| Full disclosure: We [0] have been a .NET/Windows house since the product was
launched 8 years ago. When RC1 of .NET core was announced, we jumped on it (in spite of all the
limitations that it came with) and haven't been disappointed. We've been
working on a product whose pilot version handled to the tune of 40K requests in
a day on a 1GB/1Core Linode box --- As far as choice of platform goes, it all comes down to a few factors for me 1. What the team is comfortable with: This is *crucial* and in retrospect it is the biggest contributing factor
that helped us take our next product to production -- fast. If you have a
team that is comfortable with .NET then just go for it. Everything else can
be figured out later.
2. What the ecosystem is like: If you have a fair idea of what you're building out, scout the ecosystem
and see if it offers everything that you need. We more or less found
everything that we needed except a good Excel wrangling library.
---Also I feel the .NET core VS Node question is skewed because comparatively,
Node is a platform that has been around for much longer and has much bigger
adoption. Keeping this in mind, there will definitely be problems with .NET Core. Eg: If
you're looking to reference a class library that is running with the full
framework then you'll be hitting a few hurdles and stoppers. The good part however is that it is constantly under work and we're able to
actually see the performance improvements. [1][2] The bad part however is that it is constantly under work so expect flux. [3][4] --- Experience wise, its been great working with .NET Core. Projects like VS Code
make it a breeze. To me, C# has always been a well architected, beautiful
language and now I'm able to write it in the way I want to -- without using a
bloated IDE like Visual Studio and run it where I want to -- On cheap linux
boxes without worrying about licensing costing. For us at Logic Soft, .NET core really was a lifesaver when our next logical
transition was the web and we were a .NET house shipping software on windows :) Footnotes:
[0]: http://logicsoft.co.in
[1]: https://www.techempower.com/blog/2016/11/16/framework-benchm...
[2]: https://github.com/aspnet/KestrelHttpServer/pull/1138
[3]: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/2016/05/23/changes-t...
[4]: http://ivanz.com/2016/05/17/farewell-project-json-hello-msbu... |