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C# ? Not complicated at all. In fact it's currently one of the most cross platform language/runtime in existence after .NET Core appeared, and now more than eve

C# ? Not complicated at all. In fact it's currently one of the most cross platform language/runtime in existence after .NET Core appeared, and now more than ever with .NET 5.0. I even managed to AOT compile code and run it without a trace of .NET. Just amazing.

nonbirithm 6y ago
C# is a really good language, but I had nothing but problems trying to develop with it on Linux exclusively. MonoDevelop doesn't support Linux anymore since a bunch of proprietary components were added to it (and this isn't even mentioned on its homepage), so you have to use a community fork. That didn't bode well for me. The fork didn't have packages for my distro and I couldn't get it to compile for two hours. VS Code wasn't much different, given I couldn't seem how to get OmniSharp working for my project. Eventually I found the only thing that worked half the time was Rider, which actually allows you to manage NuGet packages but costs $139. And still, I often had to load and unload projects or even create new projects entirely just to get it to find the new assemblies I added. It left a bad taste, but maybe that was because I wasn't using a distro like Ubuntu.
- Const-me 6y ago
  Matches my experience. Linux runtime worked great for me, SDK has not. To use it to full extent, I think you have to develop on a Windows PC with Visual Studio. However this way you can only debug on Windows i.e. if you want debugger, the project has to be runnable on Windows too.
  - oblio 6y ago
    Use Rider.
- metaltyphoon 6y ago
  What a weird case. I have successfully used dotnet core on these distros (alpine, centos, fedora, debian, ubuntu) without a single problem. If you don't mind, what distro are you using ?
  - nonbirithm 6y ago
    Arch Linux.
- nullsense 6y ago
  I use Ubuntu + Rider and works pretty darn good for me.
- rafaelvasco 6y ago
  Yeah, I tested it on Ubuntu, had no problems. But yeah, VSCode doesn't cut it completely. Rider is as better or better than VS in some regards but it's paid.

nonbirithm 6y ago

C# is a really good language, but I had nothing but problems trying to develop with it on Linux exclusively. MonoDevelop doesn't support Linux anymore since a bunch of proprietary components were added to it (and this isn't even mentioned on its homepage), so you have to use a community fork. That didn't bode well for me. The fork didn't have packages for my distro and I couldn't get it to compile for two hours. VS Code wasn't much different, given I couldn't seem how to get OmniSharp working for my project. Eventually I found the only thing that worked half the time was Rider, which actually allows you to manage NuGet packages but costs $139. And still, I often had to load and unload projects or even create new projects entirely just to get it to find the new assemblies I added. It left a bad taste, but maybe that was because I wasn't using a distro like Ubuntu.

Const-me 6y ago
Matches my experience. Linux runtime worked great for me, SDK has not. To use it to full extent, I think you have to develop on a Windows PC with Visual Studio. However this way you can only debug on Windows i.e. if you want debugger, the project has to be runnable on Windows too.
- oblio 6y ago
  Use Rider.
metaltyphoon 6y ago
What a weird case. I have successfully used dotnet core on these distros (alpine, centos, fedora, debian, ubuntu) without a single problem. If you don't mind, what distro are you using ?
- nonbirithm 6y ago
  Arch Linux.
nullsense 6y ago
I use Ubuntu + Rider and works pretty darn good for me.
rafaelvasco 6y ago
Yeah, I tested it on Ubuntu, had no problems. But yeah, VSCode doesn't cut it completely. Rider is as better or better than VS in some regards but it's paid.