New to C#, have some questions

[dudeomanodude]

Hi all,

I'm starting a new job and C# is going to be necessary. I'm used to writing C/C++ in Linux/Unix.

1) Well, VStudio isn't free, so what's generally regarded as the best "free" IDE so I can start poking around with this at home?

2) I was reading that "all" .NET languages use the same "class library". That sounds really cool. So I'm guessing you never have any kind of "#include" statement for that library, just "using" statements (for the relevant parts of this implicit super-library) in C# or any other .NET language?

Thank you in advance!

[laserlight]

I am not a C# programmer, but I would point out that MS Visual C# Express is available at zero price, unless I missed something.

[dudeomanodude]

I am not a C# programmer, but I would point out that MS Visual C# Express is available at zero price, unless I missed something.

perfect. thanks

[indigo0086]

I use C# express all the time. Had a windows forms class last semester and it has pretty much everything you need to create an application using it, it's pretty big for a free software.

A funny thing about interoperability between language. In order to create a good SDI App You can use a Microsoft Visual Basic dll and import their framework they have set up for SDI Apps. Thought that was funny, since there isn't an equivalent built into C# libraries.