Olejar Books

The Mono project is an open source implementation of the groundbreaking Microsoft .NET platform, backed by Novell and supported by thousands of contributors from around the world. Practical Mono offers readers a detailed examination of Mono and its many facets, such as building GUI-based applications with Gtk#, database interaction ADO.NET, and creating powerful applications with XML and Web Services. By embracing this implementation, users are able to take advantage of the powerful development paradigm, building Internet-enabled cross-platform applications based on freely available, open source technologies. It includes a briefing on the C# language, so even novice .NET programmers stand to gain plenty from this practical guide.