I just wish they didn't kill RoboVM. I get the warm and fuzzies when something big is open sourced just like everyone else. Then I snap back to reality and remember that it's ultimately the same organisation that close-sourced RoboVM then killed it, screwing over a lot of people depending on it.
Xamarin Open-Sourced
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Re: Xamarin Open-Sourced
#72Now my only remaining qualm with Xamarin is this: Having two garbage-collected environments interacting within the same program, as is the case with Xamarin on Android, just seems pathologically complex. Does anyone have enough experience with Xamarin on Android to know if this is ever a problem in practice? Edit: I wonder if the Xamarin.Android developers ever considered compiling CIL to JVM bytecode (which would th…
That's what RemObjects does.
Re: Xamarin Open-Sourced
#73Now my only remaining qualm with Xamarin is this: Having two garbage-collected environments interacting within the same program, as is the case with Xamarin on Android, just seems pathologically complex. Does anyone have enough experience with Xamarin on Android to know if this is ever a problem in practice? Edit: I wonder if the Xamarin.Android developers ever considered compiling CIL to JVM bytecode (which would th…
That's what RemObjects does.
Yep, I've thoroughly studied RemObjects Elements and seriously considered using it. But it doesn't have nearly as big a standard library or surrounding ecosystem as .NET and Xamarin.
Re: Xamarin Open-Sourced
#74Quick question for .NET developers: is there a solution for totally command line driven workflows yet? I really don't want to mess around with .SLN files and IDEs like Visual Studio and MonoDevelop. I'm sure VS is fine for people who like it, but I really want something like `cargo build` or `go build`.
On the editing experience side, OmniSharp brings a richer text-editing experience to dot net development on many existing platforms and editors, including command line classics like emacs and vim.
Re: Xamarin Open-Sourced
#75It has been super exciting watching this all unfold over the last year, for those wondering where to get started in the new world of .NET open source - start here: .NET CLR Managed Runtime - https://gitter.im/dotnet/coreclr .NET Framework - https://gitter.im/dotnet/corefx .NET Compiler as a Service ("Roslyn") - https://gitter.im/dotnet/roslyn .NET Orleans Actor Framework - https://gitter.im/dotnet/orleans Mono Framew…
Somewhat echoing what spriggan3 said, it seems odd that you suggest going straight to chat to learn about a piece of software rather than trying to find answers to your questions before bothering other people. To me (and this may be a function of where I'm from), it seems very rude to ask for help with something when you don't absolutely need said help (RTFM Noob!).
It's entirely possible you meant your comment for people who already have experience with the source in question, in which case I've misunderstood you.
Re: Xamarin Open-Sourced
#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
Depends on how you learn. Some learn by being around others, social interaction, asking questions and absorbing knowledge. It's clear you fall into the latter category which likes to learn by diving right into the code, so here it is: .NET CLR Managed Runtime - https://github.com/dotnet/coreclr .NET Framework - https://github.com/dotnet/corefx .NET Compiler as a Service ("Roslyn") - https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn .…
You seem to be dodging the question. The question is why -you- are linking to gitter.
He's obviously a shill for big chatroom
Re: Xamarin Open-Sourced
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#78This is great news! Last time I used it (more than a year ago) it was still felt quite buggy. That being said, has anyone successfully used Xamarin or have an example of a large and successful app built with it?
I am also curious. Does anyone know of any good apps done with Xamarin?
Re: Xamarin Open-Sourced
#79This is great news! Last time I used it (more than a year ago) it was still felt quite buggy. That being said, has anyone successfully used Xamarin or have an example of a large and successful app built with it?
Slack and GitHub are mentioned on their customers page. There's a list with some more companies here: https://www.xamarin.com/customers
That list is somewhat misleading. Slack, for instance, only uses Xamarin Test Cloud.
Re: Xamarin Open-Sourced
#80This is great news! Last time I used it (more than a year ago) it was still felt quite buggy. That being said, has anyone successfully used Xamarin or have an example of a large and successful app built with it?
Slack and GitHub are mentioned on their customers page. There's a list with some more companies here: https://www.xamarin.com/customers
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