how to set up c# dev environment?

**Choad** · November 2nd, 2006

i am being taught c# for my uni programming module, so i need to set up a dev environment

what packages should i install, and whats the best ide? all i really need is a text editor with c# syntax highlighting

cheers

**Engnome** · November 2nd, 2006

gEdit supports c#

(plus another gazillion texteditors)

Isn't monodevelop made for this? Maybe go check it out?

Edit: oh and you'll need mono (instead of .NET, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_(software)) to run c#

**bsussman** · November 2nd, 2006

quanta has c# highlighting and it is a good editing environment - I use it for xhtml/css/php

**Choad** · November 2nd, 2006

ok cool, but which packages do i need to apt-get?

i dont really want to add any bloat if its possible

also, will console apps be able to be ported verbatim form MS visual studio 2005?

**yabbadabbadont** · November 2nd, 2006

Monodevelop. Look at it's dependencies in Synaptic to decide if it is too much.

The mono project website, with lots of useful information, is here:

http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page

**Choad** · November 2nd, 2006

Originally Posted by yabbadabbadont

Monodevelop. Look at it's dependencies in Synaptic to decide if it is too much.

The mono project website, with lots of useful information, is here:

http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page

ok, monodevelop ROCKS

it is pretty much a free version of visual studio 2005 lol

not quite as good at sensing what you want to type.... VS2k5 got me typing lowercase and relying on it to uppercase stuff, and that doesnt work here.

question: where is a good tutorial on gtk# programming? cant seem to find one