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Is Microsoft's .NET Ecosystem On the Decline?

Posted by timothy on from the are-you-caught-in-it? dept.

Nerval's Lobster writes: In a posting that recently attracted some buzz online, .NET developer Justin Angel (a former program manager for Silverlight) argued that the .NET ecosystem is headed for collapse—and that could take interest in C# along with it. "Sure, you'll always be able to find a job working in C# (like you would with COBOL), but you'll miss out on customer reach and risk falling behind the technology curve," he wrote. But is C# really on the decline? According to Dice's data, the popularity of C# has risen over the past several years; it ranks No. 26 on Dice's ranking of most-searched terms. But Angel claims he pulled data from Indeed.com that shows job trends for C# on the decline. Data from the TIOBE developer interest index mirrors that trend, he said, with "C# developer interest down approximately 60% down back to 2006-2008 levels." Is the .NET ecosystem really headed for long-term implosion, thanks in large part to developers devoting their energies to other platforms such as iOS and Android?

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  1. Non-story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Submitted by Nerval's Lobster? Check
    Shilling for Dice? Check

  2. Dice? LOL by Lunix+Nutcase · · Score: 5, Funny

    According to Dice's data,

    Did they read tea leaves or chicken bones?

    1. Re:Dice? LOL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      According to Dice's data,

      Did they read tea leaves or chicken bones?

      I think they just rolled the.... never mind. That was way too easy.

  3. Slashdot layout by iONiUM · · Score: 5, Informative

    My Slashdot layout just changed, there's no more 'read more' button. Just 'share'. You have to find the small annotation in the top right for the comments? What the hell.

    1. Re:Slashdot layout by Lunix+Nutcase · · Score: 5, Informative

      Yeah they're dicking with shit again. Luckily that button is easily blocked by ABP. They've also broken the layout a few times in the last couple of minutes when I've refreshed.

    2. Re:Slashdot layout by vivaoporto · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Fellow slashdot webdevs, please don't test in production. Below is how it looks like on Safari for Mac.

      http://s7.postimg.org/5rhru2q6z/image.png
      http://s7.postimg.org/qacnz544b/image.png

      Not to spoil but the main problems are:

      1. People that remained on classic Slashdot theme expects just that: the classic theme. Please don't change it. Considering that the main elements of the articles didn't change much (title, summary, number of comments, submitter, link, etc), the same going for the comments (title, score, commenter, date, etc) it shouldn't be hard to make a separate theme for this (admittedly stubborn) users and leave it alone.

      2. The new "cartoon balloon" showing the number of comments is overlapping when the article is collapsed (see first screenshot above)

      3. Seems like the old way to show the number of comments was forgotten below the cartoon balloon (see first screenshot above)

      4. In the sidebar, seems like "This day on Slashdot" was completely forgotten in the new style (see second screenshot above)

      5. It's really acceptable after being bought by Dice to show "Latest Tech Jobs" prominently in the sidebar, we understand that's one of the perks of being the owner. But at least put back the Poll above the fold and push Slashdot Deals and Featured Videos below the fold. 6. It may not have been the intention but it feels really underhanded to replace the (probable) most clicked link in the homepage (Read More) and replace it with the "Share" button. That will more likely to be the main complain, will cost Slashdot a lot of old timers and probably will be as loudly rejected as Beta.

      Please put Read More back where it was, I'm sure you guys already realised we are not much a sharing bunch, privacy concerns and all that.

  4. Too soon to tell? by Squatting_Dog · · Score: 5, Insightful

    With the .NET platform now being available for cross platform development I can't see how there could be a decline in C#. It's only been about 6 months since MS offered .NET for other platforms I don't think that's enough time for any valid conclusions to be made. Wait another 6 months to a year and then take another look. I think we will see an increase in C#/.NET reflected in those numbers.

     

  5. YOU are the scratch monkey! by Thud457 · · Score: 5, Funny

    FUCK IT! I'll do it live and test it in production!

    --

    the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

    1. Re:YOU are the scratch monkey! by Penguinisto · · Score: 5, Funny

      They're using a new variation of Agile, called "Methagilephetamine".

      Still has a few kinks in it, though.

      --
      Quo usque tandem abutere, Nimbus, patientia nostra?
  6. Slashdot on the decline? by Mark19960 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This social media S--T they keep pushing.
    These DICE links and plugs that we keep getting from Nerval's Lobster?

    C# isn't declining in popularity from where I sit - Slashdot is.
    Why do I come here?