an environment for visual programming?

[golnaz]

hi all friends.
I 've been using Microsoft Visual Studio.Net for a couple of years,it has a powerful help system that really teaches you how to develop different applications.
Is there any similar tool for linux systems ,if yes, is it possible to execute or debug codes, that are written with Visual Studio.Net, with it?
thank you very much.

[techieMoe]

Is there any similar tool for linux systems ,if yes, is it possible to execute or debug codes, that are written with Visual Studio.Net, with it?
thank you very much.

That depends entirely on what you're referring to. The Visual Studio suite is simply a Microsoft-branded development environment that allows you to develop, debug, and compile inside of one program. Generically these are known as Integrated Development environments, or IDEs. There are a number of IDEs available for Linux that support various languages. Some popular ones are Eclipse, Anjuta, and KDevelop.

If by "visual" you mean "drag and drop a widget and tweak some pseudocode", then you'll probably want look for a Linux implementation of the .NET framework. The only project of any significant maturity right now is the Mono Project.

http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page

As for an IDE that works with Mono, I can't help you. Perhaps the Mono page will have more information.

[Cabhan]

Right: if you want to develop with .NET, you will essentially need to use Mono. There is a Mono IDE out there:
http://www.monodevelop.com/Main_Page

If you're looking for other languages, there are a ton of IDEs around for various languages. Eclipse for Java, Anjuta for C++, and other such things.

For drag-and-drop programming, Sun's Netbeans has a visual editor for Java. There is also an Eclipse plug-in that does visual editing. For C (and Gtk+), you can use Glade. For C++ (and Qt), there is are a few IDEs mentioned at: http://dot.kde.org/1057129749/1057170243/

Hope that helps! If you want more help, try and be a bit more specific.