tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810762626202656454.post296687516561839247..comments2015-09-20T00:43:20.029+02:00Comments on PsAccelerator: Create a Metro App in F# (NOT) (Portable Libraries part 1)Piet Amersfoorthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10536068168999188614noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810762626202656454.post-81007663929972939042011-09-26T12:28:00.281+02:002011-09-26T12:28:00.281+02:00Hi Donna Malayeri,
Thanks for your comment and cla...Hi Donna Malayeri,<br><br />Thanks for your comment and clarification.<br><br />I intended to build a small application using the Metro UI and referencing an F# library I created in the past. After the watching the F# //build/ presentation it was not clear to me whether this scenario was supported. My confusion was caused by my lack of knowledge of WinRT and the definition of “portable libraries”.<br />I understand the implications of building a Metro more clearly after watching the mentioned WinRT presentations. Because you cannot reference legacy libraries I could have called this blog post “Create a Metro App using Open XML SDK 2.0 (NOT)”.<br><br />I have created follow up post: <a href="http://ps-a.blogspot.com/2011/09/reuse-of-legacy-by-winrt-and-metro.html" rel="nofollow">http://ps-a.blogspot.com/2011/09/reuse-of-legacy-by-winrt-and-metro.html</a>.<br><br />I still have one question. I understand that Visual Studio will not support F# Metro front end apps in the same way Visual Studio does not support building F# WPF applications. Will it be possible to build and deploy F# Metro front end apps without VS tool support?Piet Amersfoorthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10536068168999188614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810762626202656454.post-11758216990550826312011-09-26T10:27:19.684+02:002011-09-26T10:27:19.684+02:00Piet,
I'm Donna Malayeri, the program manager...Piet,<br /><br />I'm Donna Malayeri, the program manager of Visual Studio F#, and I'd like to clarify some points in your post:<br /><br />(a) The Developer Preview does not contain support for F# portable, as explicitly noted by the slides at //build/.<br /><br />(b) Portable libraries will be referenceable from a C#/VB Metro project, including Add Reference.Donna Malayerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13853237652001998883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810762626202656454.post-91071440060417702732011-09-21T02:03:29.343+02:002011-09-21T02:03:29.343+02:00This is really unfortunate. What this messaging te...This is really unfortunate. What this messaging tells me is that I'll never use F# for any purpose other than hobby programming. :( I'll never convince anyone at any place I've worked at to use a niche language for niche purposes, even if it's a perfect fit. It's a maintainability argument that, while not really accurate, persists.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10643337675808040478noreply@blogger.com