Mono Kick Start

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: 1
Publisher: Sams
Published: 15 Sep 2003
ISBN 10: 0672325799
ISBN 13: 9780672325793
Book Overview:

Mono is an open-source implementation of the infrastructure upon which Microsoft's .NET Framework is build. Providing a compatible option with all of the technical features of .NET without the restrictive licensing and prohibitive costs that Microsoft imposes, the Mono project was initiated and co-financed by Ximian Corporation for the development of an open-source version of .NET Framework for Linux/Unix and Windows platforms (Mac OS X support will be added).Mono will allow cross-platform programming and operating of .NET compatible applications. Experts see the presence of a Unix-compatible version as decisive for the success of .NET.Mono Kick Start is a practical introduction to Mono and .NET compatible application programming with Mono. After a classically structured crash-course on the C# language and Mono's own compiler, the authors reach down deeper to subjects like threads, network programming, security, database interaction, XML, and more. A comprehensive practical section shows you how to set-up Web applications with Mono, how GUIs can be programmed using GTK, and how applications written with .NET can be operated in the Mono framework.