title: ASP.NET MVC, MonoDevelop and Windows
body: <p>According to <em>Miguel de Icaza</em> posts (<a href="http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2009/May-05-1.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> and <a href="http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2009/May-06.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>) and <em>Lluis Sanchez Gual</em> post (<a href="http://foodformonkeys.blogspot.com/2009/05/monodevelop-on-windows.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/slluis" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>) MonoDevelop for Windows will be ready soon. Personally I'm very interesed in using MonoDevelop under Windows for developing open source projects for ASP.NET MVC. Yes, it's better to work in MonoDevelop under Linux but for many reasons I can not simply stop using Windows (IIS7 is one of these reasons - today it is much better for ASP.NET than XSP).</p>
  
  <p><strong>Question N1:</strong> Would somebody ever try developing something in ASP.NET MVC using MonoDevelop on Windows when it will be released?</p>
  
  <p><strong>Question N2:</strong> Are there any advantages in using MonoDevelop on Windows as opposed to Visual Web Developer Express 2008?</p>
  
  <p><strong>Question N3:</strong> Both IDE (MonoDevelop and VWD Express) are free, but which is actually preferable/better for open source developing and why (it is <strong>very</strong> interesting for me)?</p>
  
  <p><strong>EDITED:</strong></p>
  
  <p>Yes, I am using full Visual Studio 2008 Pro and it's a great IDE. But it can not be used for open source developing - I think it is nonsense. I've actually paid for it - but I can't expect it from users of my library. So I can choose only Mono Develop or VWD Express? (see <strong>Question N3</strong>)</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>