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   2 * Resources
   3
   4         There are a number of resources available for those of you who
   5         want to contribute to the Mono project.  Here are a few links.
   6
   7         If you want to send suggestions for links, address them to <a
   8         mailto="web-mono@ximian.com">web-mono@ximian.com</a>.
   9
  10 ** ECMA Documentation.
  11
  12         You can get the documentation for the ECMA specs from a number of sites:
  13         <ul>
  14                 * <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/net/ecma">At MSDN</a>
  15                 * <a href="http://www.dotnetexperts.com">Dot Net Experts</a>
  16                 * <a href="http://developer.intel.com/software/idap/ecma">Intel</a>
  17                 * <a href="http://lightning.csse.monash.edu.au/.net/CLI">Monash University</a>
  18         </ul>
  19
  20         These contain specifications for the assembler, the metadata,
  21         byte codes supported by the CLI virtual machine, the C#
  22         language and the core class libraries.
  23
  24         For details on the .NET class libraries, you can
  25         visit the Microsoft's Developer Network:
  26
  27         <ul>
  28                 * <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/cpref_start.asp">.NET Framework Class Library</a>
  29         </ul>
  30
  31         You can also get this information if you install the Beta2
  32         release of the .NET Framework.
  33
  34 <a name="mailing">
  35 ** Mailing Lists
  36
  37         There are a number of mailing lists for Mono
  38
  39         <ul>
  40
  41                 * <b><a
  42         href="http://mail.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list">mono-list:</a></b>
  43         The general Mono discussion list.
  44                 * <b><a
  45         href="http://mail.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-announce-list">mono-announce-list:</a></b>
  46         Announcements of Mono developments.
  47                 * <b><a
  48         href="http://mail.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-gc-list">mono-gc-list:</a></b>
  49         Discussion on the GC system of Mono.
  50                 * <b><a
  51         href="http://mail.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-cvs-list">mono-cvs-list:</a></b>
  52         Track the CVS activity of Mono on this mailing list.  You can get <a href="http://www.go-mono.com/snapshots">daily snapshots</a> as well.
  53                 * <b><a
  54         href="http://mail.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-docs-list">mono-docs-list:</a></b>
  55         Discussion on the documentation of Mono.
  56                 * <b><a
  57         href="http://discuss.develop.com/dotnet.html">Dotnet mailing
  58         list at Develop.com:</a></b> The guys at Develop Mentor run
  59         this general purpose mailing list.
  60         </ul>
  61
  62 ** Discussion Groups.
  63
  64         <ul>
  65
  66                 * <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com">O'Reilly
  67                   Network</a> has a <a
  68                   href="http://www.oreillynet.com/dotnet">section devoted to
  69                   .NET</a>
  70                 * <a
  71                   href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups">MSDN</a> also
  72                   lists various newsgroups related to .NET</ul>
  73         </ul>
  74
  75 ** Other .NET related projects
  76
  77         There are a number of related projects to Mono:
  78
  79         <ul>
  80                 * <a
  81                   href="http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/default.asp">Sharp
  82                   Develop:</a> an IDE for the C# language written in C#.
  83
  84                 * <a
  85                   href="http://janet-js.sourceforge.net/">Janet:</a>
  86                   an implemention of ECMAScript (the standarized
  87                   version of JavaScript) in C#
  88
  89                 * <a
  90                   href="http://www.southern-storm.com.au/portable_net.html">Portable.NET:</a>
  91                   Another implementation of the CLI and C# compiler.
  92
  93                 * <a href="http://nunit.sourceforge.net">NUnit:</a> A
  94                   testing framework for .NET classes.
  95
  96                 * <a href="http://www.kaffe.org">Kaffe:</a> A popular
  97                   Free Software JIT engine for Java.
  98
  99                 * <a href="http://www.intel.com/research/mrl/orp">ORP:</a> A research
 100                   JIT/VM/GC system from Intel.
 101         </ul>
 102
 103 ** GNOME Documentation
 104
 105         Documnetation on GNOME, and the GNOME APIs is available from
 106         the <a href="http://developer.gnome.org">developer</a> site at
 107         GNOME:
 108
 109         <ul>
 110                 * <a href="http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/">GNOME
 111         API documentation</a>
 112
 113                 * <a href="http://developer.gnome.org/doc/books">GNOME
 114         Online books</a>
 115
 116                 * <A
 117         href="http://developer.gnome.org/arch/">Architecture Overview</a>
 118         </ul>
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