How to develop a strategy in a REAL IDE?

[NetTecture]

Sorry to ask, but I have a real problem, which is rendering NinjaTrader close to useless for me.

I have a couple of strategies I want to code. Problem is - they are complicated, not so much in the mathematical way, but they involve multiple status engines. Not so complicated to describe for a person (can be traded manualy), but a pain to get right in programming.

As such, they require proper professional testing. I do not want issues to go wrong here. Comes I also am a professional programmer, and used to - professional tools (Version control, unit testing, automated coverage testing etc.), and I see no reason to deal with "real money" in an environment worse than what I work with in my current day job.

Now here is my question:

Is there any way to use NinjaTrader to develop strategies in Visual Studio? You clearly use .NET, and NinjaScript looks like C#

Only it comes without any tools, no unit testing etc. I have like zero interest going to a script environment without debugger, and all the other tools - especially not when this is in fact wrapping up a good environment (.NET/Visual Studio).

So, is there any way to get in and develop a strategy as a DLL? And in C#?

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

NetTecture,

You can debug NinjaScript fiiles in Visual Studio, but unfortunately we cannot offer much assistance on this. Please see this article for setting it up: http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/H...ualStudio.html

Note that the Express version of Visual Studio will not work.

[NetTecture]

Thanks. Not much to say then - besides that I consider this definitely not to be enough. I will pass then and use our own little framework for the near future. Not as graphical, but it allows development within VS.