Cost Effective C# IDE

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Adam Esterline

What is the most cost effective way to develop C#?I use VS 2005 with R# when working with clients, but unfortunately that copy of VS 2005 is owned by my employer. The same setup at home would cost $1400+. I know there are free C# IDEs, but they all have flaws that are hard to overlook.What are you using to develop C# outside of your workplace?Looking for ideas.p.s.I wish the ALT.NET guys would start building the Ideal IDE ;)

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6 Responses to “Cost Effective C# IDE”

  1. Ken Egozi, on October 30th, 2007 at 2:42 am Said:

    Since I use VS2005_R# at work, I’d want to have a similar experience as I can at home.

    So, if budget’s an issue - VC# express, and loose R#.

    If my “home” developing is actually a revenue stream and I do that a lot, I’d need to boost up productivity, so Visual Studio 2005 Standard( 300$) + RESharper C# (150$) - that’s 450$

  2. Damien Guard, on October 30th, 2007 at 3:26 am Said:

    SharpDevelop is certainly worth a shot and if there are flaws that you find hard to overlook then fix them - thats the whole point of open source!

    [)amien

  3. James, on October 30th, 2007 at 4:42 am Said:

    I would definitely recommend sharpdevelop. It is a bit of a change from VS but once I made the switch, the IDE really started to grow on me.

  4. Brian Donahue, on October 30th, 2007 at 6:59 am Said:

    I’m surprised you haven’t stumbled on a license for VS2005 Professional. I think I have several - they often give them away at conferences, user groups, online promotions, etc. If you are stuck, I’d be happy to look around and send you one - I have licenses through my company now and don’t need it.

    Professional + Resharper is really all you need.

  5. Adam Esterline, on October 30th, 2007 at 7:18 am Said:

    They were giving away one last night at the .NET users group. I am just not that lucky ;)

    I have downloaded VS 2008, but many open source projects are still using VS 2005.

  6. Coe Jouch, on October 30th, 2007 at 10:23 pm Said:

    One option is to subscribe to Microsoft Action Pack for $300. You get VS2005 and more. https://partner.microsoft.com/US/40013779

    I’m trying to convince myself into buying R# or figure out how to justify the expense to my boss.

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