[Mono-list] Question on Mono and Visual Studio.net

[Jack Schmidt]

Hi!

Nice to meet you Joe!  And thank you very much for a detailed list.

Much of the development in .net is not yet defined as the plans are there
but not much planning beyond that is happening yet.  I am experienced in
Linux and have done programming using different scripting languages and
programming languages so I'm perfectly comfortable on the platform.

I have read indeed that .NET 3.5 is not yet supported in Mono 2.0 so at
least I can bring that up when discussions do take place about the project.
Right now I am trying to keep my option to stay in the Linux platform as
much as possible.

Thank you for your thoughts on this.  If others want to add to it, I am very
much open to other ideas.

Regards.

2008/12/2 Joe Audette <joe_audette at yahoo.com>

> Hi Jack,
>
> In mojoPortal we create parallel MonoDevelop projects and solution
> file (though MonoDevelop could just use the same projects and solution
> as VS so you may not need to do this) because we sometimes need to do
> things differently on the Mono side. It works ok for us but there are
> some things to consider.
> 1. I don't think its yet possible to debug ASP.NET or step through the
> code using MonoDevelop. A work around is logging with log4net but its
> a big disadvantage.
> 2. If you're planning to use the latest greatest .NET 3.5 stuff or the
> beta MVC stuff you're going to run into not yet implemented or
> supported things.
> 3. If your project is going to use ASP.NET webparts its not supported.
> 4. You will occasionally run into bugs where things work on the
> windows side but not on Mono. Reporting these will help Mono improve.
>
> If you're an experienced developer in other languages and experienced
> with Linux you may be able to do it, but if its all new to you, you
> are making the learning curve much steeper for yourself, and it may be
> more productive to just use VS. I will say, myself, I am able to work
> on mojoPortal from Linux with MonoDevelop, but I use VS day to day for
> most things because its more productive for me.
>
> Hope it helps,
>
> Joe
>
> On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 1:31 AM, Jack Schmidt <thejackschmidt at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Thank you for the swift response, Abe.  I will take a closer look on
> > mojoportal in the coming days.  It does seem like they do not have much
> of a
> > discussion as to how I or my co-developers should take to ensuring MD and
> > VS.NET play nicely.
> >
> > I found this article on the Mono Project which seems to cover a more
> general
> > discussion in terms of programming practices.  Are there anymore
> specifics?
> > http://mono-project.com/Guidelines:Application_Portability
> >
> > It does seem from that project that it is entirely possible so I find
> that a
> > bit of good news.  I wonder how much trouble this is going to be for me
> or
> > my developers.  It would be reassuring if I can grasp how and what I
> should
> > be doing to make this a reality for me.
> >
> > P.S.  I am sorry that I'm having great difficulty with replying on
> mailing
> > lists, it seems that Gmail bungles up on the reply-to information.  Thank
> > you very much for the response.
> >
> > 2008/12/2 Abe Gillespie <abe.gillespie at gmail.com>
> >>
> >> AFAIK, Joe Audette has been able to interoperate with MD and VS.NET on
> >> his mojoPortal project for some time now.  It might be worth taking a
> >> look at it:
> >>
> >> http://www.mojoportal.com/
> >>
> >> -Abe
> >>
> >> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 11:05 PM, Jack Schmidt <thejackschmidt at gmail.com
> >
> >> wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > I'm soon going to be making preparations on learning .net and I'm
> >> > wondering
> >> > if it is possible to develop using both Mono and Visual Studio.  My
> >> > co-developers are going to use VS.net (and Windows) as the development
> >> > platform for a web-related project (I'd surmise we'll be using
> ASP.net)
> >> > and
> >> > I am wondering if it is possible that I can work with them and use
> Mono
> >> > and
> >> > MonoDevelop in Linux as my development platform while they continue to
> >> > develop using VS.net.
> >> >
> >> > I hope someone can shed some light on this matter.
> >> >
> >> > Thank you all for taking the time to read this.
> >> >
> >> > Jack.
> >> >
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