Chris Allen wrote: > I want to install MonoDeveleopment on my box (Ubuntu) with the via to > learning C#. I believe this package is also an IDE. > I have cut code for over 20 years in various languages but never with > an ICE. Consequently I am looking for a good test ha explains C# and > this IDE. Mono will always lag behind C#. You are probably best learning C# in Visual Studio and back porting your knowledge.
> In the past I, my 1 or 2 of my employers have suggest the I learn C# > via Visual Studio in my spare time at work. > In each case the text book they supplied did not match the version of > Visual studio installed Consequently I wasted more time struggling to > match the text with the IDE than learning the language. C# in a Nutshell will give you a comprehensive run through. (It is large. They must have big nuts in Perth.) > Can anyone recommend a a good text that matches the MonoDevelopment's > IDE. A google search recommended Practical Mono but Dymocks says it's > out of print. Dymocks has several books about Visual Studio but > nothing about Mono. The enthusiasm for writing texts about Mono seems to have waned. At http://www.mono-project.com/Books the books listed are over three years old. HTHAB. David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
