I was wondering if there is an alternative for Visual Studio. My PC isn't the best, so Visual Studio takes a lot of time to start/load etc.
Mainly I would like to use C#
Is there any alternatives for Windows?
(Any price range)
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1What features do you need? What language(s) do you need it to support?– Nick Dickinson-WildeMay 27, 2014 at 5:52
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Mainly I would like to use C#– ShevliaskovicMay 27, 2014 at 5:53
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3Honestly, if loading time is your concern, you should consider to spend some money into better hardware.– Doc BrownMay 27, 2014 at 15:11
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I agree, buy an SSD and have at least 8 GB RAM. VS 2010+ runs very well, I doubt that you will find a faster C# IDE. Mono/Xamarin studio is faster, but it doesn't have all of the features. If you don't need many features and value speed, you can try a plain text editor, like Notepad++ (with plugins for C# development), or Sublime Text, and use a compiler with them, although I wouldn't recommend that.– RaidenFDec 24, 2015 at 9:46
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It's worth noting that MonoDevelop is usually used for developing mono/C# which excludes WPF.
I've no experience regarding SharpDevelop but heard nothing bad about it.
Regarding launch time: In my opinion MonoDevelop is faster than VisualStudio, but only because I've 0 extensions in MonoDevelop.
You could probably take a look at how many extensions you currently have installed and remove some. Or shrink your projects. At least in my experience, a big project is worse than multiple small projects when it comes to loading times.
