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This is fantastic feedback, and not too dissimilar to the drum beat I have been banging internally. Visit a bookstore recently? Find me the book that helps yo
by BrandonWatson 17y ago
This is fantastic feedback, and not too dissimilar to the drum beat I have been banging internally. Visit a bookstore recently? Find me the book that helps you build a ".NET" app. Good luck with that. Want to build a Rails app? The books are right there, and my choice is easy.
- aconbere 17y agoIt's not just the books, it's the web resources as well (possibly more importantly). One thing to think about is that if MS is serious about reaching devs like this. Then they need to start understanding the appeal of frameworks that we're using. The fact that I can start a rails project, edit all the code I want, and run all my tests. Without really investing in any extraneous technology (for instance an IDE or a WebServer or a large testing framework). Are all enormous bonuses. And the fact that I can do that with every modern framework I can think of speaks volumes about the weight that we as a community put on that feature. You could try to bend all the devs into the MS way of doing things with complex tools and large solutions. Or you could attempt to make tools that fit a modern developer.
- BrandonWatson 17y ago>>>You could try to bend all the devs into the MS way of doing things with complex tools and large solutions. Or you could attempt to make tools that fit a modern developer. Yes, yes, yes. Agreed. Scott guthrie and crew are doing good work here, but we clearly have a long way to go. Thanks for this honest feedback.