Our goal is to make people c# developers use the cloud. I do agree that a lot of c# developers doesn't use the cloud yet, but I don't see how that should keep Appharbor from becoming popular.
A more likely cause for the lack of cloud-hosted c# apps would probably be, that there aren't really any viable options for c# developers who wants their app hosted in the cloud (Azure isn't really the bee's knees, right?)
I can imagine this being popular in the enterprise, especially if it supports other version control systems like subversion. I know many enterprise shops are researching cloud hosting for Java and .NET apps.
msysgit works just fine, both 32/64bit windows...however, I agree I'm not aware of many windows devs that use it. I tend to straddle win/*nix so I have git/svn installed in both environments for convenience.
I do. The new ASP.NET MVC stuff is really nice, and I suppose the biggest draw for me is that I already use C#/F# on a daily basis, so using ASP.NET is just a matter of learning the API.
If your only experience with ASP.NET was with the old, ASP.NET Forms-based stuff, I understand where you're coming from -- my first development job was writing ASP.NET Forms apps on .NET 1.1...it wasn't pretty, to say the least -- but you should really give the new ASP.NET MVC 2 (or 3, which is almost RTM) a look.
I happen to like writing web apps using .NET. I came across AppHarbor yesterday, got a beta invite and started playing with it today. Yes it's very early, but I thought there might be people here who would find it interesting still.
If you're going to submit your own app, here are some tips:
1) Link your homepage. HN allows you to title your submission and we'll forgive a teensy bit of valuable keyword stuffing in your submission if it's descriptive. Your homepage is always a more valuable landing page than a months-old blog post. If your homepage isn't as descriptive as the blog post, change your homepage then submit.
2) Either be at public launch or public beta when you do. Otherwise, you're blowing a chance to capture and on board a huge number of technically savvy people who will help you find bugs and UX issues in real time. (This was exceptionally helpful to us with Dawdle.com back when.)
3) Please make sure your blog has a big honking link to your homepage, not the blog homepage. Make that link an image with lots of tasty descriptive text to goose your SEO to your homepage, which will undoubtedly serve as your main landing page for normals who are Googling and press who wants to link to you.
It's not my app. I'm just came across AppHarbor yesterday and have been playing with it. The home page is very bare, so I linked to the blog to provide quicker access to info. I guess the guys have been too busy to get the home page ready yet.
I'm sorry if I've damaged the marketing opportunities. I was just excited to see them handing out beta invites and wanted to spread the word :)
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Disclaimer, I'm an AppHarbor co-founder.
[+] [-] runesoerensen|15 years ago|reply
A more likely cause for the lack of cloud-hosted c# apps would probably be, that there aren't really any viable options for c# developers who wants their app hosted in the cloud (Azure isn't really the bee's knees, right?)
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[+] [-] profquail|15 years ago|reply
If your only experience with ASP.NET was with the old, ASP.NET Forms-based stuff, I understand where you're coming from -- my first development job was writing ASP.NET Forms apps on .NET 1.1...it wasn't pretty, to say the least -- but you should really give the new ASP.NET MVC 2 (or 3, which is almost RTM) a look.
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[+] [-] sachinag|15 years ago|reply
1) Link your homepage. HN allows you to title your submission and we'll forgive a teensy bit of valuable keyword stuffing in your submission if it's descriptive. Your homepage is always a more valuable landing page than a months-old blog post. If your homepage isn't as descriptive as the blog post, change your homepage then submit.
2) Either be at public launch or public beta when you do. Otherwise, you're blowing a chance to capture and on board a huge number of technically savvy people who will help you find bugs and UX issues in real time. (This was exceptionally helpful to us with Dawdle.com back when.)
3) Please make sure your blog has a big honking link to your homepage, not the blog homepage. Make that link an image with lots of tasty descriptive text to goose your SEO to your homepage, which will undoubtedly serve as your main landing page for normals who are Googling and press who wants to link to you.
[+] [-] andrewdavey|15 years ago|reply
I'm sorry if I've damaged the marketing opportunities. I was just excited to see them handing out beta invites and wanted to spread the word :)