[Mono-dev] Absolute beginner

[Shashvat Tripathi]

How important is learning winForms and Windows applications in C# for MONO
development?


On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Bartosz Przygoda <bprzygoda at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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