tutiplain wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I'd really like to use Mono on Windows as an alternative to C# express > from > MS, and while the MonoDevelop IDE runs fine on my home computer, on my > work > computer which has 1 GB of RAM doesn't work correctly, and in fact, causes > the whole system to slow down to a halt. Is there a less resource > expensive > IDE that I can use (preferrably with integrated GUI editor)? > > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - [email protected] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list > >
I find MonoDevelop to be much lighter on resources than VisualStudio 2008 but 2010 actually runs well on more constrained hardware. I was surprisingly happy with it on a netbook. You could try that. There is also SharpDevelop although I am not sure if it is any better than MonoDevelop with 1GB of RAM. Something to try though. I have found the most resource hungry task in MonoDevelop is doing a build. Running 'xbuild' from the command line uses far fewer resources however. I had one low-end machine where I used MonoDevelop happily but I NEVER did a build using the GUI. I always had a command-line window open to the source directory where I could type 'xbuild' to update my build. NOTE: There is a GUI setting to use xbuild but I found it maybe even more resource draining than the default. Run 'xbuild' from the command prompt if you want to go this route. -- View this message in context: http://mono.1490590.n4.nabble.com/Alternative-IDE-for-windows-tp3161997p3162371.html Sent from the Mono - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
