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From a distance, C# looks like an incredibly awesome language, but the way it's tied so closely to Visual Studio and Windows really crimps its growth. I love i
by Fede_V 13y ago
From a distance, C# looks like an incredibly awesome language, but the way it's tied so closely to Visual Studio and Windows really crimps its growth.
I love it's syntax, the libraries look great, and apparently the performance isn't that bad either.
- sdegutis 13y agoI dunno, I could seriously see myself starting to use Windows full time and writing .NET programs in the near future. This technology (.NET, C#, VS Express) is really handy compared to what I'm used to.
- manojlds 13y agoMono and Xamarin [2] are things you should be looking at. [1]- http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page [2]- http://xamarin.com/ http://xamarin.com/
- sdegutis 13y agoI got the impression somehow recently that Mono has become or is becoming somewhat abandoned, which led me to dismiss it. Not sure if it's true or not, but if I thought so, then probably many others do too.
- Aaronontheweb 13y agoMono's not been abandoned so much as that its direction has changed. Lately it's been more about native experiences on mobile OSes rather than services running on Linux. That being said, Xamarin has done an admirable job keeping Mono up-to-date on the latest .NET features lately.
- ozim 13y agoOnce we wanted to do app in mono for production, epic fail. Maybe simple apps would do but not if you need WCF which we needed. It had memory leaks and was incomplete just look at WCF site.
- duiker101 13y agoSeriously, VS is amazing so I see it as a point in favour more than against. If you worry about the fact that it can cost a lot of money, you can use the Express version that is free and once you get going if you are having some revenue it's a product worth buying.