Mono

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Mono

• Bojan Mijuskovic
• Chad Z. Hower a.k.a. Kudzu

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What is Mono?

• Open source .NET implementation
• Platforms
• Unix (Linux, BSD, etc)
• Windows
• Mac
• ECMA specifications
• C

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History

• Started 2001
• Miguel de Icaza
• Initial Goal .NET on Unix
• Mono ?????
• Current version 1.1

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Whats Implemented?

• CLI
• Class loader
• JIT compiler
• GC (Boehm, conservative)
• Class library
• .NET compatible class libraries
• Mono class libraries (Mono.)
• C compiler

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.NET Assemblies on Mono

• Binary compatible
• Pure .NET applications
• Includes GAC
• Multiple GAC locations
• Serialization
• Mono embedded

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Platforms

• Operating Systems
• Windows
• Linux
• FreeBSD
• Solaris
• Mac OS X
• Processors
• X86 32/64
• S390
• SPARC 32/64
• PowerPC

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Development Tools

• Compilers
• mcs, gmcs C
• mbas Basic ('almost' VB.NET)
• mono -JIT and AOT compiler
• mint - interpreter
• wsdl Web service proxy generator
• Other
• MonoDoc
• TypeReflector
• gacutil

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AOT Compiler

• Pre-compiled code
• Installation of an Assembly
• ngen
• Performance

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GUI Frameworks

• Gtk
• WinForms
• Cocoa
• wxNet

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GDI

• System.Drawing
• C code is the same for Windows and Unix systems
• Implementation
• GDIPLUS.DLL
• libgdiplus.so
• Mono.Cairo

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Databases

• Open Source databases
• Firebird / Interbase
• PostgreSQL Npgsql
• SQL Lite
• MySQL
• Commercial
• SQL Server
• DB2
• ODBC
• Oracle
• Sybase
• OLE DB

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Database tools

• MonoQuery
• Mono SQL for Gtk

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ASP.NET

• Web Forms
• Web Services
• XSP
• mod_mono

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ASP.NET 2.0

• Partially implemented
• Configuration engine
• Controls
• Menus
• Trees
• Master pages

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IKVM Java on .NET

• IKVM framework
• Java VM implemented in .NET
• .NET implementation of the Java class libraries
• Enables Java and .NET interoperability
• IKVM is part of Mono

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Roadmap

• June 04 Mono 1.0
• Q3 05 Mono 1.2
• Q2 06 Mono 2.0

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Tips

• Release build with Rebuild
• Platform restrictions
• Case Sensitivity
• Path Delimiter
• P/Invoke
• Interop

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Additional Information

• http//www.mono-project.com
• http//www.gotmono.net
• http//www.ikvm.net