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0 pointsbillpg3y ago0 comments

Old .net has become ".net framework".

I'm just glad the number-space has been sorted out. It was annoying to learn that ".NET 2", ".NET Standard 2" and ".NET Core 2" are very different things.

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Akronymus3y ago

> Old .net has become ".net framework".

From my understanding, thats not quite right. AFAIK framework was adapted to differentiate it from standard, core and mono.

hermitdev3y ago

It's really too bad the naming/versioning has gotten so confused. I used to be a heavy .Net user, then stepped away for a while when I changed jobs. Every time I try and come back, I get so confused. Am I looking at the right docs? Is this API available for the platform I'm on? It's bad enough with .Net, itself, but what about GUI libs? What's even supported anymore? What's actually stable and not in pre-release? It's a shame, because .Net is damn good, but the messaging around it has been awful in my experience.

zasdffaa3y ago

Christ, the mess that are the docs. And the complexity. Just lost well over an hour trying to get a non-trivial regex working (that would have taken me 30 secs in emacs). Gave up and just used split() and it just worked. Never again, I swear.

octopoc3y ago

Might want to check out RegexStorm [1]. It's a .NET regex tester in your browser. Yeah the docs are great but there's nothing like instant feedback to test your regex.

[1] http://regexstorm.net/tester

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Akronymus3y ago

> Christ, the mess that are the docs.

You don't love getting 404s almost all the time?

custard423y ago

What was the problem -- the regex pattern, or some API?

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tartoran3y ago

Yes, big poop show on naming convention changes done terribly. Eventually the dirt will settle and become easier to navigate if it hasn’t started already.

WorldMaker3y ago

Old .NET was always ".NET Framework". Microsoft had many years of branding advice early in .NET history that it was never to be called just .NET because their branding teams were using that as a wider initiative that included other things. Most of those other things died or were rebranded and .NET Framework was the last one standing. .NET 5 was the first ever "just .NET", technically from a historical perspective.

mbesto3y ago

.NET's terminology is as clear as mud:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51390971/im-lost-what-ha...

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

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Akronymus3y ago

> Old .net has become ".net framework".

From my understanding, thats not quite right. AFAIK framework was adapted to differentiate it from standard, core and mono.

hermitdev3y ago

zasdffaa3y ago

octopoc3y ago

Might want to check out RegexStorm [1]. It's a .NET regex tester in your browser. Yeah the docs are great but there's nothing like instant feedback to test your regex.

[1] http://regexstorm.net/tester

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Akronymus3y ago

> Christ, the mess that are the docs.

You don't love getting 404s almost all the time?

custard423y ago

What was the problem -- the regex pattern, or some API?

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tartoran3y ago

Yes, big poop show on naming convention changes done terribly. Eventually the dirt will settle and become easier to navigate if it hasn’t started already.

WorldMaker3y ago

mbesto3y ago

.NET's terminology is as clear as mud:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51390971/im-lost-what-ha...

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse