The Best 21 Visual C# Express Edition Alternatives

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    SharpDevelop

    #develop (short for SharpDevelop) is a free IDE for C#, VB.NET and Boo projects on Microsoft's .NET platform. It is open-source, and you can download both sourcecode and executables.

    Free Open Source Windows .NET Framework

    Nuget GUI Designer
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    Xamarin Studio

    Type intelligently World-class code completion unlocks the iOS, Android, and OS X APIs. Quickly look up methods and types, and discover API functionality. Find bugs quickly Debug in a simulator or on a device.

    Freemium Mac OS X Windows Microsoft Visual Studio

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    B4X

    Cross platform development tools for native iOS, Android, desktop and server applications. B4X is a Rapid Application Development (RAD) tool for real world apps. The programming language is a modern version of Visual Basic.

    Commercial Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad

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    Zend Studio

    Zend Studio for Eclipse combines proven capabilities to create the world’s most powerful IDE for Rich Internet Applications (RIAs).

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux

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    Xojo

    Real Software and Real Studio are now Xojo.

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux

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    Gambas

    Gambas is a full-featured object language and development environment built on a BASIC interpreter.

    Free Open Source Linux

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    Pelles C

    Pelles C is a comprehensive development suite that can help you create apps compatible with Windows and ARM platforms. It contains among other things an optimizing C...

    Free Personal Windows

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    LiveCode Platform

    It is Both Under the GPL and it is also Proprietary if using the GPL version the software you make is required to be under the GPL.

    Free Personal Mac OS X Windows Linux Android Windows Mobile

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    Zinjai

    ZinjaI is an IDE (integrated development environment) for C + + developed in the context of a Starter Grant from the Scientific Research at the Universidad Nacional del...

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

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    MASM Builder

    MASM Builder is a free Integrated Development Environment IDE for developing 32-bit Windows programs using the Assembler. MASM Builder contains many useful features...

    Free Windows

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    Easy code

    Easy Code is the visual assembly programming environment made to build 32-bit Windows applications. The Easy Code interface, looking like Visual Basic, allows you to...

    Free Open Source Windows

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    Microsoft Small Basic

    Microsoft Small Basic puts the fun back into computer programming. With a friendly development environment that is very easy to master, it eases both kids and adults...

    Free Windows .NET Framework

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    UEStudio

    UEStudio offers all the functionality of UltraEdit plus other exciting and powerful features! Whether you are simply editing text, building applications, maintaining...

    Commercial Windows

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    scriptcs

    scriptcs makes it easy to write and execute C# with a simple text editor. While Visual Studio, and other IDEs, are powerful tools, they can sometimes hinder...

    Free Open Source Windows

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    Hollywood

    The cross-platform Multimedia Application Layer. Easy programming language which generated programs and presentations for Windows , Amiga , Mac and Android.

    Commercial Windows AmigaOS MorphOS

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    MaxBlox

    MaxBlox is a complete application development platform. The entire system is web-based and allows the ability to build applications that operate over the web. This is...

    Free Open Source Windows Linux Web Mac