Matt Gerrans
Posts: 1153
Nickname: matt
Registered: Feb, 2002
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Re: Help this starter
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Posted: Dec 17, 2003 5:39 PM
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You can buy Visual Studio.Net for the full IDE experience, or if you want to do it on the cheap, then download the .NET Framework SDK (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=9B3A2CA6-3647-4070-9F41-A333C6B9181D&displaylang=en) and use the command line compiler (I used this method on an old laptop I had which was not beefy or modern (64MB of RAM, running Win98) enough to handle Visual Studio). This is adequate for learning C# basics. The Visual Studio cost a lot more, naturally, but if you can afford it, then the modern IDE features make the going a lot faster, especially when it comes to exploring the .NET framework libraries.
There is also the Mono C# compiler, which I think is in pretty good working condition, but I've not tried it: http://www.go-mono.com/c-sharp.html. Mono also has a debugger and other tools and I think some way of integrating C# into the Eclipse IDE (http://www.eclipse.org/).
Finally, Borland (http://www.borland.com) has C# Builder and you can download the trial (http://www.borland.com/products/downloads/download_csharpbuilder.html) and give it a whirl. It is a pretty nice IDE, too, in the tradition of Delphi and C++ Builder (my favorite C++ development tool).
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