Practical Monooffers a detailed portrait of Mono and its many facets. You#151;ll learn about building GUI-based applications with Gtk#, database interaction with ADO. NET, and powerful applications with XML and web services. By embracing this implementation, you can take advantage of the powerful development paradigm, building Internet-enabled cross-platform applications based on open source technologies. This book includes a primer on C#, so even if you#151;re a novice .NET programmer, you will still gain plenty from this practical guide. | Practical Mono by Mark Mamone, Paperback | Indigo Chapters