IDE for C# language, uses .NET, compiles to CLR - but looks like Delphi?

Question

One of the down-sides a transition to Visual Studio is that the IDE is not as good as the "traditional" Borland Delphi IDE.

Unfortunatly Borland itself transitioned away from it's own "Visual Basic clone" IDE, in favor of the Visual Studio look and feel. i understand why it was done - they didn't want to re-create a WinForms designer when Microsoft provides one already inside the .NET framework.

i know i'm not alone in my preference of the old IDE, and i was wondering if there is an IDE out there that has the look of Delphi, but targets .NET, and uses the C# language?

The only other C# IDE's for Windows i'm aware of are:

• Visual Studio
• Embargadero Delphi
• SharpDevelop

Has someone perhaps created another IDE?

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Note: Borland's current IDE is very much a clone of Visual Studio (both in feature set and look&feel). Unfortunaty for application development i do not prefer the IDE of VS and BDS.

In the case of Visual Studio there are quite a few user interface usability issues that continually irk me. i posted my top 23 of those to a Microsoft newgroup in 2006.

Answer 1

C# Builder? I don't know if Borland is still supporting that or not, but it was made available a few years ago.

Answer 2

Well I havent seen or heard of any other than the ones mentioned here. I'd recommend you use Visual Studio for C#.

Answer 3

Hi,

I have not used the Delphi IDE (which one). So could you descibe the features you want?, do not forget that Visual Studio have loads of plug ins

here is a list of some addons (Free Tools for the Dot Net Developer)

Or is it just the look and feel?

Here are some other IDE's, other than the ones you mentioned (btw i have not used them)

• X-Develop
• Zues
• SkyIDE
• Improve C# Eclipse plugin - Eclipse, being a major IDE in java

hth

bones

Answer 4

I've been using Delphi a lot before my transition to .NET. Now it feels extremely painful and slow when I even have to see someone working in it (people don't even have ReSharper).

I think there is nothing better than VS 2008 in the .NET world.