The stated purpose of Mono is not only to be able to run Microsoft .NET applications cross-platform, but also to bring better development tools to Linux developers. Mono can be run on Android, BSD, iOS, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Solaris, and Unix operating systems as well as some game console ...
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Webkit as GUI in .Net/Mono
I want to make a cross platform application, which will also have a website where the desktop applications (Windows, iOS, Linux) will talk to the server and keep the users data in sync.
So far the ...
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What do you suggest for cross platform apps, including web
I have always preferred cross platform development over most other concepts as long as I can remember. Which is one of the reason I never got into .Net. Currently, I use php/javascript/python as my ...
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Industry consortium for wider C# adoption? [closed]
Are there any software consortium to promote C# as a language? I'm aware of Mono and see it as a sincere, valiant attempt. However, its unlikely they can continuously outrun Microsoft inside a ...
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Extending Mono's C# compiler with additional custom features (more or less syntactic sugar)
I'm aware that this is a rather broad question, but here it goes anyway...
What is, in your opinion, the most practical way to create own C# implementation with minor additions to the existing 4.0 ...
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Lua-type Java integration with C++
So I'm curious:
I've implemented Lua within C++ a few times before, and while it was relatively simple, it still didn't harness the power that I would have liked.
I love how eclipse works, ...
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Fee for standalone version of Mono-based application
I can't understand from Mono documentation, how much to pay for creating a standalone commercial application that doesn't need Mono-runtime (using mkbundle). Where can I find this information?
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What's the standard for entity design/database connectivity for a mySQL database?
I'm hosting a solution that serves as a web tier on a Ubuntu machine running Apache and Mono. I'm currently developing the project on OSX, using Mono. I understand there is no native support for ...
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Can I use Linux/Mono instead of Windows/Visual Studio without any problem?
I have more than 6 years of experience with .Net (C#/ASP.NET) and Visual Studio. But recently I'm tempted to switch to Linux/Mono. It comes up with some questions:
Can I run my old Visual Studio ...
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Is there a canonical book on Monodroid?
So far I have been living of standard Android books and mainly blogs for Monodroid, but I'm trying to find a definitive resource about the topic and not having any luck.
Is there a book out there ...
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Mono & Commercial Projects
I have read the licensing FAQ and from what I understood people are allowed to use Mono in commercial applications. However, I wonder if Microsoft can interfer with this in any way since they own the ...
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difference between Visual Studio and RADs?
What is the main difference between a Rapid Application Development tool like MonoDev and Visual Studio, is an RAD more focused on one thing? I'm looking to make a web application, are there ...
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MEF & Circular dependencies in MonoDevelop / VS
(I think the problem described below is also affecting VS although I only tested it in MD)
I have some trouble regarding circular dependencies. I know they are bad practice and should be avoided. In ...
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using / linking to MS-PL licensed code from (A)GPLv3
I have some trouble understanding MSPL (Microsoft Permissive License) conditions regarding linking to / using a library under MSPL from a project of mine which I want to license on either AGPLv3 or ...
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Is c# actually a multiplatform language?
C# (and the .net platform in general) is looking like it's becoming a good option form multi-targeting apps :
official MS .net framework : full blow windows development, asp.net dev, Windows phone ...
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Why doesn't Mono implement WPF?
I haven't been able to find a reasonable justification of Mono team not working on WPF. What could be the possible reason? Especially when they've already implemented Silverlight.
