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zibby8 | 3 years ago

Why does Visual Studio need to support Rust when VS Code has amazing Rust support?

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It's been ages since I last looked but IIRC Visual Studio is still the go-to and only real option for oldschool win32 programming (i.e. native windows, COM, etc.). I'm sure there are plugins and machinations to make VS Code competent at win32 too but for some companies and shops they're sticking to Visual Studio.

zibby8|3 years ago

It looks like this official MS Rust library adds a lot of Win32 support: https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs

It should work well with VS Code.

scoutt|3 years ago

Never underestimate the power of creating UIs with a drag and drop editor. Command line tools for general users ended in the 80’s.

As far as I know, creating and dealing with UIs in Rust is a pain.

I’m waiting for MS Visual Rust.

thesuperbigfrog|3 years ago

>> I’m waiting for MS Visual Rust.

My thoughts exactly.

Officially supported tools and SDKs are required in some industries. MS Visual Rust would be awesome!

thesuperbigfrog|3 years ago

>> Why does Visual Studio need to support Rust when VS Code has amazing Rust support?

It's about 'skin in the game' and dog-fooding. If Microsoft is serious about Rust, they will use it internally and support it officially.

It's easy to give an opinion on Twitter about how everyone should use Rust and stop using C / C++ for new projects.

Officially supporting Rust in your enterprise software development tools and SDKs shows that you are serious and committed to what you say.