After upgrading to monodevelop 5.3 from git I could no longer load asp projects. I always received the following error.
Could not load type ‘MonoDevelop.AspNet.AspNetAppProject’ from assembly ‘MonoDevelop.AspNet
There is a quick fix. Disable and renable the monodevelop asp add-ins.
Tools -> Add-in Manager ->Web Development Disable and enable all web add-ins. Reload your solution and it should work.
Requirements Ubuntu 14.04 +, mono-devel installed
sudo apt-get mono-devel
First make sure you have monodevelop build dependencies installed. This is missing from the official instructions and will keep you from hunting down all required build packages.
sudo apt-get build-dep monodevelop
Next follow the instructions found at https://github.com/mono/monodevelop/tree/master but use config options like below to avoid overwritting the default monodevelop packages with ubuntu.
git submodule update --init --recursive
export EnableNuGetPackageRestore=true ;
./configure --prefix=/opt/majorsilence/monodevelop --profile=stable ; make
make run
See http://www.webupd8.org/2010/01/how-to-create-deb-package-ubuntu-debian.html
Below is a bash script that will automatically configure nginx to work with mono to display mvc5 razor or web form sites.
Note that the script assumes you have a clean install. If the default nginx config file as been modified this will not work.
You will need to replace “examplesite.com” with the name of your site.
Tools used:
The scripts installs nginx, mono, modifies the nginx default config file to support mono fastcgi and creates an upstart service to start and monitor the site.
For more details see the following pages.
configuremono()
{
apt-get install -y mono-devel libmono-sqlite4.0-cil sqlite3 libmysql6.4-cil
echo "configure /etc/mono/registry for use with MVC5"
rm -rf /etc/mono/registry
mkdir /etc/mono/registry
mkdir /etc/mono/registry/LocalMachine
chmod g+rwx /etc/mono/registry/
chmod g+rwx /etc/mono/registry/LocalMachine
}
configurenginxbasic()
{
apt-get install -y nginx mono-fastcgi-server
rm -rf /var/www
mkdir /var/www
ln -fs /vagrant/published-site /var/www/examplesite.com
# clear default site contents
# cp /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default-backup
> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
# config server port 80 with mono
echo "server {" >> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
echo "listen 80 default_server;" >> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
echo "listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;" >> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
echo "root /var/www/examplesite.com/;" >> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
echo "index index.html index.htm default.aspx Default.aspx Index.aspx index.aspx;" >> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
echo "server_name www.examplesite.com;" >> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
echo "location / {" >> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
echo "root /var/www/examplesite.com/;" >> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
echo "fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;" >> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
echo "include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;" >> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
echo "index index.html index.htm default.aspx Default.aspx Index.aspx index.aspx;" >> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
echo "}" >> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
echo "}" >> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
#\ntry_files $uri $uri/ =404;
service nginx reload
# upstart service script
touch /etc/nginx/startexamplesite
echo "#!/bin/bash" >> /etc/nginx/startexamplesite
echo "fastcgi-mono-server4 /applications=/:/var/www/examplesite.com/ /socket=tcp:127.0.0.1:9000" >> /etc/nginx/startexamplesite
# group www-data will need access and execute permissions for the upstart service to be able to bring up fast cgi
# See https://github.com/ServiceStack/ServiceStack/wiki/Run-ServiceStack-in-Fastcgi-hosted-on-nginx
chgrp www-data /etc/nginx/startexamplesite
chmod g+rwx /etc/nginx/startexamplesite
#fastcgi-mono-server4 /applications=/:/var/www/examplesite.com/ /socket=unix:/tmp/fastcgi.socket
#fastcgi-mono-server4 /applications=/:/var/www/examplesite.com/ /socket=tcp:127.0.0.1:9000
touch /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "#!upstart" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "description \"example site services\"" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "author \"Peter\"" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "start on startup" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "stop on shutdown" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "respawn" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "script" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "echo \$\$ > /var/run/examplesite.pid" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "exec /etc/nginx/startexamplesite 2>&1" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "end script" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "pre-start script" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "echo \"[`date`] (sys) Starting\" >> /var/log/examplesite.sys.log" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "end script" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "pre-stop script" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "rm /var/run/examplesite.pid" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "echo \"[`date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%T.%3NZ`] (sys) Stopping\" >> /var/log/examplesite.sys.log" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "end script" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
service examplesite start
#bash /etc/nginx/startexamplesite &
service nginx start
}
configuremono
configurenginxbasic
If you want to see how to create an initial mvc5 razor site see https://www.majorsilence.com/ubuntu_14.04_monodevelop_mvc5_project.
Creating a new mvc5 project on ubuntu 14.04 with the version of monodevelop (4.0.12) included is not fun. It does not have an option for mvc 5 and when you attempt to create a mvc3 site there is an error stating it is missing templates needed to create the project.
To work around this and other problems I have created a base example project that I can use whenever I need a new mvc razor site.
The example site can be cloned from https://github.com/majorsilence/AspMvc5Mono.
If you want to host the site using nginx see https://www.majorsilence.com/ubuntu_14.04_mvc5_with_razor_and_nginx.
Running fitnesse on ubuntu linux using mono is very simple. Follow the following instructions and you should have it running in 5 minutes.
See http://schuchert.wikispaces.com/Acceptance+Testing.UsingSlimDotNetInFitN... for more detailed instructions.
For a working example see https://github.com/majorsilence/FitnesseMono.
Create a folder called fitnesse. Place the fitnesse-standalone.jar file in it. Inside the fitnesse folder create a folder called nslim. Unzip the contents of fitsharp into it.
Also in the fitnesse folder areate a runner.sh file and place the following in it. Make the script executable with chmod +x runner.sh.
#!/usr/bin/env bash
/usr/bin/mono ./nslim/Runner.exe $@
Also in the fitnesse folder create a start.sh file and place the following in it. Make the script executable with chmod +x start.sh.
#!/usr/bin/env bash
java -jar fitnesse-standalone.jar -p 8075 -e 0
I am assuming this is being committed to a git or subversion repo. The -e 0 tells it to not store history in zip files as it will be stored using git.
When the wiki is running you can open firefox or chrome and access it at localhost:8075. Create a new page and paste in the following.
Please not that due to some markdown problems line 3 below should not have a \ character anywhere.
!contents -R2 -g -p -f -h
!define TEST_SYSTEM {slim}
!define COMMAND_PATTERN \{\%m -r fitSharp.Slim.Service.Runner,./nslim/fitSharp.dll \%p\}
!define TEST_RUNNER {./runner.sh}
!path ../FitnesseTests/bin/Debug/FitnesseTests.dll
|import|
|slim_example|
!|Create Shows|5/6/2009 |
|Name |Episode |Channel|Start Time|Duration|Id? |
|House |Wilson Gets Mad |8 |19:00 |60 | House:8|
|Chuck |He Gets Kung Fu Power |9 |19:00 |60 | Chuck:9|
|Dr. Phil |Episode #405:Teens in Trouble|3 |16:00 |60 | Dr. Phil:3|
|Dr. Who |Yet another doctor |12 |20:00 |30 |$lastProgram=|
After creating the above test page you may need to edit the page properties to make it a test. Load the page -> Tools -> Properties. Under page type make sure Test is checked and click Save Properties.
In a c# project file paste in.
using System;
namespace slim_example
{
public class CreateShows
{
public String ProgramDate { get; set; }
public String Name { get; set; }
public String Episode { get; set; }
public int Channel { get; set; }
public String StartTime { get; set; }
public int Duration { get; set; }
public String LastId { get; set; }
public CreateShows(string programDate)
{
ProgramDate = programDate;
}
public void Execute()
{
Console.WriteLine("Hi");
LastId = string.Format("{0}:{1}", Name, Channel);
}
public String Id()
{
return LastId;
}
}
}