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535 points raddad | 2 comments | 30 Mar 16 11:12 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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typon ◴[30 Mar 16 13:46 UTC] No.11389194[source]▶
This might be the most exciting news I've heard in a long time. Being able to use Visual Studio and .NET for web development while using zsh and all the other Linux tools? Dreamland.
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ebbv ◴[30 Mar 16 13:55 UTC] No.11389261[source]▶
Different strokes.. that sounds like an absolute nightmare to me. .NET is not a good web development framework, and Visual Studio is totally overkill for web development.
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1. skrowl ◴[30 Mar 16 14:20 UTC] No.11389431[source]▶
ASP.NET is a great. I've used it since it's existed (coming from what is now called "Classic ASP").

I think the HN intolerance towards Microsoft / zealousness for Apple is showing here. Certainly .NET isn't for everyone, but I don't think "is not a good web development framework" is justified. Check out http://nancyfx.org/ if you're looking for something more lightweight than the full ASP.NET / IIS stack.

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2. bananaboy ◴[01 Apr 16 09:21 UTC] No.11403652[source]▶
NancyFX is pretty great! Nice and lightweight.