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Collaboration with Mono on .NET would be the "killer" news for me. With Java looking increasingly shaky, it'd be nice to have a second "write-once, run-everywhe

Collaboration with Mono on .NET would be the "killer" news for me. With Java looking increasingly shaky, it'd be nice to have a second "write-once, run-everywhere" paradigm. While this may not end up being the greatest of reasons, a lot of my classmates shy away from .NET languages/MSFT technologies because they're more difficult to develop in Linux. Getting rid of that complaint would be super awesome.

seltzered 16y ago
It'd be nice if this effort included some SL/WPF support as well. Java still has swing and (gulp) JavaFX, and last I checked they run on any OS. As of now, I'm starting to feel like one has to write in flex if they want a desktop app with good UX to run everywhere.
- bad_user 16y ago
  Different OSes use different UX paradigms. With Swing you end up with a common denominator, which really sucks and you're better off deploying a web app with a local server and a stripped down Firefox. Or you could do what the big boys do, share the business logic on all platforms, but implement the UI using native APIs. Here's a sample: http://www.skybound.ca/ http://www.skybound.ca/ The OS X client is implemented with Mono + MonoMac (Cocoa bindings).
  - towndrunk 16y ago
    "you're better off deploying a web app with a local server and a stripped down Firefox." Please don't do this... we use a product that went this route at work and it's a pile of crap.
hasenj 16y ago
> it'd be nice to have a second "write-once, run-everywhere" paradigm. You can use python or ruby.
- nailer 16y ago
  He could, but CPython and Ruby are single language VMs. DN and Java have a larger amount of classes accessible from any language, including Python and Ruby implementations.
thebigshane 16y ago
I was really expecting Microsoft to launch a some ad campaign about .NET and mono after all of this Java/Oracle stuff hit the news. Seems like a missed opportunity. Of course, as a developer, I hope there to be not just marketing and have a real initiative to bridge the divide.

seltzered 16y ago

It'd be nice if this effort included some SL/WPF support as well. Java still has swing and (gulp) JavaFX, and last I checked they run on any OS. As of now, I'm starting to feel like one has to write in flex if they want a desktop app with good UX to run everywhere.

bad_user 16y ago
Different OSes use different UX paradigms. With Swing you end up with a common denominator, which really sucks and you're better off deploying a web app with a local server and a stripped down Firefox. Or you could do what the big boys do, share the business logic on all platforms, but implement the UI using native APIs. Here's a sample: http://www.skybound.ca/ http://www.skybound.ca/ The OS X client is implemented with Mono + MonoMac (Cocoa bindings).
- towndrunk 16y ago
  "you're better off deploying a web app with a local server and a stripped down Firefox." Please don't do this... we use a product that went this route at work and it's a pile of crap.

hasenj 16y ago

> it'd be nice to have a second "write-once, run-everywhere" paradigm. You can use python or ruby.

nailer 16y ago
He could, but CPython and Ruby are single language VMs. DN and Java have a larger amount of classes accessible from any language, including Python and Ruby implementations.

thebigshane 16y ago

I was really expecting Microsoft to launch a some ad campaign about .NET and mono after all of this Java/Oracle stuff hit the news. Seems like a missed opportunity. Of course, as a developer, I hope there to be not just marketing and have a real initiative to bridge the divide.