Software development requires much knowledge and time, but it is in high demand and well paid. Free development environment allows you to try yourself as a programmer or helps experienced specialists with practice.

MonoDevelop is one tool that will enable you to create your software. This program is available for several platforms, including Mac. We will tell you more about what it can offer the user.

What is this program?

MonoDevelop's free software system is intended for writing desktop and web applications C#, C, C++, Vala, CIL, Visual Basic .NET. Nemerie, Boo, Java. The project started to develop a long time ago and has strongly departed from its first versions, proving that the developers love their creativity and try to make development as convenient as possible for users. How exactly this is implemented, we will tell you below.

How the program simplifies development

MonoDevelop for Mac includes some convenient features that make the work easy for both beginners and experienced developers. Namely:

• syntax highlighting;

• code auto-completion;

• selection of code blocks with the ability to collapse/expand;

• support for plugins;

• class browser;

• built-in debugger;

• visual form designer;

• module testing;

• many standard templates;

• automatic creation of binary packages and archives upon compilation completion.

For Mac developers, such features are indispensable when writing complex code, not to mention the extensive list of primary functions MonoDevelop provides. But first things first.

Main functions

• Multi-platform IDE and custom projects;

• Support for many programming languages (C #, F #, Visual Basic .NET, C / C ++, Vala, JavaScript, TypeScript);

• Project templates for C #, Visual Basic, Boo, Java (IKVM), and C / C ++;

• Code auto-completion support for C #, code templates, code collapsing;

• Customizable window layouts, user-defined key bindings, external tools;

• Built-in debugger for debugging Mono and native applications;

• Built-in compiler;

• Availability of GTK # Visual Designer for the graphical building of GTK # user interfaces;

• ASP.NET web projects with support for code auto-completion and testing on XSP (Моno web server);

• Version control, make-file integration, module testing, packaging and deployment, and localization.