MonoGame - What You Need, and Where To Get It…
Development Environment
You’re going to need an IDE. If you’ve been developing for a while, you probably already have one of your own, or at least a preference. If you’re completely new to all of this, then it comes down to your choice of operating system.
If you’re running Windows, get Visual Studio 2015 Community. It’s free, and quite good.
If you’re running MacOS, the process is a little more involved, so follow these steps.
MonoGame
You’re going to need a copy of MonoGame, of course, but you’ll need to choose between the installer and the source code. If you’re just getting started, stick with the official installer! Once you’re up to speed, then you can consider pulling down the latest source and either contributing, or modifying it to suit your own purposes.
As of this writing, the latest official release of MonoGame is v3.5.1. there’s a brand new version!! You can find installers for the IDE and platform of your choice here: http://www.monogame.net/2017/03/01/monogame-3-6/
That’s it for now. In the next post, I’ll take a look at the sample projects. If you came directly to this page, you can find the complete list of articles here.