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Visual Studio or Open Source alternetives such as #Develop or monoSharp?

OpenSource, as always. =] I find monosharp to be the best, but I don't program in it per se, just mainly edit other's code to make it work differently, etc.

I run DevC++ which is FOSS instead of VC, I like it alot better, you should try it out!

I use VS, I have to admit it's very heavy on the memory and CPU but I find it so more intuitive, it may be that i've just used similar programs before but i seem much more productive using it than any of the OpenSource programs I've tried. I havn't actually tried monosharp but I may well give that a go when I find some time, I'll let you know how it works out.

Visual Studio. I agree about RAM but it's worth of it. Intuitive, easy to use, many features, snippets...

Visual Studio... is that that peice of crap that only runs on that singular proprietary OS? I use Eclipse. Being able to use SVN like that just plain owns.

I prefer strong IDE's, so i would use Visual Studio, if thats a problem then use open source stuff...

no $$$? use opensource! i used visual studio that was provided by school... i agree that it's heavy on RAM and I really had such a hard time doing any applications out from visual studio.. never tried monosharp or #develop.. might try that when I got the time..

frankst0 wrote:Visual Studio or Open Source alternetives such as #Develop or monoSharp?

Havent tried monosource tho ..but I still choose opensource.
You have much more control over the application..