Novell adds debugger to Mono to help Windows apps get to Linux

"We did not have a debugger story," says Miguel de Icaza, vice president of the developer platform at Novell and the creator of Mono. "People had to fly by instruments when developing their applications with .Net and wanting to deploy them on a Linux server. Now we have a full debugger that people can use from the comfort of their Windows machines with Visual Studio and deploy their applications on remote Linux machines."

Mono Tools adds a pull-down menu within Visual Studio that gives access to the debugging capabilities and other coding and testing functionality contained in Mono. The software also includes an integrated porting analysis tools that directs users onto non-Windows platforms without needing to know any of the development nuances for those platforms.

Mono Tools for Visual Studio is available in three editions. The Professional Edition for individuals is $99, while the Enterprise Edition (one developer per organization) is $249, and the Ultimate Edition is $2,499. The Ultimate Edition includes a limited commercial license to redistribute Mono on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. It also provides five enterprise developer licenses.

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