.NET, NuGet, Open Source (Changelog Interviews #76)

Phil Haack, GitHubber, Microsoft alumnus, .NET open source guy.

NuGet is a Visual Studio extension that makes it easy to install and update third-party libraries and tools in Visual Studio.

log4net is often an open source trojan horse in the proprietary enterprise.

NuGet features a command line interface and also integrates with SharpDevelop.

Wynn asks what impact the names .NET and C# have had on SEO and adoption of Microsoft technology.

Line endings in Git are everyone’s problem.

GitHub may or may not be working on (GitHub for Windows®)™.

Phil likes SignalR, an async signaling library for .NET to help build real-time, multi-user interactive web applications.

Jabbr is a chat client showcase for SignalR.

NancyFx is a lightweight, low-ceremony, framework for building HTTP based services on .NET and Mono.

OWIN defines a standard interface between .NET web servers and web applications, much like Rack for Ruby.

Sammy.js was also Rat Pack-inspired.

Phil thinks LINQ and Reactive Extensions (Rx) are some innovations in .NET that should influence the broader community.

The await keyword in C# 5 will accelerate async adoption in .NET.

Wynn <3’s Hubot and especially likes the Dude and Mustachify scripts.

David Fowler, developer on the ASP.NET team and who works on NuGet and SignalR inspires Phil.