[Mono-dev] Absolute beginner

Bartosz Przygoda bprzygoda at gmail.com
Tue Jan 1 11:11:53 UTC 2013


Well, to add to 1. and 2.: Monodevelop reads VS sln/project files just
fine, so you can use them interchangeably (with some manual tweaks in some
cases, like changing the version number in first line of sln file (if you
use vs2012), though I don't remember if it's still the case).


On 1 January 2013 12:07, Shashvat Tripathi <tripathi.shashvat at gmail.com>wrote:

> Thanks a lot Daniel!
> You cleared up a lot of basic concepts for me!
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Daniel Lo Nigro <lists at dan.cx> wrote:
>
>> 2. I've read that Visual studio can be used as IDE...How do I do that?
>>
>> When you compile a C# program in Visual Studio, it generates a .exe file.
>> You can run this EXE file under Mono by running "mono filename.exe" where
>> filename.exe is the name of the file. By default, compiled programs will
>> end up in a "bin/Debug" or "bin/Release" folder underneath your program
>> folder.
>>
>> 4. I tried going through the archives...but it's quite cluttered, or
>>> maybe I just too new to all this. How do I find sample code and some help
>>> material?
>>
>> Any C# tutorial is also relevant to Mono. Think of Mono as a separate
>> runtime and different for .NET applications. The actual language and
>> framework is the same.
>>
>> I guess it's a bit like C++ (although I have very little experience in
>> C++ myself) - There's many different compiler implementations (Microsoft
>> Visual C++, G++ on Linux, Borland C++, etc). Regardless of which compiler
>> you use, the language itself stays pretty much the same, and you always
>> have your standard library with all your basic functionality.
>>
>> When I was learning C# at university, I used a textbook by Apress called
>> "Pro C# and the .NET 3.5 Platform." I found it pretty good. There's a newer
>> version available now that covers newer C# and .NET versions.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 11:18 PM, Shashvat Tripathi <
>> tripathi.shashvat at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Everyone!
>>>
>>> I am a COMPLETE newbie to this open-source-environment. I have a good
>>> base of C++ language and am interested in working in MONO because of its
>>> ultimate objective.
>>> I would appreciate if someone could help me start.  I have some very
>>> basic questions:
>>> 1. Where do we code exactly, in MONO? (sorry for such noob question)
>>> 2. I've read that Visual studio can be used as IDE...How do I do that?
>>> 3. How do I know "what" to code?
>>> 4. I tried going through the archives...but it's quite cluttered, or
>>> maybe I just too new to all this. How do I find sample code and some help
>>> material?
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot!
>>>
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