this post was submitted on 25 Sep 2024
6 points (100.0% liked)

.NET

1473 readers
2 users here now

Getting started

Useful resources

IDEs and code editors

Tools

Rules

Related communities

Wikipedia pages

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

Maybe something to add to the side-bar?

top 5 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/glossary#net

The glossary is also good.

I think omitting .net core is not the best decision.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think omitting .net core is not the best decision.

Yeah that confused me a bit too, then I found he talked about it underneath the table

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Also .net standard is the only way to target framework and .net and is used heavily.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Maybe something to add to the side-bar?

The linked post doesn't seem like that good of a reference that I would put it in the sidebar. IMO it could be done better. But if you mean to say, something like it; yeah, the .NET environment is vast and can be confusing, especially when new to it. An overview or reference to one makes sense.

I suppose the term “.NET” encompasses both, but most of us that write and speak in this space tend to use “.NET Framework” for legacy, and “.NET” for modern .NET.

there’s the whole “.NET Core” thing

Before around net7, the open source cross platform non-framework dotnet was called Core. net6/7/8 is the .NET Core technology, but Core was dropped from the naming.

Now, .NET may refer to that modern dotnet tech, or .NET Framework. Presumably, the latter is referred to only in contexts where it's obvious that .NET Framework is meant.

and .NET Standard (2 versions). […] Are those relevant in the world right now, today? Hopefully not really!

.NET Standard is still relevant for libraries that target/publish for both .NET Framework and net6+. .NET Standard is the cross-platform baseline.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

the .NET environment is vast and can be confusing, especially when new to it.

Yeah it was prompted by someone on Mastodon asking about it, and Rocky saw it. I saw the reply too, and thought it was still a little vague, then a few days later this blog post turns up :-)

BTW if anyone wants to follow him he's Rocky Lhotka. He's on Pixelfed too (and Bluesky), but not as much work stuff on his Pixelfed account.