Kipters

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by Kipters 10y ago
Absolutely not tied to the Store, you can distribute your appx packages any way you want and the users can install them with a double click. The only requirement is that the packages must be signed, so you have to buy a codesigning certific
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by Kipters 10y ago
Even in the .NET Core world, the managed runtime is written in C++, the native runtime (for .NET Native) is written in C#.
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by Kipters 10y ago
You can use Visual Studio on Windows to write iOS apps with Xamarin or Cordova, using a network-attached Mac solely as build server, without ever having to use it (except for updating stuff, via VNC)
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by Kipters 10y ago
IIRC he said they discontinued Xamarin for Linux because of a lack of demand
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by Kipters 10y ago
So... the common non-pro user that would look down on the keyboard anyway?
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by Kipters 10y ago
Talking about VS for Windows, that's the maximum footprint of the VS main process. If you use one of the WP8/W10M/Android emulators, then you need an additional 1/2/3 GB for the VM (plus overhead). Throw in some bro
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by Kipters 10y ago
I usually don't have to _remember_ keybindings, I use them out of muscle memory and feeling the actual keys with my fingers, using the larger cracks in desktop keyboard between the function keys to find the right way quickly without av
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by Kipters 10y ago
Seems plausible, I don't know enough details to argue this.
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by Kipters 10y ago
Since we're talking about what is basically a rebrand of Xamarin Studio, the current release of Xamarin Studio for Mac uses the function keys for stepping in the debugger
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by Kipters 10y ago
I've also had the feeling he was strongly biased throughout the whole article
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by Kipters 10y ago
This is mostly focused on Xamarin (IMHO they're phasing out Xamarin Studio), and Visual Studio Code already offers a good .NET Core developer experience
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by Kipters 10y ago
It used to, they moved to WPF with Visual Studio 2010, now it's mostly WPF with some legacy parts that are still in C++
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by Kipters 10y ago
To me it looks like they are giving people running linux the minimum tools to run that stuff, but at the same time not giving enough to encourage devs to stay on Linux (WSL goes in the opposite direction, its purpose is to help devs move to
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by Kipters 10y ago
They said it's based on Roslyn, so it should support VB.net. In the current release of Xamarin Studio for Mac, VB is supported in GTK and console applications, while Xamarin targets only support C# and F#
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by Kipters 10y ago
Yes (VS Express is still Visual Studio for Windows, just a different build config)
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by Kipters 10y ago
I wouldn't hold my breath
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by Kipters 10y ago
Visual Studio and Visual Studio for Mac are IDEs written in C# and they support C#, C++, VB.Net and many other languages. Visual Studio Code is a text editor built in TypeScript and based on Electron. It supports a broad range of languages,
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by Kipters 10y ago
I wouldn't bet my money on a Linux release
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by Kipters 10y ago
I don't think so, it's still a MonoDevelop fork
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by Kipters 10y ago
Visual Studio for Windows is written in C# with WPF, but your point is still valid since they are two different codebases
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by Kipters 10y ago
You can run the open source .NET Core on Azure, also the new programming model for Windows (UWP) uses .NET Core, not the desktop .NET
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by Kipters 10y ago
You can distribute bog-standard desktop software through the store: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/porting/desktop...
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by Kipters 10y ago
They provided a way with the Windows Store
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by Kipters 10y ago
They already did, it's the Windows Store
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by Kipters 10y ago
Spotify works the same across all three operating systems (it's a hybrid webapp now) Keynote is easily replaced by PowerPoint Sketch: you may be able to replace it in the next future with Adobe XD, that will also support Windows 10 and
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by Kipters 10y ago
I'm sorry, I mixed the date with the Surface event :D
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by Kipters 10y ago
They announced an event on November 25th, named "Connect();". Last year at Connect(); they announced the release of Visual Studio Code 1.0, so maybe there's a chance we'll know more that day
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by Kipters 10y ago
You can disable the Photos app Live Tile, so it wont show your pictures on Start
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by Kipters 10y ago
UWP is a native framework based on COM. Windows 10 apps use .NET Core (compatible with .NET Standard 1.4) and can access UWP APIs through bindings