SharpDevelop (or #Develop) is an open sourced and free IDE for creating C#, VB.NET and Boo projects which are based on Microsoft's .NET platform.

With SharpDevelop you can create various types of application, for example console applications, Direct 3D applications or even GTK# applications.

The usual features for a modern IDE can be found such as code completion, project management and templates, integrated debugger and a forms designer. SharpDevelop is also compatible with Visual Studio Express and Visual Studio 2005.

C# and VB.NET are easy languages to get into and introduce good programming prcatices.