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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 ** Microsoft .NET
  11
  12         The <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework">Microsoft.NET site.</a>
  13
  14         The Microsoft .NET Framework can be downloaded <a
  15         href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/downloads/list/netdevframework.asp">here</a>
  16
  17         New methods that are not documented in 1.0, are documented <a
  18         href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dndotnet/html/framewrkaddend.asp">here</a>
  19
  20         The changes between .NET 1.0 and .NET 1.1 are available <a href="http://www.csharphelp.com/archives2/archive406.html">here</a>
  21
  22 ** IRC
  23
  24         Various Mono contributors get together on channel #mono on
  25         irc.gnome.org
  26
  27 ** Mono related sites.
  28
  29         The Mono Tutorial:
  30
  31         <a href="http://go-mono.com/tutorial/">GNOME.NET Tutorial</a>
  32
  33         and other useful tutorials (Gtk#, Glade#, Embeded, etc) (in Spanish) at
  34
  35         <a href="http://www.monohispano.org">The Mono Hispano site</a>.
  36
  37         Community site for Mono at <a href="http://www.gotmono.com">Got Mono</a>
  38
  39         Wikis: <a href="http://www.nullenvoid.com/gtksharp/wiki">Gtk# Wiki</a>
  40         and <a href="http://www.nullenvoid.com/mono/wiki">Mono Wiki</a>.
  41
  42         Sergey's web page on Mono resources:
  43
  44         <a href="http://mono.eurosoft.od.ua">http://mono.eurosoft.od.ua</a>
  45
  46         Got Dot Net:
  47
  48         <a href="http://www.gotdotnet.com">Got Dot Net</a>
  49
  50         Got Mono:
  51
  52         <a href="http://www.gotmono.com">Got Mono</a>
  53
  54         MonoMail:
  55
  56         <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/monomail/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/monomail/</a>
  57
  58         Zip classes:
  59
  60         Mike's port to .NET: <a
  61         href="http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/NZipLib/default.asp">NZipLib</a>
  62
  63         .NET Security:
  64
  65         A nice overview paper on the <a
  66         href="http://www.foundstone.com/pdf/dotnet-security-framework.pdf">.NET
  67         security architecture</a>.
  68
  69 ** Development Tools
  70
  71         A tool to compare two assemblies:
  72
  73         <ul>
  74                 <li><a href="http://www.gotdotnet.com/userarea/keywordsrch.aspx?keyword=winchurn">http://www.gotdotnet.com/userarea/keywordsrch.aspx?keyword=winchurn</a>
  75         </ul>
  76
  77 ** ECMA Documentation.
  78
  79         You can get the documentation for the ECMA specs from:
  80
  81         <ul>
  82                 * <a href="http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-334.HTM">C# Language Specification</a>
  83                 * <a href="http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-335.HTM">Common Language Infrastructure</a>
  84         </ul>
  85
  86
  87         Older copies of the standard are available here:
  88
  89         <ul>
  90                 * <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/net/ecma">At MSDN</a>
  91                 * <a href="http://www.dotnetexperts.com">Dot Net Experts</a>
  92                 * <a href="http://lightning.csse.monash.edu.au/.net/CLI">Monash University</a>
  93         </ul>
  94
  95         These contain specifications for the assembler, the metadata,
  96         byte codes supported by the CLI virtual machine, the C#
  97         language and the core class libraries.
  98
  99         For details on the .NET class libraries, you can
 100         visit the Microsoft's Developer Network:
 101
 102         <ul>
 103                 * <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/cpref_start.asp">.NET Framework Class Library</a>
 104         </ul>
 105
 106         You can also get this information if you install the Beta2
 107         release of the .NET Framework.
 108
 109 ** Discussion Groups.
 110
 111         <ul>
 112
 113                 * <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com">O'Reilly
 114                   Network</a> has a <a
 115                   href="http://www.oreillynet.com/dotnet">section devoted to
 116                   .NET</a>
 117                 * <a
 118                   href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups">MSDN</a> also
 119                   lists various newsgroups related to .NET</ul>
 120         </ul>
 121
 122 ** Other .NET related projects
 123
 124         There are a number of related projects to Mono:
 125
 126         <li><b>Development tools</b></li>
 127         <ul>
 128                 * <a
 129                   href="http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/default.asp">Sharp
 130                   Develop:</a> an IDE for the C# language written in C#.
 131
 132                 * <a href="http://nunit.sourceforge.net">NUnit:</a> A
 133                   testing framework for .NET classes.
 134
 135                 * <a
 136                   href="http://xmarks.sourceforge.net/doc.html">XMarks DOC.NET:</a> For
 137                   creating online documentation you can browse for your own classes.
 138
 139                 * <a
 140                   href="http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~jds31/research/gccnet/">GCC .NET backend</a>.
 141
 142                   Jeremy Singer has developed a .NET backend for GCC.  This is research work.
 143         </ul>
 144
 145         <li><b>Class Libraries</b></li>
 146         <ul>
 147                 * <a href="http://cs-sdl.sourceforge.net/">SDL for
 148                 .NET:</a> Bindings for the popular SDL graphics library.
 149
 150
 151                 * C# bindings for OpenGL and SDL are available here: <a
 152                   href="http://csgl.sourceforge.net">http://csgl.sourceforge.net</a>
 153
 154                 * <a
 155                   href="http://qtcsharp.sourceforge.net">Qt#:</a>
 156                   C# bindings for the Qt toolkit.
 157
 158                 * <a
 159                   href="http://codigolivre.org.br/projects/monoqle">Project MonoQLE:</a> a C# Message Queue Server.
 160                   Sorry only in portuguese, for now.
 161
 162         </ul>
 163
 164         <li><b>Programming languages:</b></li>
 165         <ul>
 166                 * <a
 167                   href="http://janet-js.sourceforge.net/">Janet:</a>
 168                   an implemention of ECMAScript (the standarized
 169                   version of JavaScript) in C#
 170         </ul>
 171
 172         <li><b>Other projects</b></li>
 173         <ul>
 174                 * <a
 175                   href="http://www.improve-technologies.com/alpha/esharp/">Eclipse
 176                   Plugin for C#</a>
 177
 178                 * <a href="http://www.kaffe.org">Kaffe:</a> A popular
 179                   Free Software JIT engine for Java.
 180
 181                 * <a href="http://www.intel.com/research/mrl/orp">ORP:</a> A research
 182                   JIT/VM/GC system from Intel.
 183
 184                 * <a
 185                   href="http://www.southern-storm.com.au/portable_net.html">Portable.NET:</a>
 186                   Another implementation of the CLI and C# compiler.
 187         </ul>
 188
 189 ** GNOME Documentation
 190
 191         Documentation on GNOME, and the GNOME APIs is available from
 192         the <a href="http://developer.gnome.org">developer</a> site at
 193         GNOME:
 194
 195         <ul>
 196                 * <a href="http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/">GNOME
 197         API documentation</a>
 198
 199                 * <a href="http://developer.gnome.org/doc/books">GNOME
 200         Online books</a>
 201
 202                 * <A
 203         href="http://developer.gnome.org/arch/">Architecture Overview</a>
 204         </ul>
 205
 206 ** Assembly Language Manuals online
 207
 208         <ul>
 209                 * <a href="http://www.agner.org/assem/#optimize">
 210         Pentium optimization tutorial</a> by Agner Fog
 211
 212                 * <a href="http://webster.cs.ucr.edu/">
 213         Art of Assembly</a> (x86 only)
 214
 215                 * Documentation for various CPUs
 216         (<a href="http://www.mit.edu/afs/sipb/contrib/doc/specs/ic/cpu/">
 217         x86, IA64, MIPS, ARM, Alpha</a>)
 218
 219                 * <a href="http://www.heyrick.co.uk/assembler/">
 220         ARM Assembler</a> tutorial
 221
 222                 * PowerPC
 223         <a href="http://www-3.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/852569B20050FF7785256996007558C6">
 224         Compiler Writer's Guide</a>
 225
 226                 * <a href="http://www.lightsoft.co.uk/Fantasm/Beginners/begin1.html">
 227         Beginners Guide to PowerPC Assembler</a>
 228         </ul>
 229
 230 ** Win32
 231
 232         <ul>
 233                 * Win32 <a href="http://www.jorgon.freeserve.co.uk/ExceptFrame.htm">
 234         Structured Exception Handling (SEH)</a> internals (x86 specific)
 235         </ul>