With MonoTouch, you can leverage your existing .NET C# skill set to create functional iPhone applications that you can also sell in the iPhone App Store. During this presentation, Michael will be giving an overview of MonoTouch, a brief introduction to Mono, the framework that MonoTouch is built on, and will even rebuild the Twitter search application that be built last month using C# and MonoTouch.

1. Intro to iPhone
Development
with
MonoTouch
by Michael Koby

2. What is Mono?

3. What is Mono?

4. What is Mono?
• C# Compiler

5. What is Mono?
• C# Compiler
• Runtime (CLR & DLR)

6. What is Mono?
• C# Compiler
• Runtime (CLR & DLR)
• Cross Platform

7. What is Mono?
Cross Platform

8. Cross Platform

9. Cross Platform

10. Cross Platform

11. But the Patents!

12. But the Patents!
• ECMA/ISO Standards (C# & Compiler)

13. But the Patents!
• ECMA/ISO Standards (C# & Compiler)
• Code covered under Microsoft Community
Promise

14. But the Patents!
• ECMA/ISO Standards (C# & Compiler)
• Code covered under Microsoft Community
Promise
• Variety of Open Source Licenses

15. But the Patents!
• ECMA/ISO Standards (C# & Compiler)
• Code covered under Microsoft Community
Promise
• Variety of Open Source Licenses
• http://mono-framework.com/
FAQ:_Licensing#Patents

16. How do we use C# to
develop mobile apps?

18. MonoTouch
Image taken from http://blog.xamarin.com/
Mono for Android

19. Resources
Xamarin
http://www.xamarin.com
Xamarin Docs
http://docs.xamarin.com/ios
http://docs.xamarin.com/android

20. Limitations

21. Limitations
• MonoTouch is Mac Only

22. Limitations
• MonoTouch is Mac Only
• Mono for Android isn’t 100% complete

23. Limitations
• MonoTouch is Mac Only
• Mono for Android isn’t 100% complete
• http://docs.xamarin.com/ios/about/
limitations

24. Limitations
• MonoTouch is Mac Only
• Mono for Android isn’t 100% complete
• http://docs.xamarin.com/ios/about/
limitations
• http://docs.xamarin.com/android/about/
limitations

25. Twitter Search App

26. Twitter Search App

27. Twitter Search App

28. http://spkr8.com/t/9027

30. http://www.codemav.com/mkoby