[Mono-list] VS2005 app for Mac OSX

[rlearning]

Stifu wrote:
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> rlearning wrote:
>> 
>> Please keep in mind that I have not downloaded Mono and I am just posting
>> this to get some feedback.
>> 
>> I am looking at looking writing an app in Windows VB.Net VS2005 and would
>> like to port it over to a Mac OSX.  The program also needs to connect to
>> a local db for a single user. If their business really takes off like
>> they hope then eventually I will need to move the db to a server.  
>> 
>> Here are somethings that I am not sure about since I have never had to
>> write an app for a Mac before:
>> 
>> 1. I have looked at both Mono and MonoDevelop and see their differences
>> and similarities.  Is one better than the other?
>> 
>> 2. Depending upon how question #1 is answered, what type of db would I
>> use with it?  
>> 
>> 3. In Windows it would be Access or SQL, but what is it for a Mac?  Also,
>> what do I connect to for Windows testing?
>> 
>> 4. Is there a better/easier way of approaching the above or am I on the
>> right track?
>> 
>> Thanks in advance.
>> 
> 
> Hey,
> 
> 1. Mono is a bunch of things: framework, runtime and compiler...
> MonoDevelop is the IDE, ie: the counterpart of Visual Studio for Mono
> (which runs using Mono, or .NET on Windows). So Mono and MonoDevelop are
> not similar products that are in competition or anything.
> 
> 2. Up to you. You want want to look at these pages:
> http://www.mono-project.com/Database_Access
> http://www.mono-project.com/Release_Notes_Mono_2.6#LINQ_to_SQL
> 
> Can't help you more than that...
> 
So if I follow you correctly, then all I need to do is download both mono
and monodevelop and write my app in its IDE instead.  I cannot remember
where I saw it, but I thought I had read that I could do it through VS2005
and then run mono to test it.  Or did I miss it on that one?
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