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.NET MAUI is coming to Linux and the browser

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303 points vyrotek | 4 comments | 11 Nov 25 22:50 UTC | HN request time: 0.011s | source
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mattfrommars ◴[12 Nov 25 00:18 UTC] No.45894761[source]▶
In the .NET ecosystem, I have noticed people to shame .NET MAUI because Microsoft themselves don't use this framework - Microsoft Team is built on Electron and not MAUI.

Why build a product on MAUI when Microsoft aren't too sure about it.

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latentsea ◴[12 Nov 25 01:00 UTC] No.45895144[source]▶
Never build a frontend on a .NET technology. Period. They always end up unsupported in the end. Just use standard web technologies and thank yourself later. I've been a .NET dev for a decade now and that's what I've learnt.
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password4321 ◴[12 Nov 25 01:21 UTC] No.45895301[source]▶
Except WinForms, spectacular for Windows-only utility GUIs.
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1. glzone1 ◴[12 Nov 25 04:09 UTC] No.45896304[source]▶
No kidding - kind of wild that winforms is still kind of a gold standard experience today! I actually liked VB Forms - lots of easy rapid application development was possible.
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2. issafram ◴[12 Nov 25 05:31 UTC] No.45896683[source]▶
WPF as well
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3. memsom ◴[12 Nov 25 16:50 UTC] No.45902421[source]▶
Delphi was the best RAD tool though. It was native code, not a weird interpreted or jitted app. It could also build to a single exe file. VB struggled with an unwieldy engine for most of its life.
4. memsom ◴[12 Nov 25 16:51 UTC] No.45902431[source]▶
I like WPF and I code with it regularly, but the drag and drop UI builder was the worst aspect of WPF and generated terrible Xaml that was almost impossible to maintain.