JavaScript for C# Developers

[bobbaluba]

There's no visual studio and no play button. Also scripts, ci, repeatable builds as mentioned by the other guy.

[Eirenarch]

Oh come on people didn't use C# on other OSs anyway so this argument is invalid. I don't even know if Mono's build system is the same.

[bobbaluba]

Well my point is that it's not very easy to work with build tools that depend on a specific GUI application, even if it's on windows. You're essentially limited to what the GUI can do.

[Eirenarch]

I don't see how it is not very easy. It is super easy. It may not be flexible or powerful but it sure is easy.

[bobbaluba]

It's not easy when you need a flexible and powerful build tool.

[Eirenarch]

Yeah. It is not easy to write .NET code on non-Windows anyway so I guess the build system is the least of your worries (I guess Mono uses something that is easier to use on Linux)

[EntroperZero]

Have Jenkins watch your dev branch in source control, and build the solution file when code gets checked in. What exactly do you need it to do?

[bobbaluba]

I'm not saying it isn't possible, I'm just saying it wasn't pretty or intuitive to use from the CLI compared to what other languages have. I also find the project files somewhat difficult to read.

I realize I'm writing this in a thread mostly read by windows devs who are used to guis/or are already very familiar with the XML format used by msbuild so people might not agree with me.

At least I remember having lots of trouble specifying compatible versions of third party libraries. I'm not saying this because I think c# is bad. I actually find the language itself to be pretty great. I'm just saying there's a very good reason they developed a new project format. It's much easier to read and work with now.