:: Metaj on Mono ::

:: Thursday, December 19, 2002 ::

New computer arrived today (2.4 GHz, 512 MB), so I've been setting that up. It came with WinXP Pro and I have VS.Net, so I fiddled with those for a while. During installs, updates, etc., I spent some time reading about Linux security -- firewalling, IPTables, etc. Someday I hope to have all my home computers behind a well-defined BSD-based firewall....
No Mono stuff tonight.
:: Jay Metaj 1:08 AM [+] ::
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I played around w/KDeveloper on RH7.3 last night. I isn't Visual Studio, but it's not too bad. One annoyance is that the compiler output (as visible from KDev'r) doesn't give any error / warning codes or other info warning level info. Although minor, I find it helpful to have a general idea of how severe warnings are. I comfortably ignore level 4 warnings from VC (even turn them off in debug blds).

I just wrote a few simple apps, used STL, etc. I guess I should complain more about decyphering error codes from STL, but I guess I've just learned to live with it (besides, how STL improve compiler error codes?) The compiler didn't seem to be as fast as VC (gut feel, no timings). Maybe incremental build support wasn't on (is it even supported?). I also didn't use pre-compiled headers; I included all the STL headers directly in the main cpp.

I'm considering upgrading from KDev'r 2.1.3 (?) to 3.0, but it looks like I'd have to build it from source. I'll probably dive in and do it at some point, but I'd personally rather install an RPM and spend my time actually dev'ing.

Didn't have time to work with Mono last night -- hopefully soon....
:: Jay Metaj 4:08 PM [+] ::
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First post: I've been a Windows programmer for years -- experience includes C++, ATL, OLE/DB, a little STL and WTL, and an increasing amount of C# / .Net. I am in the process of teaching myself a few new things. In particular I'm interested in learning more about *nix and I find the Mono Project very appealing. So, at this point I plan to dedicate this blog to my progression in these areas.
:: Jay Metaj 5:49 PM [+] ::
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