❔ C# app on Linux
Hello , I'm trying to create a C# app on Linux but I think it's just not possible. I tried multiple methods to do that but none of the work. What do you think? My las hope is to run an emulator for windows on my linux, but whenever I try to open my virtualbox Linux, the system is crashing or lagging. What should I do? (I can't move on windows and I can't use other alternatives! )
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You cannot use .NET Framework unless you run it under Wine.
You must use .NET, which is cross-platform.
So it is possible or not to create a c# app on Linux?
It is
You must use .NET, which is cross-platform..NET is different from .NET Framework. .NET Framework is legacy (Windows-only) framework. While .NET is entirely cross-platform
Oh, is there a tutorial or something like that for this?
$newproject
When creating a new project, prefer using .NET over .NET Framework, unless you have a very specific reason to be using .NET Framework.
.NET Framework is now legacy code and only get security fix updates, it no longer gets new features and is not recommended.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/569261465463160900/899381236617855016/unknown.png
Anything that doesn't say (.NET Framework) is .NET
Oh,okay
But I don't really want a web application
You can make anything there
And it will work just fine ?
Web, Console, GUI (Avalonia or Uno)
Yes
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tools/dotnet-build
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/rid-catalog
Also I can simply do that with visual studio code,no? Visual studio 2022/2023 isn't available on linux id I'm correct
Yes, but you need to know Dotnet CLI when working with Visual Studio Code. It also don't have the greatest C# support.
JetBrains Rider exists for Linux, IOS and Windows. It is however paid (on a monthly basis).
But there's fallback licenses and discounts.
JetBrains Rider is my recommendation, it's also made specifically for .NET with Unreal Engine and Unity support.
$vscode
Follow the instructions here on getting started with DevKit for C# in VSCode: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/csharp/get-started
Get started with C# and .NET in Visual Studio Code
Getting Started with C# and .NET Development in Visual Studio Code
$freerider
There are two ways to get Rider for free:
Being a student: https://www.jetbrains.com/community/education/#students
Using it for an OSS project: https://www.jetbrains.com/community/opensource/#support
Hmm,now my idea is to run a virtual machine on my linux with windows. I'll have some limitations,but I hope it will work. I don't need c# app dev. for personal projects, I need to learn this for a competition and I have 6 months to learn the basics of c# web/app development.
There is however EAP (Early Access Program) for JetBrains Products, including Rider.
It's free to use and commercially usable; It isn't available 100% of the time and you have to re-activate it each 30th day.
https://www.jetbrains.com/rider/nextversion/
Thanks for the support anyway!
vscode support is pretty good for C# now, not a full IDE but debugging is fairly good once you get setup. And the CLI is very easy to use.
I think visual studio is a little bit more advanced than vscode in c# app development
VSCode is still subpar, it's tedious to get started with unlike VS and Rider.
You'd have to make a configuration to debug the project, and there's no GUI for csproj configuration.
Sometimes you get ghost errors in VSCode (still).
But when you have to work with VS and no other programms....I don't have a choice right now
I hope, maybe in the future, for more support for Linux
If you have to use VS or VSCode, I'd 100% go for VS.
Yeah for Windows it doesn't make sense, I just found it pretty good on linux.
I don't have a choice...VS is what I have to use
Or vim
Well than you have to use a windows or mac VM, I don't think you can run VS through wine on linux
But I don't really want to move on vim or try it
With a virtual machine you can....I hope
If it's a VM you can, cause it replicates an OS
2gb of ram available, it will be a pain to code with that memory
It'll probably be fairly slow though
Yeah that'll be quite slow
Yep, that's why I'm scared
If it's your only option not much you can do about it
Isn't there a online editor for that like replit or any other online code editors?
Is that the limit of your machine or the VM itself?
or the competition
The competition
Yes, but you might as well use vscode if you're going to use something like that
I have to use VS or notepad++...
How can you use an online editor then?
I'm not getting what you're trying to say.
You say you have to use VS or Notepad++ then you ask if you can use a browser instead.
Before you asked if you could use VSCode
I don't really know what to do... I'm scared because I don't think that 6 months are enough to learn something like that
You can always rent a temporary Windows VPS for 6 months.
Isn't that expensive or something like that?
Yeah, usually.
But that would probably be cheating if the limit is 2GB RAM.
no clue
I can't afford to pay for 6 months a vps just for a competition. I'll use a VM
2gb ram would be.... let's say "ok" but not really ok. I'll try to optimise my VM and os then start to code and create apps
You can always try to see how it is.
I would imagine it's slow, but might be doable.
Yeah. 10fps are just enough to code and test an app
Hmm,c# app development is more interesting than I thought. I think I might move to it for a while. Seems more easy than React native
Who is making you use it?
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