Pointers for developing in Ubuntu

So, tonight I just installed the ubuntu os onto my computer; I've used windows for my whole life, but I wanted to try something new.

I just wanted to know a few things, although they may be very simple questions;

1. What application do you suggest I install?

   (I've been using Visual Studio on Windows, so anything comparable?)

2. Does ubuntu support developing in C#?

   (I'm f开发者_C百科airly new to the developing world, so I don't know these things..)

3. Does anyone know of some good videos or tutorials for what I've asked?

   (Maybe like a "Hello, World!" tutorial or something.)

Thanks for your time, and for reading through my questions :)

1. If you're looking for an IDE, personally I like NetBeans. I don't think it has C# support though.

2. Yes. You might want to check out MonoDevelop, which apparently is a C# IDE for linux.

3. No

Though I think you should try a text-based editor such as vim, and try to learn some of the great command-line tools available in Linux. It's a steeper learning curve than using GUI tools, but you won't regret learning it.

It's super old now, but I remember this book being extremely helpful back in the day:

Beginning Linux Programming

As for editors....get good at emacs. Keyboard-based, text-mode beats clicky GUI stuff every time.

There are a fair number of IDE's out there. I'd ignore the emacs/vi comments if you need a true IDE since it will take a fair bit of work to get them to do half of what a real IDE does. If you plan on working across multiple platforms, get an IDE that works everywhere like Eclipse.

As honeyp)t mentions, Mono is the C# equivalent in the OSS world.

And instead of a video, try a good book to learn development on Linux (don't look for a book on Ubuntu, that's too specific and will lead you astray).