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back when .NET was first launched it was advertised as the new way of making desktop applications on Windows. Visual C# made it very easy to design GUI interfac

back when .NET was first launched it was advertised as the new way of making desktop applications on Windows. Visual C# made it very easy to design GUI interfaces. So this "it's all for backend now" notion is surprising.

lelanthran 2y ago
Same with java - designed for embedded set top devices, pivoted to backend services.
toyg 2y ago
.Net is "Microsoft Java". Like Java it was designed to do everything, but as desktop development died (and mobile development was locked down by Apple and Google, limiting it to their corporate languages), it pivoted towards networked applications.
- chgs 2y ago
  Visual J++ was Microsoft’s Java
  - toyg 2y ago
    They were legally forbidden from going the Embrace-Extend-Extinguish route there, so they had to build their own version from scratch. C# exists because J++ couldn't.