Episode 5 C#
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News
Over The Air updates for iOS
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/05/apple-planning-easier-upgrades-for-ios-mac-os-x.ars
How Decompilers work:
http://archfinch.com/item/21ace/i-wonder-how-decompilers-work#topcomment
Broadband Caps: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/05/atts-broadband-data-caps-start-today.ars
Natty Narwhal (x forwarding without XDMCP):
http://releases.ubuntu.com/natty/
Tool of the day
Jason: PortableApps FreeMat http://portableapps.com/apps/education/freemat_portable
Patrick: VLC http://portableapps.com/apps/music_video/vlc_portable
Programming Language Discussion
History
CLR (Virtual Machine)
CLI (Bytecode)
Open Source (Mono)
Web (dynamic html like php)
Uses
Websites (previous employment)
Strengths
Dynamic html support
Easy(er) GUI programming
Good integration with C/C++
Managed code
Weaknesses
No applet support like in java.
Mono is a generation behind and often unstable
Many libraries do not exist in Mono (GUI, etc.)
Wrap Up
