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Slant community chat on Discourse| 7 Recommended Products | Recommendations | Price | Latest Version | Auto Complete |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 Project Rider· · · | 6 | 3 | Free (30-day Trial) | 2017.2.4 | – |
| #2 Visual Studio· · · | 8 | 3 | – | – | yes |
| #3 MonoDevelop· · · | 5 | 0 | – | – | – |
| #4 Visual Studio Code· · · | 1 | 0 | Free | – | Yes |
| #5 Code::Blocks· · · | 4 | 3 | Free and Open Source | – | Yes |
| #6 Eclipse· · · | 0 | 1 | – | – | – |
Pro New C# IDE based on ReSharper and the IntelliJ platform
ReSharper is a popular Visual Studio Extension for .NET Developers. IntelliJ IDEA is a popular and fully featured JAVA IDE.
Pro Multiple runtime support
Project Rider supports the .NET Framework and Mono, with CoreCLR support in the works. It also includes templates for creating new projects, and when you create an empty project, it's literally empty
Pro Cross-platform
As well as running and debugging multiple runtimes, Project Rider itself runs on multiple platforms. It runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
Con Relatively young project
Some bugs are to be expected since it's still a relatively young project.
Pro Official IDE developed by Microsoft
If a project type or a platform is available for C#, it's available in Visual Studio. Some IDEs and code editors may cover some project types, but Microsoft always starts with VS. If you work with a cross-platform technology like ASP.NET MVC, it matters less. If you work with Windows-only techn...
Pro Supported by ReSharper and other plugins
Code productivity tools improve code editing experience greatly, provide static code analysis, refactorings, navigation etc. They are considered by many developers as essential.
Con Visual Studio 2017 CE account sign in fails behind a corporate proxy
After the trial period it expires.
Pro Lightweight
It has several addons you can add as you need.
Pro Cross platform
Runs on mac, ubuntu, and windows, but not on android now.
Con Weak .net project and .net IntelliSense support
It's best for web applications but not for .net desktop apps.
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