So tonight I just spent two hours trying to add a simple library to a .NET project so I can simply cast an ActiveReport object as the child class my team uses to represent reports. The library could be added to the project very easily, but when I would try to build I would get an error stating that the referenced library did not have a "strong name," meaning the library had not been signed. So I changed the library to digitally sign itself when it was built and then did a new build of the project... Same error this time, but for another library that was being referenced in the referenced library. As I daisy-chained my way through all the libraries, updating them to have a digital signature I began to wish that I was back working on a Java project.
In Java, all you need to do is set your classpath to include all the libraries you need. There is no need to sign your libraries and I am very thankful for that. I have got to find a way to do more Java development at work because dealing with all this .NET mess is starting to drive me crazy.
