Cobra runs on top of .NET and Mono. Also it generates the same kinds of classes, methods and statements that C# and VB use, so you can leverage tools like debuggers and profilers. Debugging programs include: * DbgCLR.exe * Mdbg.exe * Cordbg.exe This blog post gives some useful information on debugging .NET programs sans Visual Studio: * http://blog.slickedit.com/2007/11/c-with-slickedit-no-visual-studio-required/ You might also [wiki:DebuggingWithAnIDE use an IDE] on your executable such as VisualStudio, MonoDevelop or SharpDevelop. See also: DebuggingTopics