[KLUG Programming] .NET and C#

[Tony Gettig]

Hi there all you happy programmers,

I have inherited Visual Studio .NET Enterprise. There's a lot here, including
Visial C# .NET. 

As I understand it, the Mono project is a run-time environment for .NET
applications on Linux. True?

That being the case, does it make sense to develop .NET apps with Visual Studio?
I've just started skimming "Programming C#, 2nd Edition" by Jesse Liberty from
O'Reilly. (Safari Bookshelf rocks, BTW.) This particular book seems more
MS-centric than most O'Reilly books I've read. Maybe I should be looking for a
Mono book or reference too.

So on to my real questions:

1) What open source development environments are available that might compare to
Visual Studio?

2) No doubt .NET will continue to grow. I think it would be good to be familiar
with C#. Are there any list member recommended resources for C# and Linux?

3) If I create an application in Visual Studio, can I expect it to run with Mono
(assuming my previous suppositions are correct)?

Thanks!


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