How do program on linux

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I would like to do .net programming in linux for example vb.net however I have heard visual studio won't work with wine. Are there other programs I could use and please feel free to mention alteratives that use basic programming languages.

I am using ubuntu the latest version. However I could switch over to a different version if needed to.

vb.net is the simple programming language for windows is there a different one for linux?

Posted 7-Aug-14 7:09am

Jacob Antivirus

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Tino Fourie 11-Aug-14 15:59pm

Why don't you use DropBox instead of Linux ?

Do you see how irrelevant and stupid it is to suggest what I have just did ? My reply is truly based on two of your post where you suggested using DropBox as a replacement for a Database system like MySQL.

My apologies that I can not contribute more than this because I do not develop on Linux, although I would love having my VS apps run as an x-architecture application instead of being limited to MS OS's only. Python is the next language to learn as it is x-architecture.

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2014-08-07T07:31:00

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You can use C# and .NET on Linux, provided you install Mono first - and you don't need to use VS to code in C# even under windows - all you need is a text editor and CSC.EXE to compile it.

AFAIK there is no Linux specific "simple programming language" - C++ is more normal, but I'd hardly describe it as simple! Powerful, yes - but not simple in the way C# is.

Posted 7-Aug-14 7:31am

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Jacob Antivirus 7-Aug-14 13:47pm

I understand you can use notepad but I would like to create windows forms application with the screen where you can select and drag stuff onto the screen.

And also no you don't need csc.exe to compile notepad code to vb just save it as a vb script.

Anyway the point is I want to program for windows on linux is mono what I want?

OriginalGriff 7-Aug-14 14:04pm

If you want to program for Windows, use Windows.

Visual studio is probably the best IDE in the world: despite it's flaws and annoying bugs, it is streets ahead of anything else you could possibly develop c# code in. Seriously. Intellisense alone is worth it's weight in gold pressed latinum.

Developing WinForms apps outside windows is like learning to drive a car on a fairground ride...

Jacob Antivirus 7-Aug-14 15:01pm

I understand, but could you still answer this question: with mono can you create windows forms application with the screen where you can select and drag stuff onto the screen.

OriginalGriff 7-Aug-14 15:16pm

Mono is ".NET for Unix" - so what it does is let you run .NET applications under Unix in the same way the at the .NET framework itself does for Windows.

As such...yes, sort of...in that it'll let you test them under Linux, but it won't help you develop them - it doesn't include an IDE in exactly the same way that the .NET framework doesn't. VS is not a .NET application, so you can't run it under Mono.

Jacob Antivirus 7-Aug-14 18:57pm

I was thinking of just using linux and for the programming I could use something like virtialbox to have windows and linux or I could have windows and have virtualbox for linux what would be better?

OriginalGriff 8-Aug-14 4:25am

You're going to need Windows to test the app: and to build it if you use VS anyway. So why involve linux at all? Yes you can do it in a box, but all you are doing is adding a layer of complication (and a potential source of "new" errors).

So if you have Windows available, install it and get on! :laugh:

Jacob Antivirus 8-Aug-14 20:11pm

I decided to have two partions and have each os installed the thing is I love linux because its faster and blah blah blah there are so many reasons, but visual studio doesn't work on it so now I'll have both to choose from on computer startup.