What is the best alternative IDE to Visual Studio [closed]

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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?


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!


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


vim

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


Zeus.

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

example.cs open in Zeus, showing code-completion


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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