3 There are many pending classes that need to be implemented. Those have
4 the highest impact in the Mono project: the sooner they are done,
5 the sooner we can start using this platform to create new and
8 That being said, if you are not very excited about working on class
9 libraries, here is a list of other related projects or tools that might
10 be useful to the Mono project.
12 Here are a few ideas of tools, classes and projects that you
13 could start. More are forthcoming.
22 TODO=jxta,The JXTA Peer to Peer foundation
23 * Implement a JXTA protocol implementation:
24 <a href="http://www.jxta.org">http://www.jxta.org</a>
27 * Implement a Mail API, similar to Camel or JavaMail (Camel has
28 significant architecture features that are required on a real
31 You can check the current C
32 <a href="http://cvs.gnome.org/bonsai/rview.cgi?dir=evolution%2Fcamel">
33 Camel implementation</a>.
35 Such an implementation could be used both with
36 Microsoft .NET and Mono.
39 * Interfacing to Multimedia systems. You might want
40 to look into the Quicktime API. I know <a
41 href="mailto:vladimir@ximian.com">Vladimir</a> has
42 researched the problem before
49 This list of projects ideas is outdated
51 TODO=guavac,Java compiler for .NET
52 * You could take one of the existing Java compilers
53 (Guavac comes to mind as it is so nice) and modify
54 it to generate .NET code rather than JVM byte
57 This should be a pretty straightforward task.
58 Guavac has the advantage of being written in C++ and
59 it could be compiled with the Microsoft Managed C++
60 compiler and produce a .NET executable with it.
62 TODO=Bonobo,Bonobo for Mono
63 * Once <a href="http://remoting-corba.sourceforge.net/">CORBA</a> is done, implement the Bonobo interfaces
64 to allow people to use Bonobo components in Mono and
65 Mono components with Bonobo. The best of both worlds!
67 TODO=moniker,Object Naming System with Monikers
68 * A naming space for Mono. An object naming space is
69 a very powerful tool. Bonobo implements a moniker
70 system that is more powerful than the original
71 moniker concept that was pioneered by COM/OLE in the
74 Our implementation builds on a concept, and we have
75 made it simpler, more powerful, more extensible and
76 a much better mechanism than the equivalent monikers
79 Implementing Mono monikers would benefit both
80 Windows users using .NET and Mono users on Unix and
84 href="http://primates.ximian.com/~miguel/monikers.html">an
85 overview of the moniker system</a> in Bonobo.