I think the advantage here may not be IDE (although VS is a pretty nice IDE) but language. If you're much more comfortable writing C#, then Netduino could be mu

I think the advantage here may not be IDE (although VS is a pretty nice IDE) but language. If you're much more comfortable writing C#, then Netduino could be much more productive for you. Obviously if it were a serious hobby, you'd probably invest the time to become better at C++, I would imagine. Still, a little variety never hurt anyone.