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The ecosystem is nowhere near as mature though. I don’t work with either anymore but back in 2017 I made the switch from C# to Java and it felt like a breath of
by watermelon59 3y ago
The ecosystem is nowhere near as mature though. I don’t work with either anymore but back in 2017 I made the switch from C# to Java and it felt like a breath of fresh air when it came to the maturity and capability of JVM tooling compared to what’s available for .NET.
- ablob 3y agoI'm curious, what kind of tooling are we talking about?
- winrid 3y agoInteresting. Did you try Jetbrains Rider as an IDE?
- acedTrex 3y agoThe dotnet ecosystem is incredibly mature. Its as old as java in most tooling cases, IDE, Language, Build System etc. The runtime is the newish part.
- kaba0 3y agoThe ecosystem is certainly more mature than many smaller languages, but it is still in a different league than Java’s. Most of it is not too great copies of the corresponding Java library, often being made by Microsoft only, with plenty of paid options while in the java world all of it is open-source and free, while offering a much wider selection. Also, you will find a java library for that random new tech you want to use, while it is likely missing for .NET.
- NBJack 3y agoTry JetBrains Rider, and be sure you are using a recent flavor of dotnet. When I migrated past 4.x to 6 of the .Net ecosystem, it dramatically improved my ability to work and deploy in C# with their rather delightful build system. For example, in the Monogame game library, you can build a self contained binary for Windows, Linux or MacOSX nearly effortlessly with just a single command line.
- soonnow 3y agoBut these executables are quite huge, are they not?
- maximilianburke 3y agoCould it be any worse than an Electron application?