> For XCode, compare it to Visual Studio (IMO, VS is light years ahead)
I agree. VS is the best IDE I've ever used by far.
> For Mac Native, compare to the .NET runtime (IMO .NET is better but it's not as clear cut)
The only thing I wish is that MS made it a bit easier to make .NET transparent for the user. Occasionally you need to install a version of the runtime when you install a new program, it'd be nice if that was all "built-in" and taken care of instead of adding another step to the installation.
Strangely enough, the reason that this install step exists is because the .NET Framework _is_ built-in to Windows. For example, .NET 3.5 was built-in to Windows 7. If your app needed .NET 4, then it needed to formally install it on the system. If we didn't make that an option, then .NET 4 apps would not run on Windows 7, which would be bad.
.NET Core is _not_ built-in to the OS, so apps can carry it within their package, meaning that there is never a need to add another step to the installation. This is a major goal of .NET Core.
You've listed three very different things there.
For Swift, compare it to C# (depends on personal preference)
For XCode, compare it to Visual Studio (IMO, VS is light years ahead)
For Mac Native, compare to the .NET runtime (IMO .NET is better but it's not as clear cut)
> For XCode, compare it to Visual Studio (IMO, VS is light years ahead)
I agree. VS is the best IDE I've ever used by far.
> For Mac Native, compare to the .NET runtime (IMO .NET is better but it's not as clear cut)
The only thing I wish is that MS made it a bit easier to make .NET transparent for the user. Occasionally you need to install a version of the runtime when you install a new program, it'd be nice if that was all "built-in" and taken care of instead of adding another step to the installation.
Strangely enough, the reason that this install step exists is because the .NET Framework _is_ built-in to Windows. For example, .NET 3.5 was built-in to Windows 7. If your app needed .NET 4, then it needed to formally install it on the system. If we didn't make that an option, then .NET 4 apps would not run on Windows 7, which would be bad.
.NET Core is _not_ built-in to the OS, so apps can carry it within their package, meaning that there is never a need to add another step to the installation. This is a major goal of .NET Core.
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