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leafartiston It's Time to Kill Surface

Everything in this world has a place, so does the surface. Not everyone can afford the biggest mansion on the hill. For the few that can. I'm happy for you.

leafartiston Are coders worth it? (2013)

I totally agree.

leafartiston Cross Platform Development with Mono

What you mean by "unusable GUI"? The same button you clicked to get to this page looks 99% and acts 100% the same on every platform. A button is a button. A textBox is a textBox no matter what any platform call it.

leafartiston Cross Platform Development with Mono

Have you tired c#.Net recently?

leafartiston Cross Platform Development with Mono

This post inspired me to fire up my Linux mint virtual box and test mono. I'm every impressed by its potential. It does lack some awesome c# features like async/await. I've been using Xamarin for a while now and love it. My only fear for mono on Linux is the lack of XAML like interface equivalent. I dislike GTK. I'm keeping my fingers crossed :)