Mono project and database access (.NET outside Windows)

Have you ever hard of programming C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, etc. outside the Windows environment?

Well, that's not a dream, it's real, and I have just tried. It works!

If you want more information about it and take a try, here is the place to begin with:

http://mono-project.com/Main_Page

This is the download page of the Mono framework:

http://www.go-mono.com/mono-downloads/download.html

If you want an IDE to program using Mono (unbelievable, but true!), you can obtain it here:

http://monodevelop.com/Download

With all that above, you can set up an environment for working in a very similar way to what you are accustomed under Windows. The IDE is a lot lighter than Visual Studio, even the Express Edition.

Take a try, you may not repent. I'm thrilled here because now, with Xcode, Eclipse and MonoDevelop, I can program with any these languages: C, C++, C#, VB.NET, Java, PHP, etc.

For general information on database access under Mono, this is a nice spot to check out:

http://www.mono-project.com/Database_Access

For ODBC specific information for accessing databases under Mono, check out this website:

http://www.mono-project.com/ODBC

Enjoy it!