[Mono-list] mono Windows VS 2003 Web Developer - Recommended Dev. Env. Configuration

[Francisco T. Martinez]

Nate Chadwick wrote:
> Hi I have been struggling in the setup of a sane development
> environment as a mono user.  Here is what I have gleaned from various
> correspondence, google, and practical use this week.  Does this jive
> with what other Visual Studio developers migrating to mono are using?
>
> ---------------------------------------------
> Web Developer Configuration
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> Development System
> ------------
> Windows XP (32-bit)
> Cygwin (latest release version with build tools and openssh/subversion, gtk/x?)
> mono combined installer package (latest release)
> monoLaunch
> vsprj2make
> TortoiseSVN
> Visual Studio 2003
> IIS 6.0
> Front Page Server Extensions 2002
> VMWare 5.5
>
> Key Libraries
> ------------
> log4net - mono 1.0 target
> nant - latest 1.1 target
> nunit - latest 1.1 target
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Server Test VM on VMWare
> -----------------------------------------
> Suse 10 (stable)  (or OpenSuse?)
> Apache 2.2
> mono linux installer -(latest release with xsp/mod_mono)
> ssh
> vmwaretools
>
> Thanks,
> -nate
>   
That is a pretty good configuration.  Congratulations :).

I would only add one more thing just because ever since the introduction
of GLib 2.8.x there has been some problems with xsp on Win32 -- I am
pretty sure it is related to GLib more than it is to xsp.  I would also
add something like mono 1.1.10 found here (in addition to the latest
Mono Combined installer you may already have):

http://forge.novell.com/modules/xfcontent/downloads.php/monowin32/Mono%20Win32%20Combined%20Installer/v1.1.10/

You could opt just to install mono and xsp on that one.  This is would
be just to test your web projects (asp.net).

Best of luck,

Paco