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Is it wise for amateur to invest time in NET Framework languages?
40hz:
I'm not a professional programmer, but I do occasionally code something for myself (or a client) out of sheer necessity. So I guess I'm in much the same spot as you are - except that I have considerably less ambition than you have. ;D
I've found sticking to Java as a cross-platform desktop dev language and working with NetBeans as my IDE give me the most bang for the effort. Some good interface building tools using Swing are in there too. Nothing that will win you awards for brilliant design. But they'll be familiar looking and more than nice enough for public deployment.
And that's my tuppence. I'll now yield the floor to those Doco members who really do know what they're talking about.
Luck! :Thmbsup:
wraith808:
Thanks for the answer. Yes, I'm definitely desktop programmer and I'm trying to find free programming IDE like Delpi but much nicer than Lazarus. Is there something like Delpi or Visual Studio but free and flexible?
-dmytron (November 19, 2014, 01:42 PM)
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http://www.visualstudio.com/en-US/products/visual-studio-express-vs
Deozaan:
Thanks for the answer. Yes, I'm definitely desktop programmer and I'm trying to find free programming IDE like Delpi but much nicer than Lazarus. Is there something like Delpi or Visual Studio but free and flexible?
-dmytron (November 19, 2014, 01:42 PM)
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http://www.visualstudio.com/en-US/products/visual-studio-express-vs
-wraith808 (November 19, 2014, 02:41 PM)
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Don't get express. Get Community (big banner at the top of the page wraith linked). It's basically VS Pro, but free.
http://www.visualstudio.com/en-US/products/visual-studio-community-vs
Q: Who can use Visual Studio Community?
A: Here’s how individual developers can use Visual Studio Community:
* Any individual developer can use Visual Studio Community to create their own free or paid apps.
Here’s how Visual Studio Community can be used in organizations:
* An unlimited number of users within an organization can use Visual Studio Community for the following scenarios: in a classroom learning environment, for academic research, or for contributing to open source projects.
* For all other usage scenarios: In non-enterprise organizations, up to 5 users can use Visual Studio Community. In enterprise organizations (meaning those with >250 PCs or > $1 Million US Dollars in annual revenue), no use is permitted beyond the open source, academic research, and classroom learning environment scenarios described above.-http://www.visualstudio.com/en-US/products/visual-studio-community-vs
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MilesAhead:
I never got deeply into Bertrand Meyer's Eifel language. But his book on OOP helped me get the idea. Apparently EifelStudio is free and cross platform:
https://www.eiffel.com/eiffelstudio/
dmytron:
Thanks for the answers. I would never thought that Microsoft would do something like Community Edition; it's not their style. But facts are facts. All I have to do now is to move from XP to 7.
programming in C# for the past two years and making desktop builds for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
-Deozaan (November 19, 2014, 02:38 PM)
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Could you please elaborate on this topic? How do you make cross-platform apps on C#?
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