Workshop Users Windows Versions

[damned]

You can have multiple versions of .Net in most cases.
There are always cases where something conflicts with something but generally you can run multiple versions.

[Bidmaron]

It is not the multiple versions it is that wine has to mimic windows features and I seriously doubt they can keep up with the latest .net features.

[damned]

Or consider creating a plugin for Eclipse or one of the other Java-based IDEs. You won't have to mess with .NET or Microsoft proprietary wonkiness at all then.

Doh! Mess around with a buggy as all !@!@@ Java IDE instead!

[damned]

It is not the multiple versions it is that wine has to mimic windows features and I seriously doubt they can keep up with the latest .net features.

Major releases of .Net are few and far between. 4.5 came out 5 years ago and was a big update.
Since then they are only up to about 4.7 which is a good 6 months old already (I think...)
Im no expert at this though...

[lordjeb]

IMHO as a developer... target .NET 4.5. Almost everyone has it already, and 4.6 has almost nothing that you will actually need.

[Xemit]

I'm a developer for industrial software. The majority of our customer base is Windows 7 (>90%) and .Net v4.5 will cover everybody from Win 7 to Win 10. Like lordjeb says, the newer versions of .Net don't add a lot that is 'needed'. Many may have the newer frameworks installed.

Even our new projects are targeted for Win 7 and .Net v4.5. This will work with all customers currently. We don't generally have Mac users at all, but the few that do are using VM software and running Windows 7 in their VMs without issue.

[Bidmaron]

I don’t use wine as I have said but I have to believe windows 7 and 4.5 is very viable for wine by now

[Zhern]

Doh! Mess around with a buggy as all !@!@@ Java IDE instead!

You are talking gibberish, damned! I don't have any issues with Eclipse, or with IntelliJ (which is what I use at work) - you must just not have the magic Java touch. My main point was something that isn't platform dependent, which would suit people on Windows, Mac, or Linux.