need suggestions for software

[Ulfwald]

I am in a programming class, only because I need it for my degree, I have a dual boot Ubuntu and windows 7 laptop. In windows I use Visual Studio 2010 for c# programming, is there anything like that for Ubuntu flavored "NIX"? Basically I would like to show my instructor the benefits of using "nix" over windows.

 

[Kirby]

For linux, you'll have to use Mono to do C#.

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

For other languages, like C, C++, Ada, Fortran, there's gcc.

http://gcc.gnu.org/

I personally haven't used Mono, but I doubt it's up to the level of the true .NET.

 

[Jodell88]

Mono is the only thing you can use. However, it does not have Windows specific things like WPF etc.

 

[Nothinman]

Basically I would like to show my instructor the benefits of using "nix" over windows.

I think you're going down the wrong path, Windows and the MS dev tools will have an obvious advantage with anything .Net related.

If you're specifically looking at development related advantages, most are like the difference between a standard and an automatic transmission. The advantages aren't always visible up front and you won't know how much you like the standard until you get decent at it.

Some things are blatantly obvious, like access to all of the system's source code which makes debugging more accessible and easier. But most, like taking advantage of vim or emacs, take a lot of time to realize the real benefits.

 

[sourceninja]

http://monodevelop.com/