Hi Pierce, On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 4:30 PM, pierceboggan <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi, I am very new to MonoTouch and recently read the book Professional > iPhone > Programming with MonoTouch and .NET/C#. However, I have had some trouble > understanding exactly how the UI as a whole works (I'm also new to mobile > development). > > If someone could Skype/communicate via email with me, that would be great. > Otherwise, I have listed most of my questions below. > > 1. Can a view be functional without a controller? > 2. If you were to have a tab and navigation controller interacting with > each > other, would you place this on a ViewController and use that to push views > or control what's happening? Or would you need a controller for each > individual thing? > 3. The book mentioned several web-based services for storing data. However, > if I wanted to store it in a MySQL database, would I just need to import > some ADO.NET classes in order to gain this functionality? > You could import the SQLite binding (or the fully managed SQLite implementation). You probably wouldn't want to import all of ADO.NET. > > >From more of a product question: Does the student version of MonoTouch > feature deployment as well? Because $399 is VERY expensive for a college > student who wants to start development. > If you are a student, you should definitely send an email off to [email protected] and inquire about a student license as I'm fairly sure we have a cheaper solution for students ;-)
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