Write .NET Code? There's a Big Prize For That.

http://www.manyniches.com/developers/write-net-code-theres-a-big-prize-for-that/

by BrandonWatson • 17 years ago

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clistctrl2• 17 years ago

its to bad the project i'm most proud of is owned by my old company, and i don't have the rights to give them a demo.

TheElder• 17 years ago

And it's too bad that I'm not finished with my project to send off :-/

BrandonWatson3• 17 years ago

Anyone who has a cool or novel use of .NET can feel free to @reply me on Twitter or email me. I would love to blog about it.

@BrandonWatson or brwatson [at] microsoft

SamAtt• 17 years ago

I’m not hating (I’m a .Net developer) but I don’t see the point of this. Even the worst of .Net haters wouldn’t claim you CAN’T do cool things with MS technology. They’d just say it’s harder and more expensive than doing it with Open Source :)

I wish MS would put some money into contests the would improve what’s available to the community like "best open sourced component" or "best video tutorial"

BrandonWatson3• 17 years ago

Sam, you are reading my mind. My only job in life is to think about the developer on boarding experience. That includes how to get started, what you can do with it, community support, etc. You are spot on, and it's in the works.

oliverkofoed• 17 years ago

In my humble opinion, the biggest advantage of .net, is visual studio.

For the on boarding experience, i think it's really worth putting emphasis on the fact that the free Express versions are really fully functional products for daily use.

dannyr2• 17 years ago

Same here. Visual Studio is the best IDE I have used.

I have been using Eclipse for Android and Django development. I know it is free but it doesn't even come close to VS.

dschobel• 17 years ago

They’d just say it’s harder and more expensive than doing it with Open Source

Well hopefully this program will highlight some usages of .net where open source (or proprietary non-MS) has traditionally dominated like scientific computing, core infrastructure or rich web applications.

I've only ever seen .net in enterprise situations so here's hoping some novel things come out of this.

Write .NET Code? There's a Big Prize For That.

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