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I gave it a try for a while - I really like the syntax and some of its capability. But somehow my head was just spinning. I can't explain it, it was horrible to

I gave it a try for a while - I really like the syntax and some of its capability. But somehow my head was just spinning. I can't explain it, it was horrible to use. The moment I switched back to C++, Python and similar, I felt relief. I genuinely gave C# a chance but it just didn't work. There's nothing specific, it has all the "right" things, but it forces you to work in a way that's just so unusual. I never experienced this with another language. It feels like a language that's intentionally aimed at bloating headcount in development teams where everyone works on that "little" thing that somehow becomes a project in itself.

zigzag312 3y ago
Thanks for honest answer. I think I get it. C# has certainly accumulated a lot of history. From being OOP heavy, Windows centric, closed-source, with mostly enterprisey frameworks/libs to more multi-paradigm, cross-plaform, open-source, with iteratively more sane frameworks/libs. A lot has changed (and is still changing). Modern C# is getting more streamlined, but there are limitations to this due to backwards compatibility, and old boilerplate-heavy syntax is still supported, which leads to having multiple ways of doing the same thing. While I really like the direction the language is taking now, the official documentation of the new stuff is often sparse or scattered all over the place and a lot of answers on Stack Overflow are dated. Diving into an ecosystem like that, which is in a middle of a big transition, can certainty be overwhelming. The only tip I can provide is that if you ever try it again, try it in combination with a good IDE like Rider. C# is designed to be used in combination with an IDE. Rider can automate lots of things and analyzers can offer helpful guidance.
- gumballindie 3y ago
  > try it in combination with a good IDE like Rider. Rider is absolutely amazing. Among other reasons due to: > Rider can automate lots of things and analyzers can offer helpful I will give it another try but after some time. I really need to undo some of the damage it did to my brain :-)

zigzag312 3y ago

Thanks for honest answer. I think I get it. C# has certainly accumulated a lot of history. From being OOP heavy, Windows centric, closed-source, with mostly enterprisey frameworks/libs to more multi-paradigm, cross-plaform, open-source, with iteratively more sane frameworks/libs. A lot has changed (and is still changing). Modern C# is getting more streamlined, but there are limitations to this due to backwards compatibility, and old boilerplate-heavy syntax is still supported, which leads to having multiple ways of doing the same thing. While I really like the direction the language is taking now, the official documentation of the new stuff is often sparse or scattered all over the place and a lot of answers on Stack Overflow are dated. Diving into an ecosystem like that, which is in a middle of a big transition, can certainty be overwhelming. The only tip I can provide is that if you ever try it again, try it in combination with a good IDE like Rider. C# is designed to be used in combination with an IDE. Rider can automate lots of things and analyzers can offer helpful guidance.

gumballindie 3y ago
> try it in combination with a good IDE like Rider. Rider is absolutely amazing. Among other reasons due to: > Rider can automate lots of things and analyzers can offer helpful I will give it another try but after some time. I really need to undo some of the damage it did to my brain :-)