== MonoDevelop ==

MonoDevelop is the IDE for the Xamarin Mono project. It was initially created as a fork of #develop.

It has its own site at http://www.monodevelop.com/

We have an add-in to provide Cobra support including syntax highlighting, compilation and interactive debugging:
 * https://github.com/ramon-rocha/MonoDevelop.CobraBinding

Videos
 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffWWVd7bEM4&hd=1 (4:36)

Discussion at:
 * http://cobra-language.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=986
 * http://cobra-language.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=977

== Windows Users ==

If you are running 64-bit Windows, you'll need to install Cobra targeting the x86 platform.  See the addin installation instructions for details.

== Mac Users ==

You can download preview builds at http://monodevelop.com/files/MacOSX/trunk-builds/ which are sometimes in better shape than the last official release.

(2012-08-27) I think support for Mac users has improved and the official releases might be the way to go now.  I don't have a Mac so I can't verify but if so then this section can be removed - nerdzero

(2010-11-13) I'm currently having my best experience with the 2010-10-26 build from http://monodevelop.com/files/MacOSX/trunk-builds/  (The 2010-11-12 build was too buggy--couldn't even use File > Open.) - CharlesEsterbrook

(2009-12-03) Consider getting !MonoDevelop at http://monodevelop.com/Download/Mac_MonoTouch which reports itself as an RC. For some reason, the normal !MonoDevelop download page is offering Beta 2 instead the RC.


== Ubuntu Users ==

If you're on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and using MonoDevelop 2.8, you can either update to MonoDevelop 3.0 via this PPA:
 * PPA: https://launchpad.net/~keks9n/+archive/monodevelop-latest

Build the latest MonoDevelop from source:
 * https://github.com/mono/monodevelop

Or you can download a snapshot of the 2.8 addin code:
 * https://github.com/ramon-rocha/MonoDevelop.CobraBinding/tarball/2.8


== See Also ==

 * [wiki:IDESupport IDE Support]
 * [http://lists.ximian.com/pipermail/monodevelop-list/2010-January/011003.html MonoDevelop add-in creation starter tips]
 * MonoTouch