[MonoDevelop] Is MonoDevelop similar to visual c# but is able to write to different platforms

[Giacomo Tesio]

To me, MonoDevelop's master branch (to compile from github), is better than
VS team system 2008 (that I use at work).

I compiled it on my home Debian box (under a parallel environment) and on
windows.

The only problem, using the master branch is that I encountered some crash
from time to time (particularly on windows).
However, diving into the code base and fixing them has often been simple
enough.


Giacomo

On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 4:02 PM, jmalcolm <malcolm.justin at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Santosh Gupta wrote:
> >
> > Can MonoDevelop
> > work the same was as Visual C# but the output will work for
> > different platforms? Also how are windows forms supported?
> >
>
> The short answer is yes. MonoDevelop is an Integrated Development
> Environment (IDE) that supports writing C# applications that run on
> Windows,
> Linux, OS X (Mac), and other platforms. You can think of MonoDevelop as a
> Visual Studio clone that you can use instead of Visual Studio in your
> Mono/.NET workflow.
>
> I should point out though that .NET (and Mono) programs written using
> Visual
> Studio on Windows are also completely cross-platform. If written properly,
> they will run unmodified on any platform Mono supports. Simply move the
> compiled .EXE and .DLL files to a Linux or Mac box and run them with Mono.
> It is a common misunderstanding that you must use MonoDevelop to create
> Mono
> apps.
>
> MonoDevelop uses the Visual Studio solution and project formats. So, you
> can
> start a project in Visual Studio and then edit it in MonoDevelop or
> vice-versa.
>
> The real benefit of MonoDevelop is that it itself runs on Windows, Linux,
> and Mac. That means that you can develop your programs on the platform of
> your choice instead of being forced to use Windows to use .NET.
>
> There is no portability benefit of using MonoDevelop per se. One possible
> benefit is that if you write your code first on Linux or Mac you are
> certain
> that it will run on Mono. If you write it entirely on Windows first you may
> use some functionality that Mono does not support or make coding errors
> that
> make your program unsuitable for Linux and Mac (like hard-coding Windows
> path information, using P/Invoke to access non .NET libraries, or assuming
> case-insensitive filesystems).
>
> Another reason to prefer MonoDevelop is if you are developing desktop apps
> that use the GTK# toolkit. MonoDevelop has a built in designer for this
> purpose and just does a nicer job overall of supporting this kind of app.
> Of
> course, Visual Studio and SharpDevelop both do a nicer job of supporting
> the
> creation of Windows Forms GUIs.
>
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