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Re:Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Code, a Free Cross-Platf... by edgyswingset on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @12:51PM (#9459649)
My hypothesis is that winning over developers to use their platform will eventually result in more Azure users. I get the feeling Azure will be their one of their next cash cows, and this is one of the steps in enabling that.
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Re:Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Code, a Free Cross-Platf... by wlesieutre on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @01:01PM (#9459731)
Azure users and native app developers on the Windows Store.

With the free W10 upgrades for 7/8 users and a 30% cut of Windows Store sales, they stand to make some money. But they have to get developers back on their side first, otherwise the store stays dominated by garbage.

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Re:Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Code, a Free Cross-Platf... by natem345 on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @01:09PM (#9459816)
But aren't Store apps essentially built on the Win32 API? I remember an article basically saying '.NET didn't win' for that development. I could be recalling wrong, and I'm sure there are wrappers and such, but still...
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Re:Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Code, a Free Cross-Platf... by tracker1 on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @01:52PM (#9460215)
Most of the WinAPI is abstracted out for Store apps as most will be using either .Net or JavaScript for their applications, with the latter essentially being extended/embedded web applications iirc.

I haven't paid much attention to native apps either desktop or mobile. I've built my career understanding distributed systems/communications flows and web based fromt ends... To me most of that is a better experience than what little attempts I've made at front end platform development.

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Re:Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Code, a Free Cross-Platf... by wlesieutre on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @01:39PM (#9460095)
The current crop of store apps are in a more limited API. But as of today, MS is also going to be selling traditional Win32 apps shipped in a sandbox that allows for clean install/uninstall. Demo showed Photoshop Elements.

They're also supporting Objective-C now, with VS slupring up Xcode projects. Did not expect that one.

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Re:Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Code, a Free Cross-Platf... by MichaelGG on Thursday April 30, 2015 @03:53AM (#9463802)
Azure should be. The price of running Azure VMs is about double Google Compute Engine VMs. And it's slower to work with, too.

Though I will say that Azure is all about getting you to use non-VM services, to generate lockin to their platform.

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