Hello, I am quite impressed by the Mono features, especially by the portability of the library. I think I'll give it a try soon or later and I'd need some directions to find an introduction to Mono/.NET programming. Can you help me?
Thank you
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Mostly Mono programming is not any different classical .NET programming.
You can only use C# in a decent way, non of the other .NET languages. Even though Mono claims VB.NET support it's far from being a reasonable compiler or reasonable IL support. VB.NET mostly experimental.
If your main OS is Windows easiest way to start downloading the Mono VmWare - http://www.go-mono.com/mono-downloads/download.html - openSuse
Enviroment is ready kick start Mono development.
Try Mono Start page for tips
Don't forget you can't use COM.
Best way to proceed code it in Mono (IDE is terrible after VS.NET) then porting it Windows.
dr. evil
2009-04-15 09:28:42
Although you cannot use COM, you can use the winforms WebBrowser Control, which is implemented using Mozilla's Gecko.VB.Net is unfortunately still at the VB.Net 8 version, not the VB.Net 9 version.
jpobst
2009-04-15 14:28:19
@jpobst I didn't know WebBrowser Control implementation, that's kind of cool :) VB.NET 8 version is not the problem the problem is compiler is seriously bad and support VB DLLs is a bit flaky. You can't code in compiler if it gives an "Unknown Error" without a line number!
dr. evil
2009-04-15 16:22:26
Ah, that would suck. I did not know the VB.Net compiler was that bad. On the plus side, you can compile with MS's VB compiler and use that on Mono. However, that will not get you around missing stuff in the VB support dll.
jpobst
2009-04-15 17:25:07
I really love the idea of Mono, it's such a hard job and quite impressive. Don't want to disrespect the developers. So I keep my hopes high :) Hopefully they'll fix those show stoppers soon.
dr. evil
2009-04-15 17:46:22
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I found Petzold's free ebook .NET Book Zero useful as an introduction to .Net programming.
Ferruccio
2009-04-15 10:48:59
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Great Recommendations by Slough. I've found the Mono Getting Started Guide and the Wikipedia page very helpful in understanding it's history, how it works, and how to get started:
- Mono Project website, especially the Getting Started guide
- Mono (software) on Wikipedia
Ben Anderson
2009-04-15 13:04:37