News in the Category: Mono Subscribe to the rss of this category.

Total posts: 261 | Sort by Views | Sort by Hits

Developing for the Apple iPad in .NET

Wallace B. McClure, February 1, 2010
Views: 44 | Hits 2

If you are in the technology field, or within the listening range of modern media, you've heard of the Apple iPad.  The fact that it runs an updated version of the Apple iPhone OS is a big plus i...

Microsoft-Compatible APIs in Mono 2.4

DevX: .NET Feed, January 26, 2010
Views: 172 | Hits 22

Mono is a cross-platform development framework that allows developers to build Linux apps with improved productivity....

The iPhone 20 second rule

Wallace B. McClure, January 13, 2010
Views: 69 | Hits 1

If you didn't know it, the iPhone has two twenty second rules that developers need to pay attention to: The iPhone has a startup timer. If an application takes longer than 20 seconds to start up, it ...

UIAlertView - the alert box for the iPhone

Wallace B. McClure, January 11, 2010
Views: 87 | Hits 3

There are times when the user needs to be presented with some information or question. MonoTouch has a UIAlertView object. The UIAlertView is instantiated with a set of parameters. On the object insta...

Opening another application on the iPhone using NSUrl

Wallace B. McClure, January 8, 2010
Views: 89 | Hits 2

The NSUrl class is what allows an application to open other applications within the iPhone OS while passing parameters. The calling sequence is fairly simple. There are two steps to making this call:1...

UIPicker in the iPhone with MonoTouch

Wallace B. McClure, January 7, 2010
Views: 86 | Hits 5

  The UIPicker is visually different than the drop down listbox that most .NET developers are familiar, however, it is designed to perform the same type of function.  It allows users to sele...

The Mono / MonoTouch Soft Debugger

Wallace B. McClure, January 6, 2010
Views: 65 | Hits 3

Honestly, I thought that it was really cool when the Novell guys put a soft debugger into Mono/MonoTouch so that it is possible to debug an application running on the iPhone Simulator or on the actual...

Putting a Point on a Map in the iPhone

Wallace B. McClure, January 5, 2010
Views: 54 | Hits 4

I wrote the following code to put a point on a map on the iPhone.  It works pretty well.  Basically, I draw a map, then I inherit from the MKAnnotation object and create a new constructor, g...

My thoughts on MonoTouch as we enter 2010

Wallace B. McClure, January 3, 2010
Views: 53 | Hits 1

What a wild and crazy last 6 months its been for my personal development direction.  I've always been excited about mobile development.  Every couple of years, I ask somebody at Wrox about a...

Be careful what you name a Project or Solution in MonoDevelop

Wallace B. McClure, January 2, 2010
Views: 243 | Hits 19

I downloaded and installed MonoDevelop 2.2 on my Windows 7 laptop as well as installing Mono 2.6.  Everything installed correctly.  I decided to create my first ASP.NET web application and s...

Mono 2.4.3.1 is out

Mono Project News, December 29, 2009
Views: 198 | Hits 20

We have just released Mono 2.4.3.1, a bug fix release for the Mono 2.4.x series. The Mono 2.4.3.1 Release Notes include the full details on new features and bug fixes. Mono 2.4.3.1 can be downloaded f...

Thanks

Wallace B. McClure, December 21, 2009
Views: 87 | Hits 3

I wanted to thank everyone that purchased a copy of my MonoTouch ebook.  I got an email from my editor at Wrox last week and he saiys that sales are going very well.  I think mobile is final...

Mono 2.6.1 is out

Mono Project News, December 18, 2009
Views: 267 | Hits 17

We have just released Mono 2.6.1, a bug fix release for the Mono 2.6.x series. The Mono 2.6.1 Release Notes include the full details on new features and bug fixes. Mono 2.6.1 can be downloaded from ou...

Mono 2.6 and MonoDevelop 2.2 released

Mono Project News, December 15, 2009
Views: 185 | Hits 14

Today we are releasing the much anticipated upgrades to both. Mono 2.6 and MonoDevelop 2.2. For those in a hurry, binaries and source are available from: Mono Download page. MonoDevelop Downlo...

Mono 2.4.3 is out

Mono Project News, December 9, 2009
Views: 314 | Hits 49

We have just released Mono 2.4.3, a bug fix release for the Mono 2.4.xx series. The Mono 2.4.3 Release Notes include the full details on new features and bug fixes. Mono 2.4.3 can be downloaded from o...

Productivity Improvements in Mono 2.4: Components and Architecture

DevX: .NET Feed, December 4, 2009
Views: 217 | Hits 19

Take a look under the hood of the latest version of Mono, the open source .NET development framework. Find out how its components and architecture help make developers more productive....

My MonoTouch ebook is out - Build iPhone apps with C# and run on the iPhone

Wallace B. McClure, December 1, 2009
Views: 134 | Hits 10

 My MonoTouch ebook is out.This Wrox Blox is for .NET developers who want to learn to develop for the iPhone with C# using MonoTouch and MonoDevelop on the Mac. The iPhone is the smartphone lea...

iPhone Apps using Microsoft .NET

Glavs Blog, December 1, 2009
Views: 347 | Hits 52

My good friend Wally McClure has written a short eBook on Building iPhone and iPod touch Applications for the .NET/C# Developer with MonoTouch. You can check it out here Given that iPhone is a very ...

Command Line Parsing with Mono.Options

Fervent Coder, November 22, 2009
Views: 279 | Hits 22

When you have command line arguments to parse, the place to look is Mono.Options. To date, I have not found anything better to get the job done. It is a single C# file if you do not want to download t...

Introducing the ASP.NET Ajax Library Beta

Radical Development, November 18, 2009
Views: 335 | Hits 63

There is so much breaking news coming out of PDC2009 that it is very had to keep up with everything. Thank goodness for Twitter otherwise I would find it much more harder to keep up with real time new...

Mono Tools for Visual Studio 1.0 has been released!

Mono Project News, November 10, 2009
Views: 307 | Hits 33

Mono Tools for Visual Studio 1.0 has officially been released. Support for developing and debugging Mono applications from within Microsoft Visual Studio has been a feature requested from the .NET ...

Compatibility

Mono Project News, November 10, 2009
Views: 285 | Hits 20

Ever wondered what Mono's roadmap is, or how you could easily describe Mono's current status as to your friends and significant others? You can point them to our roadmap page and our compatibility pag...

UppercuT and Mono Migration Analyzer

Fervent Coder, October 25, 2009
Views: 338 | Hits 18

If you are using UppercuT, you will be pleased to know that it now supports Mono Migration Analyzer (MoMA for short). All you have to do is upgrade. And with the design of UppercuT, weve made it super...

MonoSpace Conference in Austin - October 27 through 30

Mono Project News, October 16, 2009
Views: 323 | Hits 17

Over the past few weeks, the final details of the program for the Monospace Conference have been announced, and now the event is just less than two weeks away. Some key details you may have missed: ...

Headspring sponsors the Monospace conference

Jeffrey Palermo, October 9, 2009
Views: 347 | Hits 7

Headspring has come aboard as a Principal Sponsor of the Monospace conference.  With the heavy focus on open source software, and that the conference is in Austin, TX, we couldnt pass it up. ...

Develop on iPhone with C# and .net

Wayne Brantley, September 21, 2009
Views: 133 | Hits 5

If you have seen Objective-C and did not want any part of it, now there is an alternative! Use C# and .net on the iPhone with MonoTouch. Of course you will still need the iPhone SDK and a Mac for de...

.Net meet iPhone - MonoTouch released

Cirrus Minor, September 17, 2009
Views: 586 | Hits 79

One of the options for interacting with the xsights platform is via web-services for use with mobile clients. Since the iPhone is all-the-rage these days* we also wanted an app for this ...

MonoTouch - Mono for iPhone is now available

Mono Project News, September 14, 2009
Views: 482 | Hits 33

MonoTouch - Mono for iPhone is now available. This is a commercial product, to buy it, visit the MonoTouch Store....

Mono for OSX has been updated

Mono Project News, September 4, 2009
Views: 443 | Hits 20

A refresh of the Mono 2.4.2.3 Framework Installer for Mac has been released. The only change in this release is a new version of GTK+ that resolves a number of known issues in MonoDevelop, including r...

MonoTouch Preview

Mono Project News, August 3, 2009
Views: 571 | Hits 32

We are doing a preview/beta release of MonoTouch (Mono for the iPhone) this week (August 5th/August 6th) and are looking for developers that might be interested in trying out the API, the IDE plugin a...

Mono 2.4.2.3 - Update Release

Mono Project News, July 28, 2009
Views: 390 | Hits 21

This release fixes issues with precompiled websites. See the release notes for more details....

Mono 2.4.2.1 - Update Release

Mono Project News, July 6, 2009
Views: 440 | Hits 25

Due to an oversight on our part, Mono 2.4.2 did not actually bundle ASP.NET MVC. This mistake has been corrected. Mono 2.4.2.1 is a release that merely includes the prepackaged source for ASP.NET...

Mono 2.4.2 has been released

Mono Project News, June 29, 2009
Views: 513 | Hits 42

Mono 2.4.2 has been released, this is a maintenance release for Mono 2.4 and contains over 150 bug fixes. It can be downloaded from our downloads page. This version is the first version to integrate ...

Planning SharePoint Solution Packages (WSPs)

Eli Robillards World of Blog., June 19, 2009
Views: 361 | Hits 16

SharePoint architects and developers often wonder how best to design solution packages for long-term ease of use, especially through upgrade cycles. In a survey of SharePoint developers I found a rang...

Mono Tools for Visual Studio Preview Released

Mono Project News, June 8, 2009
Views: 814 | Hits 52

Mono Tools for Visual Studio have been released to a limited number of developers for a closed preview cycle. This first release of the Mono tools integrates four major pieces of new functionality ...

Announcement : Telerik RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX on Linux

Telerik News RSS Feed, April 25, 2009
Views: 709 | Hits 12

Telerik RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX on Linux We are very excited to announce that the RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX work on the latest distribution of Mono, the open source .NET framework sponsored...

Novell Offers Commercial Support for Mono 2.4

Mono Project News, April 16, 2009
Views: 571 | Hits 19

Novell has released a new product based on Mono 2.4, the SUSE Linux Enterprise Mono Extension, which provides commercial support for running .NET applications on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. This i...

Telerik AJAX Controls Support for Mono

ASP.NET Announcements, April 6, 2009
Views: 752 | Hits 27

Telerik announced that RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX supports the Mono runtime environment, an open source .NET framework sponsored by Novell, tailored for development of Linux applications.  The ...

Telerik Announces Support for their ASP.NET controls on Mono!

Mono Project News, April 3, 2009
Views: 722 | Hits 15

Telerik is one of the most famous provider of controls for .NET. We have been working for the past few months with Telerik to make sure that their RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX product worked out of t...

Mono 2.4 and MonoDevelop 2.0 have been released

Mono Project News, March 30, 2009
Views: 803 | Hits 46

Today we announced the release of both the Mono 2.4 platform and the MonoDevelop 2.0....

Mono 2.2 has been released</h2>

Mono Project News, January 13, 2009
Views: 750 | Hits 39

Mono's 2.2 grand release has finally arrived. See our detailed release notes covering both the 2.2 launch and the changes since Mono 2.0. Or you can go directly and download Mono 2.2 for your platform...

The Mono 2.0 Offerings for Debian GNU/Linux

DevX: .NET Feed, December 31, 2008
Views: 781 | Hits 28

Find out how much of the Mono 2.0 (and beyond) platform is available for Debian users who want up-to-date .NET compatibility....

Gtk# Installers for .NET

Mono Project News, December 13, 2008
Views: 856 | Hits 47

The Gtk# GUI toolkit version 2.12.6 is now available for .NET on Windows and can be downloaded from http://mono-project.com/Downloads. With the new installers, it is possible to run on Windows/.NET ap...

What is all the fuzz about the new common IServiceLocator

eXtensible mind, November 19, 2008
Views: 943 | Hits 22

There's been some excitement lately about the introduction of a common IServiceLocator that all major DI containers apparently will provide. Unless you're building an ""extensible framework leveragi...

SIMD support in Mono Announced

Mono Project News, November 4, 2008
Views: 1,157 | Hits 25

At the Microsoft PDC we demostrated for the first time the upcoming the hardware accelerated Vector types using the processor SIMD instructions in Mono (SSE1, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4). You can read more on M...

PDC 2008 videos I’m watching - part 2

Code Climber, October 31, 2008
Views: 760 | Hits 29

As PDC goes one, other sessions are being redistributed online as downloadable videos. I already wrote about the sessions I downloaded from the first two days @ PDC 2008, but now more from day two an...

Mono 2.0.1 has been released</h2>

Mono Project News, October 23, 2008
Views: 743 | Hits 37

We've release Mono 2.0.1 as a minor bugfix update to Mono 2.0 See our detailed release notes covering the changes since Mono 2.0. Or you can go directly and download Mono 2.0.1 for your platform....

Mono on OSX Survey

Mono Project News, October 19, 2008
Views: 1,042 | Hits 29

If you are targeting MacOS X, we would appreciate if you could fill the Mono on MacOS X survey to better understand how you would like us to improve Mono....

Mono 2.0 Released

Misfit Geek, October 7, 2008
Views: 839 | Hits 35

Huge congrats to Miguel De Icaza and his team on the release Mono version 2.0 You can read all about it here - http://www.mono-project.com/...

Mono 2.0 Takes Flight

FTPOnline ASP.NET Channel, October 6, 2008
Views: 795 | Hits 35

Mono version 2.0, an open source effort to implement the Microsoft .NET development framework for Unix, Linux and other platforms, was formally released today....

Product Spotlight