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I'm looking to get more and more into C#, but I don't have the cash to go buy something like Visual Studio .NET. So does anyone have any suggestions on open source (read: free) C# compilers for Windows?
Thanks, and I apologize if this has been asked elsewhere.
SharpDevelop is nice.
Is it? How large is it?
Sharp Develop is a gread IDE. The framework should come with a compiler (csc.exe for the Windows.NET Framework).
EDIT: The Mono.NET framework is open source.
It appears to be about 7.1mb if you just download the installer, 13.something if you download the source.Quote:
Originally Posted by dwks
Thanks for the tip guys!
From here:
and with source,Quote:
Download #develop setup, no source code
* Download from Sourceforge Download [7264 KB]
Well, I just answered my own question.Quote:
Download #develop source code, no executables
* Download from Sourceforge Download [13737 KB]
How about other systems? Like Mac or Linux?
I think Mono has an IDE called MonoDevelop.Quote:
Originally Posted by dwks
If you're not anti-Microsoft, you could also use Visual C# Express, free to download.
http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/expres...p/default.aspx
I'm not. What's the difference?
Visual C# Express is sluggish, it looks great and is a breeze to use, but I prefer an IDE that actually responds when I try to do something. :rolleyes:Quote:
What's the difference?
Narf, you'll need to install the "get a decent PC" patch ;)
Ober, the biggest difference is Visual C# Express uses .NET version 2.0 (beta) whilst SharpDevelop uses 1.1. So if you spend ages on SharpDevelop, come November (when 2.0 is officially released) you'll need to upgrade anyway. Also the express is much much more productive than sharp develop - the intellisense is amazing. Right now the Express versions are free (because they're in beta) but come November they'll retail at about $50.
Uh...I can use 2.0 with #Develop just fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by stovellp
EDIT: Unless I mistinterupted your post.
You would think the Pentium D 840 with 2GB of RAM would be able to handle it, wouldn't you? Apparently not, because the Express IDEs are all sluggish, and it's not like I'm working with even a marginally old system. Oh well, I guess I hold my IDEs to higher standards. ;)Quote:
Narf, you'll need to install the "get a decent PC" patch
That's odd. I run both the Express versions and the full Visual Studio 2005 beta 2 (plus SQL Server 2005) on a P4 3.0GHz with 2GB RAM and find it quite responsive. It compiles a 400,000 LOC application (15 C# projects) in about 30 seconds. With all the added productivity tools, I think it performs nicely. The memory usage is high but lets remember it is just a beta.Quote:
Originally Posted by Narf
I wasn't aware SD could even compile with the 2.0 framework. I just tried the latest version though, and it seems it can. However I don't see any support in the IDE for the new features like generics.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7smurfs
I don't mean to say SharpDevelop is a bad IDE, in fact quite the opposite. I probably wouldn't even be coding now if it wasn't for SharpDevelop. For an open source project it's really good, and I love the integration with NAnt and NUnit. But I don't believe the current version compares with Visual Studio 2003 in terms of features, let alone the stuff in 2005.
Just finished downloading and installing #Develop -- looks nice. Now all I need is to buy a book about C# and learn the language. I'll look for some tutorials too, but if they are anything like C/C++ tutorials they will be pretty worthless.
I actually found it was easier to learn C/C++ from tutorials than it was C# - a book is definitely worth it (though you might as well just check one out of the library - see if you like the language before investing too much in it)