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I am really interested to see what happens once ASP.Net is running on Linux. C# and Visual Studio are fantastic, mature tools and I think a lot of developers w

I am really interested to see what happens once ASP.Net is running on Linux. C# and Visual Studio are fantastic, mature tools and I think a lot of developers would enjoy using them whereas they might be hesitant at the moment due to OS lock-in on the code they are writing.

Raphael 12y ago
Could/Does Visual Studio run in Linux?
- artmageddon 12y ago
  Not yet. MonoDevelop is the closest you'll get at the moment.
  - luisrudge 12y ago
    no need for that. Just use your favorite editor with omnisharp[1] [1] http://www.omnisharp.net/ http://www.omnisharp.net/
    - bigdubs 12y ago
      if you can attach and debug a process through sublime text, then maybe. as it stands there is no real replacement for visual studio (save maybe xamarin studio / mono develop)
    - failed_ideas 12y ago
      I still haven't gotten it working in vim consistently enough to switch to the mac for development. When it does work, the lag makes it too slow, doesn't really allow for method discovery like intellisense, Ctags and omnicomplete still get better mileage for me.
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- Delmania 12y ago
  I'm not sure they will migrate Visual Studio. First they'd need to move WPF, which is implemented in DirectX. Second, Visual Studio and MSDN are still profitable. Third, there's the Omnisharp project that;s working on providing support for the more common IDEs on linux. In fact, there's nothing stopping people from making Eclipse and IntelliJ plugins.
  - huragok 12y ago
    I wonder how long it will take a courageous developer to port WPF to OpenGL.
    - xanadohnt 12y ago
      This has been asked about for nearly as long as Mono and WPF have been in coexistence. I would say there's very little chance this will happen. However, a recent update in the WPF world is MS has actually been ramping their WPF team back up after it looked like it would suffer the same fate as Silverlight. So who knows?
    - GeorgeHahn 12y ago
      Check out https://github.com/grokys/Perspex https://github.com/grokys/Perspex
  - Moto7451 12y ago
    Silverlight's implementation of WPF runs on OS X already so presumably a lot of the ground work, at least for an OS X port, exists. I'd buy a copy of VS for Mac in a heartbeat.
    - girvo 12y ago
      Same. I haven't run windows in 7 years, but Visual Studio is still one of the best IDEs I've ever used. I'd gladly pay for it if it was released on OS X/Linux, although that's somewhat contingent on the plugins that I want running on it too.
      - 12y ago
- alkonaut 12y ago
  No, in it's current form it probably won't be ported to a non-windows platform. This isn't to say there never will be an IDE called Visual Studio that looks like a current Visual Studio that runs on more platforms in the future.
- chriscub 12y ago
  Funny thing is that internal to Microsoft, most devs don't use Visual Studio as an IDE. Maybe as an editor or a debugger, but there are a lot of build systems out within Microsoft and most of them don't plug into Visual Studio. IMO, open sourcing Visual Studio itself is not all that interesting vs. open sourcing the .NET platform.
  - robwilliams 12y ago
    I work at Microsoft and everything is done through Visual Studio (C#, C++, Javascript, X++, etc.). Where is VS not used inside Microsoft?
    - wesnerm2 12y ago
      I worked at Microsoft Excel 15 years ago and Visual Studio was only used as a debugger. Visual SlickEdit was the editor and compiling/building was command-line based. Each group is different.
      - robwilliams 12y ago
        Ah, that may be true. However, there was a push within my division to standardize all of our tools with VS (there used to be a separate editor for X++ but now it's all VS), and I've heard other things about other divisions.
  - luuio 12y ago
    umm, source?
    - chriscub 12y ago
      Source is I worked there for eight years. Left two years ago. There was a push around the time I left to standardize more on TFS, but historically, VS was regarded internally as a bit non-hardcore.
- jerleth 12y ago
  No, which is _the_ reason I am on windows.
- stirno 12y ago
  There are several groups working to fill the gap left by VS not running on non-windows platforms (including my own company). There will be options!
- sanatgersappa 12y ago
  No. But check out http://www.omnisharp.net/ http://www.omnisharp.net/
ossreality 12y ago
It works right now on Mono. There are loads of example projects on GitHub.
MichaelGG 12y ago
ASP.NET already runs on .NET with Mono, but not always the latest versions of things. Having it all open source could bridge that compatibility gap and let us fully enjoy the ecosystem, instead of having to be careful with taking dependencies all over.
- cdmckay 12y ago
  ASP.NET support on Mono is very shaky, with random things missing. I tried to develop a Mono ASP.NET MVC app on it recently and I had to switch to Windows due to the number of issues.
  - candl 12y ago
    ASP.NET is a big framework and indeed it's never been as smooth as it could be, especially with the very latest versions. It's not to say that web dev is not possible with Mono. I've been using Owin+Nancy+Signalr successfully on Linux.
  - jerleth 12y ago
    For webapps, I am using Nancy and .Net 4.5 and I am very happy with it. Developing debugging on windows and deploying it on ubuntu apache with mod mono works great for me.
adrianlmm 12y ago
There is more chance to see VS in OSX tan in Linux.

Raphael 12y ago

Could/Does Visual Studio run in Linux?

artmageddon 12y ago
Not yet. MonoDevelop is the closest you'll get at the moment.
- luisrudge 12y ago
  no need for that. Just use your favorite editor with omnisharp[1] [1] http://www.omnisharp.net/ http://www.omnisharp.net/
  - bigdubs 12y ago
    if you can attach and debug a process through sublime text, then maybe. as it stands there is no real replacement for visual studio (save maybe xamarin studio / mono develop)
  - failed_ideas 12y ago
    I still haven't gotten it working in vim consistently enough to switch to the mac for development. When it does work, the lag makes it too slow, doesn't really allow for method discovery like intellisense, Ctags and omnicomplete still get better mileage for me.
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Delmania 12y ago
I'm not sure they will migrate Visual Studio. First they'd need to move WPF, which is implemented in DirectX. Second, Visual Studio and MSDN are still profitable. Third, there's the Omnisharp project that;s working on providing support for the more common IDEs on linux. In fact, there's nothing stopping people from making Eclipse and IntelliJ plugins.
- huragok 12y ago
  I wonder how long it will take a courageous developer to port WPF to OpenGL.
  - xanadohnt 12y ago
    This has been asked about for nearly as long as Mono and WPF have been in coexistence. I would say there's very little chance this will happen. However, a recent update in the WPF world is MS has actually been ramping their WPF team back up after it looked like it would suffer the same fate as Silverlight. So who knows?
  - GeorgeHahn 12y ago
    Check out https://github.com/grokys/Perspex https://github.com/grokys/Perspex
- Moto7451 12y ago
  Silverlight's implementation of WPF runs on OS X already so presumably a lot of the ground work, at least for an OS X port, exists. I'd buy a copy of VS for Mac in a heartbeat.
  - girvo 12y ago
    Same. I haven't run windows in 7 years, but Visual Studio is still one of the best IDEs I've ever used. I'd gladly pay for it if it was released on OS X/Linux, although that's somewhat contingent on the plugins that I want running on it too.
    - 12y ago
alkonaut 12y ago
No, in it's current form it probably won't be ported to a non-windows platform. This isn't to say there never will be an IDE called Visual Studio that looks like a current Visual Studio that runs on more platforms in the future.
chriscub 12y ago
Funny thing is that internal to Microsoft, most devs don't use Visual Studio as an IDE. Maybe as an editor or a debugger, but there are a lot of build systems out within Microsoft and most of them don't plug into Visual Studio. IMO, open sourcing Visual Studio itself is not all that interesting vs. open sourcing the .NET platform.
- robwilliams 12y ago
  I work at Microsoft and everything is done through Visual Studio (C#, C++, Javascript, X++, etc.). Where is VS not used inside Microsoft?
  - wesnerm2 12y ago
    I worked at Microsoft Excel 15 years ago and Visual Studio was only used as a debugger. Visual SlickEdit was the editor and compiling/building was command-line based. Each group is different.
    - robwilliams 12y ago
      Ah, that may be true. However, there was a push within my division to standardize all of our tools with VS (there used to be a separate editor for X++ but now it's all VS), and I've heard other things about other divisions.
- luuio 12y ago
  umm, source?
  - chriscub 12y ago
    Source is I worked there for eight years. Left two years ago. There was a push around the time I left to standardize more on TFS, but historically, VS was regarded internally as a bit non-hardcore.
jerleth 12y ago
No, which is _the_ reason I am on windows.
stirno 12y ago
There are several groups working to fill the gap left by VS not running on non-windows platforms (including my own company). There will be options!
sanatgersappa 12y ago
No. But check out http://www.omnisharp.net/ http://www.omnisharp.net/

ossreality 12y ago

It works right now on Mono. There are loads of example projects on GitHub.

MichaelGG 12y ago

ASP.NET already runs on .NET with Mono, but not always the latest versions of things. Having it all open source could bridge that compatibility gap and let us fully enjoy the ecosystem, instead of having to be careful with taking dependencies all over.

cdmckay 12y ago
ASP.NET support on Mono is very shaky, with random things missing. I tried to develop a Mono ASP.NET MVC app on it recently and I had to switch to Windows due to the number of issues.
- candl 12y ago
  ASP.NET is a big framework and indeed it's never been as smooth as it could be, especially with the very latest versions. It's not to say that web dev is not possible with Mono. I've been using Owin+Nancy+Signalr successfully on Linux.
- jerleth 12y ago
  For webapps, I am using Nancy and .Net 4.5 and I am very happy with it. Developing debugging on windows and deploying it on ubuntu apache with mod mono works great for me.

adrianlmm 12y ago

There is more chance to see VS in OSX tan in Linux.