Cross-platform and Open-source Development
The creation of open-source tools for VB.NET development have been slow compared to C#, although the Mono development platform provides an implementation of VB.NET-specific libraries and a VB.NET 8.0 compatible compiler written in VB.NET, as well as standard framework libraries such as Windows Forms GUI library.
SharpDevelop and MonoDevelop are open-source alternative IDEs.
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