[Mono-list] need help getting started creating my own libraries

[Fulko Hew]

On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Charlie Poole <charlie at nunit.com> wrote:

>  On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Fulko Hew <fulko.hew at gmail.com> wrote:
>

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>  > Lets say my library ('mylib') consists of only two things right now:
> > myTypeA and myTypeB (that belong to my company 'xyz'.
> > And to use/test these library components I have a main app called
> 'tester'.
> >
> > So what I was expecting to do was to create the following directory
> > structure:
> >
> > ./com.xyz.mylib/
> >                 myTypeA.cs
> >                 myTypeb.cs
> > ./com.xyz.tester/tester.cs
> >
> > a) is this a valid structure?
>
> Sure, although the backwards naming of components something that is
> part of the Java culture and a little foreign to most C# folks. That's OK.
>

Then what _is_ the recommended directory structure?


>  > b) what compiler directives do I use to build my libraries?
>

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>  gmcs -t:library -out:mylib.dll myTypeA.cs myTypeB.cs
> gmcs -t:exe -out:tester -r:mylib.dll tester.cs
>

Thanks, your help has gotten me past my original hurdle, but,
is this kind of stuff documented anywhere? or is it just
something you have to figure out and/or ask about like I did?

In a related question... how would I go about compiling the components
separately and then 'link' them together into a library? (ie. the
traditional
'don't recompile unless the source file changed' approach.)

This would all be much easier if you were using MonoDevelop rather
> than working at the command line, but I suppose you're like me and
> want to do it the hard way first. :-)
>

Your right.  I'm an engineer and not a 'mouse jockey', and I need to know
whats
going on. Especially because I can't expect the 'next guy' to be using
exactly the same tools (or platform) as I am.  Heck... I didn't even know
that MonoDevelop existed!  None of the introductory docs _I_ read mentioned
it.

Fulko
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