Microsoft Visual Studio Alternatives

Microsoft Visual Studio is described as 'IDE used to create programs, apps, websites, and web services using various frameworks. It supports multiple languages and offers tools for coding, debugging, and design' and is a leading IDE in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Microsoft Visual Studio for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Web-based apps. The best Microsoft Visual Studio alternative is Visual Studio Code, which is free. Other great apps like Microsoft Visual Studio are Eclipse, VSCodium, MonoDevelop and Apache NetBeans.

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  1. IonicWind Basic icon

    IonicWind Basic

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    IWBasic is a 32-bit BASIC compiler from Ionic Wind Software featuring an integrated development environment with syntax similar to the BASIC programming language. Creates small and fast programs that support all Windows versions.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. ZAM 3D icon

    ZAM 3D

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    ZAM 3D XAML 3D WPF 3ds to XAML and dxf to XAML converter GUI Windows Vista, WinF tool for Microsoft Expression Interactive Designer

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. Pao icon

    Pao

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    Pao (short for "program as objects") is firstly an idea that a computer program is reprensented totally as objects, as opposed to textual code in the traditional way. This objectization covers all the aspacts of a program, including the internal respresentation...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. Hollywood icon

    Hollywood

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    The cross-platform Multimedia Application Layer. Easy programming language which generated programs and presentations for Windows , Amiga , Mac and Android.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • AmigaOS
    • MorphOS
    IDE on Windows
     
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