* The only booThek that shows how to build cross-platform.NET applications: provides hands-on experience with the revolutionary Mono and Portable.NET projects on Linux and Mac OS X. * Describes how to build cross-platform GUIs that run on any.NET implementation. * Promotes best practices through the use of design patterns and automated testing and building tools, such as NUnit and NAnt.

Jason King is a senior programmer and computer consultant who has worked with.NET since its first release. In the past, King also worked with Linux and Mac OS X, making him an ideal author for a book spanning three different sets of tools on three different operating systems. Like Mark Easton, King too has a deliciously twisted sense of humor.