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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.
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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-docs-list">mono-docs-list:</a></b>
49         Discussion on the documentation of Mono.
50                 * <b><a
51         href="http://discuss.develop.com/dotnet.html">Dotnet mailing
52         list at Develop.com:</a></b> The guys at Develop Mentor run
53         this general purpose mailing list.
54         </ul>
55
56 ** Discussion Groups.
57
58         <ul>
59         
60                 * <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com">O'Reilly
61                   Network</a> has a <a
62                   href="http://www.oreillynet.com/dotnet">section devoted to
63                   .NET</a>
64                 * <a
65                   href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups">MSDN</a> also
66                   lists various newsgroups related to .NET</ul>
67         </ul>
68
69 ** Other .NET related projects
70
71         There are a number of related projects to Mono:
72
73         <ul>
74                 * <a
75                   href="http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/default.asp">Sharp
76                   Develop:</a> an IDE for the C# language written in C#.
77
78                 * <a
79                   href="http://www.southern-storm.com.au/portable_net.html">Portable.NET:</a>
80
81                 * <a href="http://nunit.sourceforge.net">NUnit:</a> A
82                 testing framework for .NET classes.
83
84                 * <a href="http://www.kaffe.org">Kaffe:</a> A popular
85                   Free Software JIT engine for Java.
86
87                 * <a href="http://www.intel.com/research/mrl/orp">ORP:</a> A research
88 JIT/VM/GC system from Intel.
89         </ul>
90
91 ** GNOME Documentation
92
93         Documnetation on GNOME, and the GNOME APIs is available from
94         the <a href="http://developer.gnome.org">developer</a> site at
95         GNOME:
96
97         <ul>
98                 * <a href="http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/">GNOME
99         API documentation</a>
100
101                 * <a href="http://developer.gnome.org/doc/books">GNOME
102         Online books</a>
103
104                 * <A
105         href="http://developer.gnome.org/arch/">Architecture Overview</a>
106         </ul>
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