Application to develop & test asp.net on a mac

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Application to develop & test asp.net on a mac

I'm starting to learning some asp.net so I'm looking for an application to develop asp.net using a mac.

I know dreamweaver can be used to write asp.net but I don't have any application to run a test server.

Wondering what my options are regarding developing and testing (not on a live server) using a mac.

thanks!

MonoDevelop (available on Mac) would be your best bet for an IDE. Please note that you would be developing for Mono technically (this is a .NET implementation on non-microsoft platforms).

Keep in mind that the learning curve (coming from Dreamweaver) may be a bit steep in the beginning.

ChristopheD 2010-05-11 20:59:16

ChristopheD - you said that to use this tool I would be developing using Mono technically. So I'm guessing that this application just complies projects to run in .NET. Just wondering how this would or could work if I was to be working with existing native .NET projects?

Adam 2010-05-11 21:47:06

Hi Adam. Existing ASP.NET projects (websites) targeting the .NET framework 2.0 should be relatively easy to get up and running under mono. Also note that there is only C# support at the moment if I recall correctly. There is useful documentation at mono-project.com. For example have a look at http://www.mono-project.com/Guide:_Porting_ASP.NET_Applications and http://www.mono-project.com/Start

ChristopheD 2010-05-11 22:00:18

I use a Macbook Pro to build ASP.NET sites using Windows 7. It was incredibly easy to setup Bootcamp. I partitioned 50GB and installed Windows 7. From there you can install Web Developer Express - http://www.asp.net/vwd/.

The only drawback is I have to go through a kludgy hack to disable the backlight but not sure if you have an desktop or notebook.

Steve 2010-05-11 21:26:44

Thanks for the suggestion Steve, but I should have mentioned that I'm not interested in installing windows on my mac book pro.

Adam 2010-05-11 21:42:35

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