VS2015 (all editions, including Community) to include full-blown Xamarin for FREE

RaviBee

An iOS dev and I built a non-trivial POC using Xamarin about a year back, that was very well received. However, the high cost of Xamarin at the time was a barrier to entry. This changes everything. /ravi

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Wendelius

That's great news. Can't wait for the release :thumbsup:

realJSOP

I mean beyond the obvious. :)

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Brisingr Aerowing

Yeah! This is COOL!

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OriginalGriff

I looked at it a couple of times, but the free version was so limited that "Hello World!" was about your lot, and I wasn't going to pay for the full version just on spec. This could change everything (and probably reduce MS market share for the Windows Phone at the same time, which can only be a good thing as far as Desktop development is concerned)

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RaviBee

Yes, the free version was unusable IMHO. Xamarin was nice enough to give us a year to play with the Enterprise version at no cost. /ravi

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kmoorevs

This may be the compelling reason for me to move to VS2015. (still using 2010) I suppose then that I can forget about the Android Studio I just installed last week. (and forget Java!) Great news! :thumbsup:

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RaviBee

Indeed! IMHO, AStudio is orders of magnitude better than Eclipse, but VS (and C#) are orders of magnitude better than both and Java. /ravi

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Kevin Marois

Ahhh, VS2105 is already out :confused::confused:

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RaviBee

It's been around for a while. :) Update 2 has the shiny Xamarin bits. /ravi

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Roger Wright

Oh, goodie! Erm... what's Xamarin? I downloaded the whole package and installed it - 6 hours! I'll check it out tomorrow...:suss:

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realJSOP

kmoorevs wrote:

I suppose then that I can forget about the Android Studio I just installed last week. (and forget Java!)

Nobody can forget about Java.

".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

George Tourtsinakis

Great move from microsoft.At last they start to understand that it's not everything about windows .Especially for mobile.