Practical Mono Example

I just stumbled across a very practical description of a Mono project that was written by a J2EE developer. He is open minded and provides good info. (Warning: this developer reports having problem with Mono and Ubuntu. I am using a more recent version of both Mono and the Mono framework, and I have experienced no such problems)

I experienced most of the problems he mentions with an earlier Mono, but the latest version is a breaze. Let me know if your milage differs.

The World of Tools

I have been on vacation for almost a week, and I have been spending time reading blogs and becoming familiar with what is happening in the world of open source. My problem is that I am too enthusiastic. I want to use every tool that is out there, but who has the time? Still, I like Eclispe, and I see it as a tool I will use not only to write code but to build tools. Eclipse is a nice container for any application you might want to build – even if the application is web based, or written in another language.

Today, I discovered a resource I intent to use again and again. Check out Eclispe Zone.

I have not made progress with Ajax because I have been spending too much time looking at all the other implementations and uses of AJAX. I used to say that the whole purpose of a prototype is to develop your own ideas. The technology you use for the prototype is not as important. Therefore, I may very well settle on Mono and SQLite to play .

The only thing I want to think about is this: in PHP or Python, I can write functions that can be used in SQL statements with SQLite. I like that idea, but I have not seen code that allows me to do the same thing in C# or Boo. I may just go ahead with Mono because I work in C# in my day job, and I want to get some experience with the open source equivilant.

Still, I have a project, and I should focus. It’s time.