SigmaX wrote:
Hey;Mono has to major codebase branches now days. The 1.0 branch has pretty stable Gtk# development in all platforms but Windows Forms is not well supported there. The next milestone release of Mono will likely support Windows Forms quite well. Development snapshots of the code -- as it will likely be the case for the impending Mono 1.1.4 -- will likely give you a usable set of System.Windows.Forms in *NIX.
I've recently started tinkering with GTK# for the first time, and getting used to Glade. What are the pros and cons of developing on, say, Visual Studio with Windows Forms vs, maybe, GTK# on MonoDevelop? A combination of Glade and GTK# seems mature enough to be a viable alternative to Windows Forms on the surface, but what about underneath the hood?
I'm a newbie to C# and I'm no .NET expert, so don't bombard me with too many details ;-).
Cheerio,
SigmaX
You can develop Glade#, and Gtk# applications in C# using Visual Studio .NET 2003 and even Visual Basic .NET Glade# projects if you install the Gtk# Win32 Installer for .NET Framework 1.1 SDK. This installer is available here:
http://forge.novell.com/modules/xfcontent/file.php/gtks-inst4win/Win32%20Installer/v1.9.1.0/gtksharp-1.9.1-win32-0.3.exe
Finally, Gtk# applications will look and feel best in Linux. They also look and behave well in Windows but look best in Windows XP. The work that the Mono team is doing with the Managed Windows Forms is excellent and already looks very nice in *NIX. However, as I said above is still under construction and even after is initial release, it may not imediately integrate with facilities of the GNOME desktop as well as you can make Gtk# applications do today.
Personally, I strongly believe that if you are a Windows .NET programmer that already knows how to use System.Windows.Forms, you stand to gain most from learning Gtk#. Then, as soon as Windows.System.Forms is ready, you can make the best decision based on your own elements of judgment.
Paco
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