Visual Studio 2015 Can Target Linux; Android Apps Anywhere Chrome Can Run

jones_supa writes Phoronix has noticed that the Visual Studio 2015 product page mentions that the new IDE can target Linux out of the box. Specifically the page says "Build for iOS, Android, Windows devices, Windows Server or Linux". What this actually means is not completely certain at this point, but it certainly laces nicely with the company opening up the .NET Framework. And speaking of cross-platform software: new submitter mccrew writes Google has released a tool that lets Android apps run on any machine that can run its Chrome browser. Called Arc Welder, the tool acts as a wrapper around Android apps so they can run on Windows, OS X and Linux machines. The software expands the places that Android apps can run and might make it easier for developers to get code working on different machines.

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Java killer

[Anonymous Coward]

Looks like C# is closing in for the kill. I've read that a starter version Xamarin/mono is going to be integrated into VS.

Re:Java killer

[phantomfive]

I'll give my opinion of why it won't, and it is the mindset between the C# community and the Java community, and how they differ.

In the C# world, it's like the great masters on high give us features and we use them. This is an example of that attitude (and it's actually rather poetic, if not sickening).

In the Java world, a new framework comes along when someone says, "we have a problem to solve, what is the best way to solve it?" They are there, working in the trenches, trying to solve the problem themselves. Like Maven.....some guy had problems with builds and said, "there must be a better way." And he built that way. In Java there are often multiple competing solutions to the problem, and eventually one is voted as the best.

So it's the cathedral vs the bazaar. The cathedral is fine, don't get me wrong, they work hard at it; but it has the feel of product managers, feature checklists, and dispassionate programmers.

The passionate programmers create a better product, and they're in Java world. (Note: I don't even particularly like Java, I just recognize there are differences between the Java and C# ecosystems).

Re:Java killer

[phantomfive]

Sorry, but no. Any intellectually honest developer has to admit that Visual Studio is miles ahead of almost any other IDE.

Any 'intellectually honest developer' will notice you didn't mention a single concrete idea in your post. Furthermore, if you don't buy the resharper plugin, visual studio is missing a lot of stuff Eclipse would give for free. And it must be useful stuff, otherwise people wouldn't buy the resharper plugin.