Re: Sale on Visual Studio from Bleeping Computer

On Sat, 25 May 2024 06:43:26 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On 25 May 2024 05:04:28 GMT, rbowman wrote:
 

On Sat, 25 May 2024 03:25:11 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
 

There is the question of why it had to be built on Electron, instead
of using Microsoft’s own Dotnet framework--wasn’t that cross-platform
enough?

 
There are some attempts in the works but you can't build GUIs on Linux
with .NET.  Even MAUI omits Linux.
 
That's one area where the various choices bite Linux on the butt.

 
Seems like it’s actually biting Dotnet on the bum. Microsoft clearly
prioritizes Linux support over Dotnet.

Not really. .NET Framework is mostly in bug fix mode but .NET is moving
right along. As I said, MS managed to confuse things nicely.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.NET

It fits in nicely with the Linux move.  'dotnet build --arch linux-x64'
will build a Linux package on Windows. Or you could target Windows on a
Linux box. Or arm64 from either.

 The weakness on Linux is creating GUIs. I don't know what shape the GTK#
project is in. There were QTSharp and wx.net (wxWidgets) projects too.

Avalonia might work.  It follows the WPF xaml format. I've never played
with it.