Hello Greg, I am using Mono on CentOS5, CentOS6, and Debian 6 and 7. I am using my own mono packages built on OBS, and they work fine on the distributions that I am using. See also http://www.pokorra.de/2013/12/easy-installation-of-current-mono-and-monodevelop-for-all-major-linux-distributions/
For OpenPetra, we are using Postgresql (with https://github.com/SolidCharity/openpetra.js/tree/master/csharp/ThirdParty/Npgsql) and Sqlite (for demo purposes) and also have support for Mysql, but not actively using that at the moment. We use our own database abstraction layer: https://github.com/SolidCharity/openpetra.js/tree/master/csharp/ICT/Common/DB We have our own ORM mapper, that generates code: see https://github.com/SolidCharity/openpetra.js/tree/master/csharp/ICT/BuildTools/GenerateORM We also have a generator for creating the webservice functions: https://github.com/SolidCharity/openpetra.js/tree/master/csharp/ICT/BuildTools/GenerateGlue I am currently using lighttpd and fastcgi-mono-server4 to serve the ASPX and ASMX pages. see the code here: https://github.com/SolidCharity/openpetra.js/tree/master/js and https://github.com/SolidCharity/openpetra.js/tree/master/csharp/ICT/Petra/Server/app/WebService and the server config etc here: https://github.com/solidcharity/openpetra.js/tree/master/setup/petra0300/linuxserver You can see how I package my application for RPM and DEB here: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:tpokorra:openpetra/openpetra-js For Development, I have compiled MonoDevelop for all major linux distributions, as mentioned above. But I am also often using SharpDevelop when developing on Windows (http://www.icsharpcode.net/opensource/sd/) I hope this helps, Timotheus On 21 January 2014 13:00, Greg Deward <greg.dew...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, guys. This is starting to flush out what I'm looking for. Again, > I'm not really looking for what can theoretically be used but, instead, > hoping to find a consensus of the best mix of technologies. For example, > David has successfully used MVC, Debian and Postgres while developing within > Visual Studio. This shows me several newbie-valuable facts... > > ... he found success outside to SUSE (the interwebs claim this SUSE > is preferred by some) > ... he chose Visual Studio instead of MonoDevelop or Xamanian's tool > ... MVC was able to be used > ... Postgres has successfully been used > > Some of the general questions that I am trying to answer are... > > a. What linux distros are easiest to deploy a Mono solution within? > b. Is there a benefit to using one IDE over another? > c. What databases and ORMs are being used in a cross-platform > environment? > d. Is anyone using any commercial SDKs successfully (Telerik, > Infragistics, Syncfusion, etc.)? > e. ... whatever else may be helpful. > > Again, I know there are a ton of theoretical answers discussion what SHOULD > work. I also know life tends to determine what really DOES work well versus > what kinda works. I'm hoping for a few examples where people have said, "I > build this nTier client-server cross-platform solution using Microsoft > technologies and successfully used Mono with ____ to do it." > > Thanks, again. > > - G. Deward > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Schmitt [mailto:da...@dasz.at] > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 3:14 AM > To: Greg Deward > Cc: Mono (General Discussion) > Subject: Re: [Mono-list] Advice Needed / Cross-Platform Server Application > > Hi Greg, > > I'm currently running MVC applications with postgresql on mono on debian. > This is all developed in Visual Studio and compiled and nunit tested with > jenkins on the target distribution. > > I started off by compiling mono 2.x myself (using the parallel environments > docs from the webpage) and now the packages seem to be catching up, and I'm > currently in the process of switching to local backports of the official > mono3 debian packages from experimental. > > Overall I'm again and again amazed at how much works with mono, even if some > things sometimes run into problems, or are only implemented on demand. > For example, nuget is totally usable on mono, if you don't feed it solution > files. > > > Regards, David > > > > On Mon, 20 Jan 2014 20:22:07 -0500, "Greg Deward" <greg.dew...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Could someone please provide some current proven real-world > recommendations >> for leveraging Microsoft-based technologies (C#, .NET, WCF / ASP.NET >> MVC > / >> etc.) for building a large-scale cross-platform application while >> minimizing licensing costs for the finished product? I've been >> reading about the various Mono packages, Xamarin, SUSE, etc., etc., >> etc. and am thoroughly confused. There are tons of discussions but >> nobody really saying, "This > is >> how it's done" or "These are the tools and combinations we used to >> build ____ successfully." >> >> >> >> For what it's worth, SQL Server / C# / .NET / ASP.NET MVC / Windows >> has been my primary environment since around 2000. As much as I'd >> love to > entertain >> the idea of using Objective-C, Java, or some other technology, I just > don't >> have the time to venture out that far. I need to stick to the > technologies >> I know (as much as possible) while ensuring minimal licensing costs >> for > my >> customers. The thought of requiring a customer to spend $100's or > $1,000's >> for OS or database licensing is not something I want. >> >> >> >> What are the easiest / most elegant tools (from a developer's > perspective) >> for doing this? Is there a certain Linux distro that would be best >> for > a >> target platform? A best mix of tools like Xamarin and Mono? >> >> >> >> Thanx, in advance. >> >> >> >> - G. Deward > > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - Mono-list@lists.ximian.com > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - Mono-list@lists.ximian.com http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
