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by shams93 4379 days ago
The problem is that while c# is useful for large programs when it comes to doing small stuff like validating and connecting data sources Node or Python are superior tools, but the engineer is shackled, management wants to see every tool written in c# even if c# is ill suited for the task and its possible to use the standard .Net build tools (Visual Studio) to build and test Node scripts for Windows servers.

When I want to run small tasks I want a scripting language. I don't need a full blown type system, I'm importing from strings, what I need is a Nodejs ten liner, not having to build out a DAL just to run what in the Linux world is going to be a shell or python sys admin script.
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_random_ 4379 days ago
That is not a problem of C# or even Microsoft. The problem is that "management". Use Python and tell them it runs under .NET as well (which is true - IronPython).
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MichaelGG 4378 days ago
Use C#'s dynamic typing to avoid "building out a DAL", or use F# or something.

It's not like .NET itself forces people into these enterprisey patterns. Although I do cringe when I see huge projects, one file per type, half containing 2 or 3 lines of actual code.

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