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

Posted by timothy on from the then-you-win-maybe dept.

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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  1. It means... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...you can write an "app" in HTML and CrappScript and it'll show up on a browser on Linux. Wow! Amazing!