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Is it possible to use eclipse for C# development? If so, how to do it? What's your preferred combination?
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Launch Eclipse → Help → Install New Software → In "Work with" field, pull down the drop-down menu and select "Kepler - http://download.eclipse.org/releases/kepler" (or juno for Eclipse 4.2; or helios for Eclipse 3.7). In "Name" box, expand "Programming Language" node ⇒ Check "C/C++ Development Tools" ⇒ "Next" ⇒ ...
Create a new projectGo to Window → Open perspective → Other, select C/C++, and click OK. Go to File → New → C Project, and choose a name for the project (for example, Greeting ). Click Finish to accept all defaults.
While I've seen a few partially-baked plugins, I don't believe there's anything which comes even close to the Java tooling within Eclipse.
If you're on Windows you'd be best off using Visual Studio. If you're on another platform, either use a VM and Visual Studio, use MonoDevelop or Visual Studio Code.
Whilst I'd love there to be good C# support in Eclipse (and at one point I considered trying to do such a thing myself) the reality is that it's just not there at the moment.
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Use VisualStudio Express if you want a free IDE. Or even SharpDevelop. Plugins on Eclipse do not come close for C# / .Net development. If you are on Mono, try MonoDevelop or, again, SharpDevelop.
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