you cant do  NET development in Eclipse though

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What about WebMatrix  http   www microsoft com web webmatrix

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I still like Source Insight a lot  but I m hesitant to recommend it anymore as I m not sure anybody s still maintaining it  They released a very minor update back in March but haven t had a major release in years  And there seems to be no web community presence  It s a shame because I still like its auto-completion-friendly file open and symbol browsing panels  as well as syntax formatting  better than anything else I ve ever used

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vim  It also helps you to stop using your mouse so much

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Try out this one   Pao  at http   pao-ide info   It s still in development and not up to production use but it s quite unique in features  Basically  all the language constructs  such as assemblies  types  members  statements  expressions are treated as objects and are associated with rich operation options  You can enjoy features usually seen in graphical editors  such as multiple selection  multiple copy-paste  tagging  batch operation and very powerful search capability  It takes some getting used to but eventually might increase productivity  Right now  it only supports form applications though

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Eclipse has several C  plugins  the best I ve found to date is Emonic   You can target  NET or Mono with the help of it  Both Eclipse and Emonic are open source

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For  NET development  VS2008 is the best but if you want to check for another best IDE  Eclipse probably the best after VS if you are rating it among the IDEs  ofcourse you cant do  NET development in Eclipse though

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I still like Source Insight a lot  but I m hesitant to recommend it anymore as I m not sure anybody s still maintaining it  They released a very minor update back in March but haven t had a major release in years  And there seems to be no web community presence  It s a shame because I still like its auto-completion-friendly file open and symbol browsing panels  as well as syntax formatting  better than anything else I ve ever used

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As far as  net languages go  VS is hard to beat      I have used SharpDevelop before for  net  and is overall pretty good   For other languages like Java  Eclipse is really good  as well as some of the Eclipse variants like Aptana for web work      Then there s always notepad

User · Answer

Zeus   Here s an example showing code completion  taken from the Zeus homepage

User · Answer

If you are looking to try Java  I believe NetBeans is a very  very good IDE  However  for  NET  sure there are alternative IDEs but I don t think it makes much sense to use them unless you are developing on an Open Source platform  in which case SharpDevelop is a good choice and is reasonably mature

User · Answer

For  NET development  VS2008 is the best but if you want to check for another best IDE  Eclipse probably the best after VS if you are rating it among the IDEs  ofcourse you cant do  NET development in Eclipse though

User · Answer

There s MonoDevelop  which I occasionally use when I want to do some light C  coding when in Linux   It s nothing close to VS Net  but it works for small projects   I really don t think most of the alternatives people have listed come anywhere close to VS Net

User · Answer

The other great thing about SharpDevelop is the ability to translate solutions between the two big managed  NET languages VB NET and C   I believe it doesn t work for  websites  but it does for web application projects

User · Answer

vim  It also helps you to stop using your mouse so much

User · Answer

The other great thing about SharpDevelop is the ability to translate solutions between the two big managed  NET languages VB NET and C   I believe it doesn t work for  websites  but it does for web application projects

User · Answer

There are many alternatives  check this list  Alternative IDEs to Visual Studio NET  mirrored on Web Archive because the original link is down

User · Answer

There s MonoDevelop  which I occasionally use when I want to do some light C  coding when in Linux   It s nothing close to VS Net  but it works for small projects   I really don t think most of the alternatives people have listed come anywhere close to VS Net

User · Answer

Try out this one   Pao  at http   pao-ide info   It s still in development and not up to production use but it s quite unique in features  Basically  all the language constructs  such as assemblies  types  members  statements  expressions are treated as objects and are associated with rich operation options  You can enjoy features usually seen in graphical editors  such as multiple selection  multiple copy-paste  tagging  batch operation and very powerful search capability  It takes some getting used to but eventually might increase productivity  Right now  it only supports form applications though

User · Answer

What about WebMatrix  http   www microsoft com web webmatrix

User · Answer

Zeus   Here s an example showing code completion  taken from the Zeus homepage

User · Answer

As far as  net languages go  VS is hard to beat      I have used SharpDevelop before for  net  and is overall pretty good   For other languages like Java  Eclipse is really good  as well as some of the Eclipse variants like Aptana for web work      Then there s always notepad

User · Answer

If you are looking to try Java  I believe NetBeans is a very  very good IDE  However  for  NET  sure there are alternative IDEs but I don t think it makes much sense to use them unless you are developing on an Open Source platform  in which case SharpDevelop is a good choice and is reasonably mature

User · Answer

As far as  net languages go  VS is hard to beat      I have used SharpDevelop before for  net  and is overall pretty good   For other languages like Java  Eclipse is really good  as well as some of the Eclipse variants like Aptana for web work      Then there s always notepad

User · Answer

I still like Source Insight a lot  but I m hesitant to recommend it anymore as I m not sure anybody s still maintaining it  They released a very minor update back in March but haven t had a major release in years  And there seems to be no web community presence  It s a shame because I still like its auto-completion-friendly file open and symbol browsing panels  as well as syntax formatting  better than anything else I ve ever used

User · Answer

There s MonoDevelop  which I occasionally use when I want to do some light C  coding when in Linux   It s nothing close to VS Net  but it works for small projects   I really don t think most of the alternatives people have listed come anywhere close to VS Net

User · Answer

Zeus   Here s an example showing code completion  taken from the Zeus homepage

User · Answer

There are many alternatives  check this list  Alternative IDEs to Visual Studio NET  mirrored on Web Archive because the original link is down

User · Answer

Eclipse has several C  plugins  the best I ve found to date is Emonic   You can target  NET or Mono with the help of it  Both Eclipse and Emonic are open source

User · Answer

There are many alternatives  check this list  Alternative IDEs to Visual Studio NET  mirrored on Web Archive because the original link is down

User · Answer

The other great thing about SharpDevelop is the ability to translate solutions between the two big managed  NET languages VB NET and C   I believe it doesn t work for  websites  but it does for web application projects

User · Answer

If you are looking to try Java  I believe NetBeans is a very  very good IDE  However  for  NET  sure there are alternative IDEs but I don t think it makes much sense to use them unless you are developing on an Open Source platform  in which case SharpDevelop is a good choice and is reasonably mature

User · Answer

I still like Source Insight a lot  but I m hesitant to recommend it anymore as I m not sure anybody s still maintaining it  They released a very minor update back in March but haven t had a major release in years  And there seems to be no web community presence  It s a shame because I still like its auto-completion-friendly file open and symbol browsing panels  as well as syntax formatting  better than anything else I ve ever used

User · Answer

For  NET development  VS2008 is the best but if you want to check for another best IDE  Eclipse probably the best after VS if you are rating it among the IDEs  ofcourse you cant do  NET development in Eclipse though

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vim  It also helps you to stop using your mouse so much

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