Is there a Dot Net wrapper anywhere?

[donnyv]

I can't believe after all these years there's still no Dot Net wrapper. Especially with the improvements that have come out of Dot Net since 5.0. I feel like your bottle necking this great library. Only usable with python or node. The only Dot Net wrapper libraries I can find , seem to be abandoned.

[sharkAndshark]

It would be really great if we have one.🚀🚀

[hholzgra]

Nobody stops you from writing / contributing one ...?

[donnyv]

Nobody stops you from writing / contributing one ...?

Oh trust me I was thinking about it. I was looking at the old one to see how hard it would be. Problem is I have no experience creating wrappers for C++ libraries. So I would be starting from scratch. It would take to much time away from the project I'm working on.

I think it should be done by the maintainers of the project. Not sure why they would want people using a fast C++ library behind slow wrappers built on python and node.

I mean if I have to use node than I might as well use Tileserver-GL. That's probably what other people are thinking too. To make the library stand out from other options. There should be a fast cross platform wrapper written in a popular language. Dot Net ticks all the boxes.

[hholzgra]

Problem is I have no experience creating wrappers for C++ libraries.
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I think it should be done by the maintainers of the project.

So you are expecting maintainers (which I'm not btw.) to be experienced in how to write .Net wrappers for C++ libs instead?

They should should have a fast cross platform wrapper written in a popular language. Dot Net ticks all the boxes.

I think you are over estimating the popularity of .Net on Linux, which is where Mapnik originated AFAICT, quite a bit.

[donnyv]

@hholzgra If your not a maintainer, please don't comment.

[hholzgra]

Ok, I'm done dealing with your attitude anyway :(

[sharkAndshark]

Anyway.Net is more popular on Linux than ever as it's open sourced now.

[mathisloge]

Even if someone had the time, I wouldn't recommend to write another handwritten wrapper. I would rather go for swig or similar. As always, if you really need it in a timely manner, contribute.

But I agree with @hholzgra that your written tone comes across as rather harsh.

[donnyv]

@mathisloge I think I'm just frustrated with this project. I looked at this project back when Mapbox used to contribute to it. It was so hard to setup and get running then. I come back knowing more about the eco system around open source gis and every popular project is accessible from .Net. I don't understand why this one isn't also

[glebov21]

What about this?

[donnyv]

What about this?

That project hasn't been touched in 9 years.

[hholzgra]

That project hasn't been touched in 9 years.

So it is probably still Mapnik 2.x based. It also seems to require Visual Studio 2015 ...

So it might be useful as a template for a new project at best at this point ...