.NET, NuGet, Open Source (Interview)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Wynn caught up with Phil Haack to talk about NuGet and growing the .NET open source community at GitHub.

Join the discussion

Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!

Featuring:

• Wynn Netherland – GitHub, X

Show Notes:

• Phil Haack, GitHubber, Microsoft alumnus, .NET open source guy.
• NuGet is a Visual Studio extension that makes it easy to install and update third-party libraries and tools in Visual Studio.
• log4net is often an open source trojan horse in the proprietary enterprise.
• NuGet features a command line interface and also integrates with SharpDevelop.
• Wynn asks what impact the names .NET and C# have had on SEO and adoption of Microsoft technology.
• C# is the #11 most popular language on GitHub.
• Tiobe places C# as #3 overall.
• Line endings in Git are everyone’s problem.
• GitHub may or may not be working on (GitHub for Windows®)™.
• Phil likes SignalR, an async signaling library for .NET to help build real-time, multi-user interactive web applications.
• Jabbr is a chat client showcase for SignalR.
• NancyFx is a lightweight, low-ceremony, framework for building HTTP based services on .NET and Mono.
• OWIN defines a standard interface between .NET web servers and web applications, much like Rack for Ruby.
• Sammy.js was also Rat Pack-inspired.
• Phil thinks LINQ and Reactive Extensions (Rx) are some innovations in .NET that should influence the broader community.
• The await keyword in C# 5 will accelerate async adoption in .NET.
• Wynn <3’s Hubot and especially likes the Dude and Mustachify scripts.
• David Fowler, developer on the ASP.NET team and who works on NuGet and SignalR inspires Phil.

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!