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No. The word "alternative" implies a certain quality and that you can actually switch. Sorry but this isn't the case here. I've used SharpDevelop in the past bu
by mariusmg 13y ago
No. The word "alternative" implies a certain quality and that you can actually switch. Sorry but this isn't the case here. I've used SharpDevelop in the past but there is a world of difference between VS + R# and SharpDevelop.
- CmonDev 13y agoI am with you, but I think that Roslyn has a really good change to change that. Sometimes I wonder how Roslyn will affect JetBrains' business. It should be pretty easy to re-produce quite a lot of core ReSharper features.
- Varcht 13y agoI caught a bit of the Build live stream yesterday. Showed some R# like code cleanup in the next version of VS.
- it_learnses 13y agowhat's R#? I can't find anything significant on Google.
- c0achmcguirk 13y agoIt's resharper. An add-in to Visual Studio that makes refactoring soooo much better. http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/ http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/
- JasonFruit 13y agoIt is an alternative, for certain users like me: I occasionally dabble in .NET development. If I had time to spend with Visual Studio, I can tell it would be the better tool, but SharpDevelop is free, fast, and has everything I know enough to use anyway.
- rbanffy 13y agoDoesn't Microsoft offer a free, feature-limited, version of Visual Studio?
- mynameismiek 13y agoYes, its called Visual Studio Express. You can get web, windows (8.x) app, desktop, TFS, and windows phone versions. http://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-express-vs.aspx http://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-exp...
- rbanffy 13y agoAnd what are the artificial limitations of VS Express for C# projects? What can this alternative do that VS Express can't?
- mynameismiek 13y agoYou don't get a lot of the more advanced/business/enterprise-y features like advanced debugging features, very little code metrics, only the more basic unit testing things, no MSDN subscription benefits, no Azure credits. You can still still use Nuget, write unit tests, debug, all of the basic stuff you need to write programs for .NET. The Unreal Engine 4 source works just fine with VS 2013 Express. Xamarin Business and its Visual Studio plugin works just fine in express. You can still connect to TFS, Perforce, or Git repo. edit: to clarify that this is for VS Express compared to VS Pro/Premium/Ultimate not compared to Sharp Develop. edit2: removed that it supports add-ins like Resharper.
- misnome 13y agoI'm pretty sure Resharper doesn't work on the express versions - disappointingly, since it's the only reason I need the higher versions (everything else I want can be done via external tools).
- wubbfindel 13y ago> The word "alternative" implies a certain quality and that you can actually switch. It implies that to you maybe, but I don't think you can say that's the universal understanding of the word and how it should be used. Google "define alternative" and this becomes clear: - adjective 1. (of one or more things) available as another possibility or choice. For me, SharpDevelop is a great alternative to Visual Studio. Sure VS has a lot more features and the latest versions look pretty sleek (I love the dark theme). But I have used SharpDevelop very recently (not just in the past) as the IDE of choice on many professional projects too (emphasis on 'choice' because it's a choice you can make to use it, as per the definition). It is a genuine alternative, in that it's available as another possible IDE you can choose to use. I would argue that an alternative doesn't even have to be that good (think alternative medicine); so it doesn't imply "a certain quality" either. However, in the case of SharpDevelop, I do believe it IS a quality tool made available by the open source community.