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Re:Developing a Raspberry PI app with Visual Studio by orangethirty on Monday February 11, 2013 @10:42AM (#5201310)
As good of a tool as VS is, I don't see how it fits with the Rpi. In my opinion, its simpler to use a text editor, because the board does not have the same complexity of .NET apps. The Rpi is programmed with Python, and their own library tat controls the I/O pins. Why add in the complexity of VS into the mix?

Plus, you can just use the IDLE. It features all the basic things you need for python development.

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Re:Developing a Raspberry PI app with Visual Studio by bunderbunder on Monday February 11, 2013 @11:09AM (#5201445)
Your impression that the Raspberry Pi is exclusively programmed in Python and is only meant for tiny little toy projects is mistaken. It's a full-fledged computer running Linux, and will support software written using essentially any programming language.

If you take a look at the linked article, for example, you'll see that the author is programming it in C++.

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Re:Developing a Raspberry PI app with Visual Studio by orangethirty on Monday February 11, 2013 @11:33AM (#5201592)
I own a couple of these, and know what they are capable of. But I do see where I missed the point, and its not the one you are making. I forgot that there are people who love using VS and will want to use it for their projects. The article helps those people.
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