Delphi for .NET Developer’s Guide

Chapter 8. Mono—A Cross Platform .NET Project

by Steven Beebe

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Mono Features

• History of Mono

• Why Mono?

• Mono’s Roadmap

• Installation/Setup

• Creating Your First Mono Program

• Running Delphi Generated Assemblies under Mono (on Linux)

• Cross Platform ASP.NET

• ADO.NET with Mono

• Mono and Apache

• Mono and System.Windows.Forms

• Get Involved with Mono

Mono is an open source implementation of the .NET Framework. The Mono Project provides a mechanism to realize the high productivity of .NET development in a multiplatform environment. With goals similar to Java, Mono ups the ante in the “write once, run anywhere” game. This chapter introduces you to Mono and its features, history, and goals. It shows you how to get Mono set up so that you can test it. This ...