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Can you do .NET development on a Mac these days? I vaguely remember a thing called Mono that was in vogue for a while before .NET Core became open source. Anyon

Can you do .NET development on a Mac these days? I vaguely remember a thing called Mono that was in vogue for a while before .NET Core became open source. Anyone have time to do a quick recap of capabilities on non Windows or Windows Server systems?

elisaado 5y ago
Yes! The thing you're looking for is .NET Core.
- manigandham 5y ago
  The latest release is just called .NET 5 .NET Core was the name for the cross-platform version, but that's the default now and will be the future. No need to differentiate from the older Full Framework anymore.
  - pjc50 5y ago
    Microsoft naming strikes again. I suspect they're only dropping the "core" now because they can - below 4 there's a need to disambiguate versus .net Framework versions.
    - mattmanser 5y ago
      And the road between .net core 1 > .net core 2 > .net core 3 was extremely bumpy.
      - darrylb42 5y ago
        Not to mention there is no upgrade path from .Net Framework to Core. Major missing features like WCF are still an issue in .Net 6. Migrating is a long and slow processes. Luckily we can use .Net Standard 2.0 as a bridge for libraries.
        pjmlp 5y ago
        Or features like how Assembly reloading and MSIL code generation works.
Smaug123 5y ago
Yes, it all Just Works (TM). Rider with net5 is as seamless for me on a Mac as it is on Windows.
popotamonga 5y ago
My whole company is c# and every single person has a company issued Mac, 0 issues.
moron4hire 5y ago
Basically, the only major systems it not on are the BSDs, as the work is still in progress.
- josteink 5y ago
  As one of the original contributors trying to land BSD-support back in the 1.0 days (2015!!! before life got in the way), that’s been the story for waaay to long now. I really hope some day we finally land it. Even as a full time Linux-user these days, BSD still has a special place in my heart.
turtlebits 5y ago
You can, but not all the languages receive the same level of support. I really tried (twice) to use F# on Mac recently and gave up because the tooling/docs didn't work.
- pjmlp 5y ago
  How come? Most of the F# open source community is on Macs. Were you using Ionide?
jcpst 5y ago
Been using a mac + rider at work for years now, at a very large company. Still have to fire up windows occasionally for Framework/Legacy stuff for though. I sometimes try out ideas in C#/F# at home (linux). With Rider, it’s pretty much the same experience on all 3 OSes, it’s pretty nice.

elisaado 5y ago

Yes! The thing you're looking for is .NET Core.

manigandham 5y ago
The latest release is just called .NET 5 .NET Core was the name for the cross-platform version, but that's the default now and will be the future. No need to differentiate from the older Full Framework anymore.
- pjc50 5y ago
  Microsoft naming strikes again. I suspect they're only dropping the "core" now because they can - below 4 there's a need to disambiguate versus .net Framework versions.
  - mattmanser 5y ago
    And the road between .net core 1 > .net core 2 > .net core 3 was extremely bumpy.
    - darrylb42 5y ago
      Not to mention there is no upgrade path from .Net Framework to Core. Major missing features like WCF are still an issue in .Net 6. Migrating is a long and slow processes. Luckily we can use .Net Standard 2.0 as a bridge for libraries.
      - pjmlp 5y ago
        Or features like how Assembly reloading and MSIL code generation works.

Smaug123 5y ago

Yes, it all Just Works (TM). Rider with net5 is as seamless for me on a Mac as it is on Windows.

popotamonga 5y ago

My whole company is c# and every single person has a company issued Mac, 0 issues.

moron4hire 5y ago

Basically, the only major systems it not on are the BSDs, as the work is still in progress.

josteink 5y ago
As one of the original contributors trying to land BSD-support back in the 1.0 days (2015!!! before life got in the way), that’s been the story for waaay to long now. I really hope some day we finally land it. Even as a full time Linux-user these days, BSD still has a special place in my heart.

turtlebits 5y ago

You can, but not all the languages receive the same level of support. I really tried (twice) to use F# on Mac recently and gave up because the tooling/docs didn't work.

pjmlp 5y ago
How come? Most of the F# open source community is on Macs. Were you using Ionide?

jcpst 5y ago

Been using a mac + rider at work for years now, at a very large company. Still have to fire up windows occasionally for Framework/Legacy stuff for though. I sometimes try out ideas in C#/F# at home (linux). With Rider, it’s pretty much the same experience on all 3 OSes, it’s pretty nice.