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Maybe not startups per say but. - jet.com uses F# - stackoverflow is C# I don't get why a startup couldn't just use .net for the application layer hooked up

by pnloyd 8y ago

Maybe not startups per say but. - jet.com uses F# - stackoverflow is C# I don't get why a startup couldn't just use .net for the application layer hooked up to a MySQL or Postgress backend. The drivers for both Db exist so someone must be doing it.

maxxxxx 8y ago
I work with C#/.NET but if I had to start from scratch I wouldn't use it. With a lot of platforms you are a second class citizen with .NET because most APIs get released as Java, Javascript or Python. The .NET version often comes much later. After working with MS for 20 years I am also not convinced they will sustain long term what they started with .NET Core. With a startup I would stick to open source. It's the more vibrant and reliable option.
- CyanLite2 8y ago
  Lotsa FUD here.
  - maxxxxx 8y ago
    I think it help if you added some substance to your comment.
    - CyanLite2 8y ago
      .NET Core is open source and is the flagship development environment for Microsoft. They have no other alternative and have publicly announced multi-year roadmaps and support agreements spanning nearly the next decade.
      - maxxxxx 8y ago
        I hope they will stick to it but after seeing what they did with Winforms, WPF, WinRT and Silverlight I have my doubts. We'll have to see.
  - angry_octet 8y ago
    So much irony.
- pnloyd 8y ago
  Really surprised on your comment when it has so many amazing things going for it. - state of the art language features from .net (linq, async&await,powerful generics) - Multiplatform runtime and SDK, even development is great via Vscode + omnisharp. - MIT license - llvm backend via Ryu jit compiling straight to machine code (Wow!) - unparalleled language server capabilities via Roslyn's API, even available on Linux / Osx via omnisharp. And more stuff I'm not thinking of. Almost everywhere you turn .net is the toughest beast in the arena if you exclude ecosystem. I don't see how you could possibly think it doesn't have a fighting chance.
  - maxxxxx 8y ago
    C# is great, no question. The Roslyn stuff is also great. But if you also need other libraries or systems then things get thinner. For most cloud providers that aren't called Azure the .NET support usually is behind. A lot of popular libraries are either written in Java, Javascript or Python with maybe an outdated unmaintained .NET wrapper. Most CI/CD pipelines are not geared towards .NET. To me MS is a warm cozy place but the open source world is more chaotic and much richer.
    - scarface74 8y ago
      I'm using AWS, the SDKs for the most part are in lock step with Boto3. The SDK for Python. There are a few gaps like troposphere for cloud formation. What do you mean most CI/CD platforms aren't "geared" for .Net? Which CI/CD platform are you using?
      - maxxxxx 8y ago
        I was looking at Jenkins a while ago. All samples were for git and PHP, JavaScript and others. .NET, TFS and windows just felt like second class citizens. You can make it work but I feel that the main work is done for things other than .NET. Same for AWS. C# is a fantastic language, .NET framework is good but in my view the ecosystem is too weak.
        8y ago

by pnloyd 8y ago

maxxxxx 8y ago

I work with C#/.NET but if I had to start from scratch I wouldn't use it. With a lot of platforms you are a second class citizen with .NET because most APIs get released as Java, Javascript or Python. The .NET version often comes much later. After working with MS for 20 years I am also not convinced they will sustain long term what they started with .NET Core. With a startup I would stick to open source. It's the more vibrant and reliable option.

CyanLite2 8y ago
Lotsa FUD here.
- maxxxxx 8y ago
  I think it help if you added some substance to your comment.
  - CyanLite2 8y ago
    .NET Core is open source and is the flagship development environment for Microsoft. They have no other alternative and have publicly announced multi-year roadmaps and support agreements spanning nearly the next decade.
    - maxxxxx 8y ago
      I hope they will stick to it but after seeing what they did with Winforms, WPF, WinRT and Silverlight I have my doubts. We'll have to see.
- angry_octet 8y ago
  So much irony.
pnloyd 8y ago
Really surprised on your comment when it has so many amazing things going for it. - state of the art language features from .net (linq, async&await,powerful generics) - Multiplatform runtime and SDK, even development is great via Vscode + omnisharp. - MIT license - llvm backend via Ryu jit compiling straight to machine code (Wow!) - unparalleled language server capabilities via Roslyn's API, even available on Linux / Osx via omnisharp. And more stuff I'm not thinking of. Almost everywhere you turn .net is the toughest beast in the arena if you exclude ecosystem. I don't see how you could possibly think it doesn't have a fighting chance.
- maxxxxx 8y ago
  C# is great, no question. The Roslyn stuff is also great. But if you also need other libraries or systems then things get thinner. For most cloud providers that aren't called Azure the .NET support usually is behind. A lot of popular libraries are either written in Java, Javascript or Python with maybe an outdated unmaintained .NET wrapper. Most CI/CD pipelines are not geared towards .NET. To me MS is a warm cozy place but the open source world is more chaotic and much richer.
  - scarface74 8y ago
    I'm using AWS, the SDKs for the most part are in lock step with Boto3. The SDK for Python. There are a few gaps like troposphere for cloud formation. What do you mean most CI/CD platforms aren't "geared" for .Net? Which CI/CD platform are you using?
    - maxxxxx 8y ago
      I was looking at Jenkins a while ago. All samples were for git and PHP, JavaScript and others. .NET, TFS and windows just felt like second class citizens. You can make it work but I feel that the main work is done for things other than .NET. Same for AWS. C# is a fantastic language, .NET framework is good but in my view the ecosystem is too weak.
      - 8y ago