>Although, technically one could also use the free IDE CsharpDevelop (I believe it's called). I used it a couple yrs ago and it was maybe 80% of what VS IDE provided.
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>>I agree. The best way to create .Net apps is with Visual Studio...but not required.
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>>>Uhm...well, technically that's true. But to paraphrase Richard Nixon, "you could do that....but it would be wrong". <s>


I tried it then also, and found it cumbersome and lacking certain functionality I liked. Haven't used it since.