I am realizing that in a few months I am going to have to come up with a system for managing an Auction.
As an ASP.NET programmer during the day (and Linux user at night ) I was thinking that by going with .NET I could probably code something up pretty quickly.
Then it got me thinking, what about an openSUSE Server running Apache and mod_Mono plus either a MySQL or PostgreSQL database (instead of SQL Server)? I would probably end up using Visual Studio (Express) for the actual development.
Anybody have any (constructive) suggestions or experience? Any "gotcha"s I should keep an eye out for? Or does this sound like it won’t work, and I should just look at using Windows (XP pro) instead? I mean for the server, while the development will be on another machine.
dragonbite wrote:
> I am realizing that in a few months I am going to have to come up with a
> system for managing an Auction.
>
> As an ASP.NET programmer during the day (and Linux user at night ) I
> was thinking that by going with .NET I could probably code something up
> pretty quickly.
>
> Then it got me thinking, what about an openSUSE Server running Apache
> and mod_Mono plus either a MySQL or PostgreSQL database (instead of SQL
> Server)? I would probably end up using Visual Studio (Express) for the
> actual development.
>
> Anybody have any (constructive) suggestions or experience? Any
> "gotcha"s I should keep an eye out for? Or does this sound like it
> won’t work, and I should just look at using Windows (XP pro) instead? I
> mean for the server, while the development will be on another machine.
>
>
First, I’m NOT an asp.net developer, nor plain ole .net, C# etc…
However, I have seen people that ARE… and they use MonoDevelop
and they seem to be pretty comfortable and they are able to whip
together very impressive web apps is just a matter of seconds…
So… I’ll say go for it.
Joseph Hill was (is) a member of our LUG, he’s the real
deal. He’s a .net migrant to Linux and now Mono Project
Manager. He’s credible… and I’ve always enjoyed his
NON-FUD presentations on why Mono is a good thing (as it
brings a LOT of Microsoft developers to Linux).
So, Mono or no-Mono (which sounds funny if you pronounce
Mono correctly), Mono helps bring more people to Linux and
FOSS. I say, enjoy and let us know how it all works out.
I’m not afraid to say I know a Microsoft developer that’s
now using Linux… not afraid at all!!!
Chris Cox wrote:
> dragonbite wrote:
>> I am realizing that in a few months I am going to have to come up with a
>> system for managing an Auction.
>>
>> As an ASP.NET programmer during the day (and Linux user at night ) I
>> was thinking that by going with .NET I could probably code something up
>> pretty quickly.
>>
>> Then it got me thinking, what about an openSUSE Server running Apache
>> and mod_Mono plus either a MySQL or PostgreSQL database (instead of SQL
>> Server)? I would probably end up using Visual Studio (Express) for the
>> actual development.
>>
>> Anybody have any (constructive) suggestions or experience? Any
>> "gotcha"s I should keep an eye out for? Or does this sound like it
>> won’t work, and I should just look at using Windows (XP pro) instead? I
>> mean for the server, while the development will be on another machine.
>>
>>
>
> First, I’m NOT an asp.net developer, nor plain ole .net, C# etc…
>
> However, I have seen people that ARE… and they use MonoDevelop
> and they seem to be pretty comfortable and they are able to whip
> together very impressive web apps is just a matter of seconds…
>
> So… I’ll say go for it.
>
> Joseph Hill was (is) a member of our LUG, he’s the real
> deal. He’s a .net migrant to Linux and now Mono Project
> Manager. He’s credible… and I’ve always enjoyed his
> NON-FUD presentations on why Mono is a good thing (as it
> brings a LOT of Microsoft developers to Linux).
>
> So, Mono or no-Mono (which sounds funny if you pronounce
> Mono correctly), Mono helps bring more people to Linux and
> FOSS. I say, enjoy and let us know how it all works out.
>
> I’m not afraid to say I know a Microsoft developer that’s
> now using Linux… not afraid at all!!!
) I was thinking that by going with .NET I could probably code something up pretty quickly.