Chapter 1. Introduction
IN THIS CHAPTER
With the introduction of .NET and C#, Microsoft has finally declared war on Sun Microsystems. C# is an interesting alternative to Java and provides a rich set of features that people need to implement modern applications.
The target of the Mono project is to provide a free implementation of Microsoft's .NET Framework. In addition to development tools such as a free C# compiler, Mono offers a set of classes to help the programmer quickly port .NET applications to Mono.
This book is dedicated to all developers who want to get in touch with Mono. We ...
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