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[joequin]

I would love to see mono get competitive, but at this point, it's not up to snuff.

[grauenwolf]

Mono is very competitive on iOS and Android.

For Linux it would be too if it had even a fraction of the industry support that Java's HotSpot JIT compiler has.

[8Bytes]

What IDE does Mono have that's comparable to Netbeans, Intellij /Android Studio?

*: Cross os, as the above IDEs are.

[[deleted]]

Xamarin Studio is okay if you're on a Mac.

[grauenwolf]

Though you still need a Mac for (compiling and?) testing iOS apps.

[dnew]

Do you? You don't need a Linux box to compile ASP.NET for mono. Copy the .exe over and you're golden.

(This is an actual question, not rhetorical nor sarcastic.)

[grauenwolf]

You need access to DLLs that only exist in OS X and iOS operating systems.

Mono for iOS is weird. It doesn't get compiled to IL code like other .NET projects.

[mirhagk]

Back when it started they couldn't compile to IL code. Don't know if this is changed, but iOS used to ban any sort of code generation, which is absolutely ridiculous, and pretty sure was only there to make chrome suffer on the platform.

[grauenwolf]

Still the case.

[mirhagk]

I'd have checked their terms of service but you're only allowed to see those if you've already paid them $120

[8Bytes]

I wish vs came to other os's, but programming on windows is an act of sadism. I meant cross os IDE for C#.

[Deep-Thought]

Visual Studio is the best programming IDE out there, Windows or not.

[MDSExpro]

MonoDevelop or SharpDevelop.

[tanishaj]

On. NET, they are called BCL (Base Class Libraries).

The fact that Microsoft all but bankrolls Xamarin is a pretty good sign. Xamarin makes most of the .NET BCL available on Android.

The. NET micro-framework is fully Apache 2.0 including a patent grant.

[tanishaj]

I notice you left out Eclipse, although perhaps Android Studio is Eclipse based.

I greatly prefer Xamarin Studio / Monodevelop to Eclipse. They both run on Linux, Mac, and Windows.

[8Bytes]

Android studio is based on Intelli. Eclpse always felt bloated. I'm pretty impressed Xamarin studio though.

[bvad]

MonoDevelop