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You have Eclipse - so you could also try using the Improv C# plugin / E# plugin.

Well, for one thing, it is slower than native code.

Patently false. It has been false for years now. Ever since Chris Rijk published his earth shattering benchmarks. (More recent benchmarks here.)

It's now down to the skill of the programmer. A good programmer will write speedy code, and a bad programmer will write garbage. Who'da'thunk?

For another, its garbage collection has a tendency to result in really bad performance stalls

When was the last time you used Java? 1.1? The modern hotspot JVM uses a generational collector which should NEVER stall during runtime unless it begins running into memory pressure. Go try this game and tell us how many stalls you see. If you think that's too "simple", try this one.

For another, its portability has been hampered by not fully supporting interesting OS features, which means that there are all these OS-specific extensions to add things like audio support,

Is there something wrong with the javax.sound packages? I'm REALLY thinking that you haven't tried Java since 1.1.

They don't integrate well with other apps, don't do a good job of supporting OS services, etc.

Psst!

Finally, Java makes it hard to add debug functionality into your code without a performance hit.

That's just a weak argument. Debugging info can really screw up a codebase and should be removed after debugging. But if you're wedded to the idea, get one of the three billion preprocessors that are available.

The bottom line is that pretty much any compiled language has great advantages over Java.

The bottom line is that you haven't used Java since the days of 1.1, but you feel that you're fully qualified to make statements about a platform you know nothing about. Whether you intend to or not, you are trolling, sir. So I would ask you to stop spreading FUD by not commenting on Java until you are again familiar with the platform.

There is a C# plugin for Eclipse that will allow you to develop on it.

http://www.improve-technologies.com/alpha/esharp/

Not that I'm a big fan of eclipse, I find the UI slow and cluttered compared to VS .NET

There is.

There is a C# plugin for eclipse:

http://www.improve-technologies.com/alpha/esharp/

you visit the Eclipse and NetBeans sites.

I know we are all about open source here, but honestly.. this has very little to do with Microsoft launching Visual Studio Express. Maybe you should mention how you can code C# in Eclipse. And also mention sharpdevelop or monodevelop. NetBeans, isn't really useful for .Net development as far I know...

C# plugin

Hmm. You're right. I can't think of any others.

There are 2 open-source IDEs for the .Net Environment of note:

1. Web Matrix, an ASP.Net oriented IDE. Can be downloaded from:

http://www.asp.net/webmatrix

2. #develop, a more general IDE for C# and VB.Net. Can be downloaded from:

http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/Default.a spx

Both of these IDEs are only available for Microsoft OSs at this time.

3. A C# plug-in is available for Eclipse. It can be downloaded from:

http://www.improve-technologies.com/alpha/esharp/

It should run on Linux, using Mono.

It'd be nice if there was a Netbeans module that would read the struts-config.xml and present it in a form, like the TLD module.

I think that exactly the point KDan was making: IDE support for the struts-config and validation.xml files.

I don't know about Netbeans, but there are a couple of them for Eclipse (Alpha Struts Editor, Easy Struts). The latter one already supports Struts 1.1.

I am not aware of any other IDE that let you develop in multiple languages AND multiple toolkits

How about Eclipse?

The Java suppor is mature; the C/C++ tools are due for a release by the end of the month; and a Cobol tools project just got underway. "Unofficial" tools projects include Python, C#, AspectJ, Eiffel, Ruby, and others