I am wondering what the differences between OpenSuSe and Red Hat Enterprise?

Can I develop software on OpenSuSe and install on Red Hat Enterprise. Is it easy to do so or I have to make an effort in
order to make apps run on Red Hat?

Thanks a million

That question is a bit like asking the question 'What is the difference between a Toyota and a Honda?'; they are both cars, but every part is different (unless you fit the same tyres or windscreen wipers).

Also, openSUSE is a consumer/end user distro and Red Hat is an enterprise distro, so SLES would be more directly comparable. Not that this seems to really be the point that interests you...

Up to a point. If it is a GUI app (and that makes a difference) and it uses something like Qt or Gtk, and you have compatible versions, then your only problem is installing. If you aren't using a toolkit, then you are more worried about underlying libraries.

With something like RH having a long lifetime, you could be considering what would normally be considered quite out of date software; it will have some fixes backported to it (or, possibly not, depending on how well sys admin is done at that site), so it could get a bit involved, unless you are prepared to make further restrictions.

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If you are going to deploy your application only on RedHat (and only on one version of RedHat)
than I suggest just develop your application on that version of RH.

If you need to support a number of RH version then develop on oldest one.

If you need to support a number of distros - then too - develop on oldest one.

Another option is develop nearly anywhere and then use tools like statifier (http://statifier.sf.net)
or Ermine (http://magicErmine.com) too convert your executable into self-contained, portable application.