Here is a simple application that will log to console and syslog demon. On Windows platform we can use free edition of Kiwi Syslog Server. On Linux application will use both local and remote syslog. As a logger library I use NLog.
Sample solution can be downloaded from here https://github.com/mchudinov/LoggingNLog. It is compatible with Visual Studio 2012, Mono Develop 5, and Xamarin Studio 5.
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How to make a Linux-demon from a .NET Mono application.
Sample solution is available for download here https://github.com/mchudinov/ServiceDemon.
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How to package a Mono (.NET) applications for Debian-based Linux in command line. Packaging process can be easily automated on Continues Integration Server.
Package building workflow is quite simple:
Build process will be controlled by MSBuild project file and run from a continues integrations server. MSBuild on Mono platform is substituted by xbuild utility.
Sample solution is available for download here https://github.com/mchudinov/PackagingMono. Solution is compatible with Visual Studio 2012, MonoDevelop/Xamarin Studio 5.
This is my third blogpost about automation of development workflow with Mono. Automated building and versioning were covered in my previous posts:
Here is a simple application that logs to console. Logging is programmed with Aspect Oriented Programming paradigm as an aspect using PostSharp. As a logger library I use log4net.
Sample solution can be downloaded from here https://github.com/mchudinov/LoggingPostSharp. It is compatible with Visual Studio 2012, MonoDevelop 5, and Xamarin Studio 5.
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Here is a simple application that will log to console and syslog demon. On Windows platform we can use free edition of Kiwi Syslog Server. On Linux application will use both local and remote syslog. As a logger library I use log4net.
Sample solution can be downloaded from here https://github.com/mchudinov/Logging. It is compatible with Visual Studio 2012, Mono Develop 5, and Xamarin Studio 5.
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Setup: Windows – .NET 4.5, Linux – Mono 3, Mint 17 (based on Ubuntu 14). I need to build and test .NET application from command line and on CI server.
Sample solution can be downloaded from here https://github.com/mchudinov/BuildingTesting. Solution is compatible with MonoDevelop 5, Xamarin Studio 5 and Visual Studio 2012,2013,2015.
1. Building in command line
There are two standard command line building tools for .NET: MSBuild on Windows and xbuild on Linux/Mono. xbuild build files are compatible (with some exceptions) with MSBuild files.
We need at least 4 simple steps (targets as they called in MSBuild terminology) to build a .NET solution:
The standard software stack for a .NET developer is
All these components are quite pricey. But there are free alternatives. And with my recent project I decided to use alternative software for development and production in .NET, all totally free.
Sample solution can be downloaded from here https://github.com/mchudinov/EF6MySQL
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