Ask HN: Why is building Windows apps so complicated?

Re:Ask HN: Why is building Windows apps so complicated? by oblio on Sunday December 12, 2021 @09:39AM (#29529978)

Developing .NET applications using simple text editors isn't really practical.

Everyone uses VS, Rider or VS Code.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is building Windows apps so complicated? by squeaky-clean on Sunday December 12, 2021 @09:53AM (#29530072)

Sublime Text is on par with VSCode. I wouldn't call it a simple text editor unless VS Code also fell into that category.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is building Windows apps so complicated? by oblio on Monday December 13, 2021 @02:20AM (#29537498)

Does Sublime have a .NET plugin that offers intelligent, symbol based autocompletions (i.e. intellisense)?

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Re:Ask HN: Why is building Windows apps so complicated? by vixalien on Sunday December 12, 2021 @09:51AM (#29530061)

I used VS Code but I still can not run my app. I can only use VS.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is building Windows apps so complicated? by easton on Sunday December 12, 2021 @10:41AM (#29530461)

VSCode has issues with MSBuild for all but the easiest (read: Recent .NET version, targeting the web) to build projects. It'll be difficult to get by without VS unless you're a wizard, in which case you're probably stockholm syndromed into VS anyway.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is building Windows apps so complicated? by Tempest1981 on Sunday December 12, 2021 @12:26PM (#29531497)

VS has a debugger, which I find useful during development. Not sure if VSCode does.

Edit: looks like there is an extension for C# and C++

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Re:Ask HN: Why is building Windows apps so complicated? by dleslie on Sunday December 12, 2021 @12:43PM (#29531681)

VSCode can debug and build apps if you have the extensions and tooling installed.

Even C/C++ apps. It's actually a pretty great visual debugger on Linux for that reason.

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