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0 pointsourmandave6mo ago0 comments

It's bad enough when you've got constantly changing "best practices" from MS so the thing you wrote last year doesn't look anything structurally like what you're doing now.

And all the 6-month-old on-line docs and tutorials aren't only useless, but time wasting.

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sfn426mo ago

So you don't like .NET, that's fine. I'm not saying everyone needs to use .NET. I'm saying pick one thing and stick with it.

That said I think you're exaggerating those complaints, the docs for C# are quite good imo and I've been working with ASP.NET web apps for half a decade so far and I'm not seeing any problems like you're describing.

Maybe you're miffed about the Framework to Core/.NET switch? That was a bit of a doozy but the ecosystem is so much better for it I'd say it was worth it.

SideburnsOfDoom6mo ago

> the thing you wrote last year doesn't look anything structurally like what you're doing now... all the 6-month-old on-line docs and tutorials aren't only useless, but time wasting.

This is indeed a complete exaggeration.

ourmandaveOP6mo ago

Sorry, I love .NET and have used it from it's rollout back in 2002.

I'm just fondly remembering the ASP.NET MVC churn or more recently, Azure API whiplash.

to11mtm6mo ago

I get you actually.

MVC churn was real, EF Churn was real, heck NETCORE itself was a (at least warned about) churn, 3.1->6.0 was minor but still definitely a thing [0].

[0] - Now that I'm thinking it out loud, maybe that's why they changed the branding from .NET CORE to just .NET; The churn was more or less 'done'...

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SideburnsOfDoom6mo ago

Online forums often have people asking "hey I found this tutorial for learning c# but it's way way back for .NET 7 will it even work in .NET 9?"

The answer is always a variation of "yes, you'll be fine, but also look at a "what's new" summary for the new version.

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sfn426mo ago

So you don't like .NET, that's fine. I'm not saying everyone needs to use .NET. I'm saying pick one thing and stick with it.

Maybe you're miffed about the Framework to Core/.NET switch? That was a bit of a doozy but the ecosystem is so much better for it I'd say it was worth it.

SideburnsOfDoom6mo ago

> the thing you wrote last year doesn't look anything structurally like what you're doing now... all the 6-month-old on-line docs and tutorials aren't only useless, but time wasting.

This is indeed a complete exaggeration.

ourmandaveOP6mo ago

Sorry, I love .NET and have used it from it's rollout back in 2002.

I'm just fondly remembering the ASP.NET MVC churn or more recently, Azure API whiplash.

to11mtm6mo ago

I get you actually.

MVC churn was real, EF Churn was real, heck NETCORE itself was a (at least warned about) churn, 3.1->6.0 was minor but still definitely a thing [0].

[0] - Now that I'm thinking it out loud, maybe that's why they changed the branding from .NET CORE to just .NET; The churn was more or less 'done'...

1 more reply

SideburnsOfDoom6mo ago

Online forums often have people asking "hey I found this tutorial for learning c# but it's way way back for .NET 7 will it even work in .NET 9?"

The answer is always a variation of "yes, you'll be fine, but also look at a "what's new" summary for the new version.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse