From kde-devel  Sun Nov 30 14:33:51 2008
From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Alexis_M=E9nard?=" <menard () kde ! org>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:33:51 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: KDE Development with Mono/C#
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On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 3:20 PM, Matthias Burtscher <
matthias.burtscher@gmx.at> wrote:

> Hello out there!
>
> Yesterday I had the pleasure to listen to speech on KDE4 (especially KDE
> 4.2 and future) again and I really like it. I think that KDE has much
> more potential to be the one future desktop on Linux. I'm saying this
> although I'm using Gnome (Ubuntu) mostly.
>
> But I am wondering why there is no approach to bring new technologies
> like Mono into KDE. I think it would be a much more developer friendly
> and also faster and cleaner way to build applications. And I think that
> most of you - who know the concept behind Mono/.Net - agree with this.


Depending on a closed company like Microsoft to have new APIs, new
technologies, new improvements is i think a bad point. Mono just implement
.Net APIs, this project has no creativity. Ok .Net is developer friendly,
yes but comparing to first point it is nothing. We have already a toolkit
with Qt which save us a bit from C++ crap. Gnome start to port their
applications to Mono, that is their choices. I don't want to start a
flameware here but i think it is a very bad idea.

*not completly neutral*
Another point is that the innvation in Qt is more faster than Mono.


>
>
> I know that there are QT bindings (Qyoto) for Mono/.Net, but I miss
> bindings/libraries for the KDE core. There isn't even any page on the
> KDE website which covers the topic of developing for KDE on Mono basis.
>

Having binding for non C++ developpers is a good point, but i guess that KDE
won't to push Mono more.


>
> Since I'm not the guru who has the know-how to create these libraries
> and bindings, I just want to know if there is any approach on providing
> such things or not.
>
> Best regards,
> Matthias
>
>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 3:20 PM, Matthias Burtscher <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:matthias.burtscher@gmx.at">matthias.burtscher@gmx.at</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hello out there!<br>
<br>
Yesterday I had the pleasure to listen to speech on KDE4 (especially KDE<br>
4.2 and future) again and I really like it. I think that KDE has much<br>
more potential to be the one future desktop on Linux. I&#39;m saying this<br>
although I&#39;m using Gnome (Ubuntu) mostly.<br>
<br>
But I am wondering why there is no approach to bring new technologies<br>
like Mono into KDE. I think it would be a much more developer friendly<br>
and also faster and cleaner way to build applications. And I think that<br>
most of you - who know the concept behind Mono/.Net - agree with this.</blockquote><div><br>Depending on a closed company like Microsoft to have new APIs, new technologies, new improvements is i think a bad point. Mono just implement .Net APIs, this project has no creativity. Ok .Net is developer friendly, yes but comparing to first point it is nothing. We have already a toolkit with Qt which save us a bit from C++ crap. Gnome start to port their applications to Mono, that is their choices. I don&#39;t want to start a flameware here but i think it is a very bad idea.<br>
<br>*not completly neutral*<br>Another point is that the innvation in Qt is more faster than Mono.<br>&nbsp;</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>
<br>
I know that there are QT bindings (Qyoto) for Mono/.Net, but I miss<br>
bindings/libraries for the KDE core. There isn&#39;t even any page on the<br>
KDE website which covers the topic of developing for KDE on Mono basis.<br>
</blockquote><div><br>Having binding for non C++ developpers is a good point, but i guess that KDE won&#39;t to push Mono more.<br>&nbsp;</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>
Since I&#39;m not the guru who has the know-how to create these libraries<br>
and bindings, I just want to know if there is any approach on providing<br>
such things or not.<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
Matthias<br>
<br>
<br>
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