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Best "Visual Studio" Alternative On Linux

Posted by timothy on from the sidestepping-the-inevitable-embrace dept.

Microsoft ISV writes: "We are beginning the next major release of our product, and we have been a Microsoft ISV for many years. In a few months Microsoft will be entering our market, and we wish to hedge our bets by supporting Linux in this next new major release. Can you ask your readership what is the best 'Visual Studio' like IDE for Linux? Especially for an ISV who will be maintaining the same product on both Windows and Linux?" Or is there even such a thing?

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  1. Re:Serious question... by JabberWokky · · Score: 5, Informative
    I am a developer. KDevelop is very good (the K means it runs under KDE, not that it is just for making KDE apps - it makes command-line, KDE and Gnome apps also). If you develop a Qt App, you can cross-compile for Windows as well. It's also Free in every sense of the word, if that matters to you.

    On the commercial side, KDE Studio Gold from the Kompany looks to be even better, and they also have Blackadder for Python and Ruby development if you need that. And language legends Borland are in the process of bringing over most of their modern packages including Delphi (confusingly renamed Kylix), Java and C++. Right now, Kylix is available, with C++ Builder and JBuilder coming in the next few months. Again, as long as you stay away from OS specific API calls (that does for Linux and Windows), you can reuse all objects and source with a simple recompile aimed at either Windows or Linux.

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