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Congrats! Allowing people to use VS/C#/.NET MF while staying Arduino shield compatible might not sound like a big thing but it could be what’s needed to convince mainstream programmers to start hacking hardware. And in terms of debugging support and robustness .NET MF is a huge win. Only downside is the required registration and closed source-ness of VS (Express). But as your history with MS/Kinect API shows, all hope is not lost. Cheers, tamberg
Thanks for your post! Did you know that you can also build Netduino code using the new Mono C# compiler (on Mac, Linux, and Windows)? This provides an open-source option for programming Netduino. And later this year, we should see the first open-source IDE for Netduino (MonoDevelop).
Plus you can erase .NET MF and use FreeRTOS, native C/C++, or a number of other open source alternatives if desired.
All that said, Visual Studio is a wonderful option if you don’t mind its free but closed-source nature…an IDE known and used by millions of programmers.
Congrats! Allowing people to use VS/C#/.NET MF while staying Arduino shield compatible might not sound like a big thing but it could be what’s needed to convince mainstream programmers to start hacking hardware. And in terms of debugging support and robustness .NET MF is a huge win. Only downside is the required registration and closed source-ness of VS (Express). But as your history with MS/Kinect API shows, all hope is not lost. Cheers, tamberg
Hi tamberg,
Thanks for your post! Did you know that you can also build Netduino code using the new Mono C# compiler (on Mac, Linux, and Windows)? This provides an open-source option for programming Netduino. And later this year, we should see the first open-source IDE for Netduino (MonoDevelop).
Plus you can erase .NET MF and use FreeRTOS, native C/C++, or a number of other open source alternatives if desired.
All that said, Visual Studio is a wonderful option if you don’t mind its free but closed-source nature…an IDE known and used by millions of programmers.
Chris