1. COMP 170 – Introduction to Object Oriented Programming
Dr. Robert Yacobellis
Instructor, Department of Computer Science 1

2. Installing COMP 170 Software
Installing and Verifying Mono Project and Xamarin Studio on Mac OS X and Windows
Using provided installers from LUC Box
Verifying that the software installed properly
Using the examples folder in Xamarin Studio
Opening as a “Solution” in Xamarin Studio

3. Installing Mono Project and Xamarin Studio
All required installers for COMP 170 are in a shared LUC Box folder at this URL:
There are zip files for Mac OS X and Windows with numbered installer files – execute them in that order
You should be using OS X Mountain Lion or later on a Mac
If you have Win 7 or later you may not need to install .NET
The installers install the Mono Project “software development kit” (SDK) and the Xamarin Studio “integrated development environment” (IDE)
See the next slides for how to verify that they installed properly

4. Verifying Mono Project
On Mac OS X, open a Terminal window*; on Windows press the Windows key and start typing Mono, then select Mono Command Prompt
First type mono and press enter – you should see a usage message
Then type mcs and enter – you should see an error message saying No files to compile were specified
Last, type csharp and enter – you should see a few lines of text and csharp>; type quit; and enter to exit
If all of these work, the Mono SDK is properly installed
* Use Spotlight to find the OS X Terminal App

5. Verifying Xamarin Studio
On Mac OS X, Xamarin Studio is in Applications; on Windows press the Windows key and start typing Xamarin, then select Xamarin Studio
Click New Solution in the Xamarin window, then select C# on the left and Console Project on the right
Enter hello as the Name, test as the Solution; click OK
You will now see a window with a Solution “Pad” on the left and a file Program.cs open in an editor window; you can now close Xamarin Studio
When you open Xamarin Studio again you will see the test Solution as a choice on the Welcome page

6. Using the examples Folder in Xamarin Studio
Opening the examples folder as a “Solution”
Run Xamarin Studio
On Windows, press the Windows key, start typing Xamarin, and select Xamarin Studio when that name appears; on a Mac, select Xamarin Studio in the Applications directory
Click Open and navigate to your examples folder / directory, scroll down, and select examples.sln by double-clicking it or clicking it and pressing Enter
You should now see all of the “Project” folders within that examples “Solution”, available to experiment with
If you select View  Welcome Page or open Xamarin Studio again, the examples “Solution” will appear there from now on

7. Installing COMP 170 Software
Installing and Verifying Mono Project and Xamarin Studio on Mac OS X and Windows
Using provided installers from LUC Box
Verifying that the software installed properly
Using the examples folder in Xamarin Studio
Opening as a “Solution” in Xamarin Studio