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Practical Mono offers a detailed portrait of Mono and its many facets. You'll learn about building GUI-based applications with Gtk#, database interaction with ADO.NET, and powerful applications with XML and web services.
By embracing this implementation, you can take advantage of the powerful development paradigm, building Internet-enabled cross-platform applications based on open source technologies. This book includes a primer on C#, so even if you're a novice .NET programmer, you will still gain plenty from this practical guide.
List of contents
Introducing .NET and Mono.- Introducing Development Tools and MonoDevelop.- Introducing C#.- Learning C#: Beyond the Basics.- Exploring the .NET Core.- Creating Windows Forms.- Introducing Gtk+, Glade, and User Interfaces.- Using ADO.NET.- Using XML.- Introducing Networking and Remoting.- Using ASP.NET.- Using Advanced Mono Techniques.
About the author
Mark Mamone is a program lead and solutions architect for British Telecom, and has been involved in .NET since Beta 1. He's presently spearheading a Mono-driven project for BT. Mamone has co-authored several books, including Beginning Fedora 2, Beginning Red Hat Linux 9, and Professional Windows Forms.
Summary
Practical Mono offers a detailed portrait of Mono and its many facets. You'll learn about building GUI-based applications with Gtk#, database interaction with ADO.NET, and powerful applications with XML and web services.
By embracing this implementation, you can take advantage of the powerful development paradigm, building Internet-enabled cross-platform applications based on open source technologies. This book includes a primer on C#, so even if you're a novice .NET programmer, you will still gain plenty from this practical guide.
