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Developing windows forms applications under linux

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Hello, I have just started my computing gcse, and need to be able to program windows form applications in a visual basic style ide under ubuntu. I am running ubuntu 12.04 precise pangolin. Does anyone know if I would be able to get visual basic running under wine, or if there are any visual basic ide's out there for ubuntu.

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1455718/anything-comparable-to-visual-basic-to-use-in-ubuntu
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100315085328AASjHu6

You may need to run a virtual system to code. You could alternatively switch to python which is slightly more standardised.

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samuel (samuel-h) said : 		#2

Thanks, both those pointed towards either monodevelop or gambas. I am currentely using gambas and it seems great :)

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samuel (samuel-h) said : 		#3

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.