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   1
   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 ** Routine Tests
  11
  12         Various test results that are run continously on Mono are available
  13         at <a
  14         href="http://www.go-mono.com/tests/index.php">www.go-mono.com/tests/index.php</a>
  15
  16 ** Microsoft .NET
  17
  18         The <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework">Microsoft.NET site.</a>
  19
  20         The Microsoft .NET Framework can be downloaded <a
  21         href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/downloads/list/netdevframework.asp">here</a>
  22
  23         New methods that are not documented in 1.0, are documented <a
  24         href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dndotnet/html/framewrkaddend.asp">here</a>
  25
  26         The changes between .NET 1.0 and .NET 1.1 are available <a href="http://www.csharphelp.com/archives2/archive406.html">here</a>
  27
  28 ** IRC
  29
  30         Various Mono contributors get together on channel #mono on
  31         irc.gnome.org
  32
  33 ** International Sites
  34
  35         See our <a href="other.html">page</a> with information on Mono International Sites.
  36
  37 ** Mono related sites.
  38
  39         The Mono Tutorial:
  40
  41         <a href="http://go-mono.com/tutorial/">GNOME.NET Tutorial</a>
  42
  43         and other useful tutorials (Gtk#, Glade#, Embeded, etc) (in Spanish) at
  44
  45         <a href="http://www.monohispano.org">The Mono Hispano site</a>.
  46
  47         Community site for Mono at <a href="http://www.gotmono.com">Got Mono</a>
  48
  49         Wikis: <a href="http://www.nullenvoid.com/gtksharp/wiki">Gtk# Wiki</a>
  50         and <a href="http://www.nullenvoid.com/mono/wiki">Mono Wiki</a>.
  51
  52         Sergey's web page on Mono resources:
  53
  54         <a href="http://mono.eurosoft.od.ua">http://mono.eurosoft.od.ua</a>
  55
  56         Got Dot Net:
  57
  58         <a href="http://www.gotdotnet.com">Got Dot Net</a>
  59
  60         Got Mono:
  61
  62         <a href="http://www.gotmono.com">Got Mono</a>
  63
  64         Zip classes:
  65
  66         Mike's port to .NET: <a
  67         href="http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/NZipLib/default.asp">NZipLib</a>
  68
  69         .NET Security:
  70
  71         A nice overview paper on the <a
  72         href="http://www.foundstone.com/pdf/dotnet-security-framework.pdf">.NET
  73         security architecture</a>.
  74
  75 ** Development Tools
  76
  77         A tool to compare two assemblies:
  78
  79         <ul>
  80                 <li><a href="http://www.gotdotnet.com/userarea/keywordsrch.aspx?keyword=winchurn">http://www.gotdotnet.com/userarea/keywordsrch.aspx?keyword=winchurn</a>
  81         </ul>
  82
  83 ** ECMA Documentation.
  84
  85         You can get the documentation for the ECMA specs from:
  86
  87         <ul>
  88                 * <a href="http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-334.HTM">C# Language Specification</a>
  89                 * <a href="http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-335.HTM">Common Language Infrastructure</a>
  90         </ul>
  91
  92
  93         Older copies of the standard are available here:
  94
  95         <ul>
  96                 * <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/net/ecma">At MSDN</a>
  97                 * <a href="http://www.dotnetexperts.com">Dot Net Experts</a>
  98                 * <a href="http://lightning.csse.monash.edu.au/.net/CLI">Monash University</a>
  99         </ul>
 100
 101         These contain specifications for the assembler, the metadata,
 102         byte codes supported by the CLI virtual machine, the C#
 103         language and the core class libraries.
 104
 105         For details on the .NET class libraries, you can
 106         visit the Microsoft's Developer Network:
 107
 108         <ul>
 109                 * <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/cpref_start.asp">.NET Framework Class Library</a>
 110         </ul>
 111
 112         You can also get this information if you install the Beta2
 113         release of the .NET Framework.
 114
 115 ** Discussion Groups.
 116
 117         <ul>
 118
 119                 * <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com">O'Reilly
 120                   Network</a> has a <a
 121                   href="http://www.oreillynet.com/dotnet">section devoted to
 122                   .NET</a>
 123                 * <a
 124                   href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups">MSDN</a> also
 125                   lists various newsgroups related to .NET</ul>
 126         </ul>
 127
 128 ** Other .NET related projects
 129
 130         There are a number of related projects to Mono:
 131
 132         <li><b>Development tools</b></li>
 133         <ul>
 134                 * <a
 135                   href="http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/default.asp">Sharp
 136                   Develop:</a> an IDE for the C# language written in C#.
 137
 138                 * <a href="http://nunit.sourceforge.net">NUnit:</a> A
 139                   testing framework for .NET classes.
 140
 141                 * <a
 142                   href="http://xmarks.sourceforge.net/doc.html">XMarks DOC.NET:</a> For
 143                   creating online documentation you can browse for your own classes.
 144
 145                 * <a
 146                   href="http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~jds31/research/gccnet/">GCC .NET backend</a>.
 147
 148                   Jeremy Singer has developed a .NET backend for GCC.  This is research work.
 149         </ul>
 150
 151         <li><b>Class Libraries</b></li>
 152         <ul>
 153                 * <a href="http://cs-sdl.sourceforge.net/">SDL for
 154                 .NET:</a> Bindings for the popular SDL graphics library.
 155
 156
 157                 * C# bindings for OpenGL and SDL are available here: <a
 158                   href="http://csgl.sourceforge.net">http://csgl.sourceforge.net</a>
 159
 160                 * <a
 161                   href="http://qtcsharp.sourceforge.net">Qt#:</a>
 162                   C# bindings for the Qt toolkit.
 163
 164                 * <a
 165                   href="http://codigolivre.org.br/projects/monoqle">Project MonoQLE:</a> a C# Message Queue Server.
 166                   Sorry only in portuguese, for now.
 167
 168         </ul>
 169
 170         <li><b>Programming languages:</b></li>
 171         <ul>
 172                 * <a
 173                   href="http://janet-js.sourceforge.net/">Janet:</a>
 174                   an implemention of ECMAScript (the standarized
 175                   version of JavaScript) in C#
 176         </ul>
 177
 178         <li><b>Other projects</b></li>
 179         <ul>
 180                 * <a
 181                   href="http://www.improve-technologies.com/alpha/esharp/">Eclipse
 182                   Plugin for C#</a>
 183
 184                 * <a href="http://www.kaffe.org">Kaffe:</a> A popular
 185                   Free Software JIT engine for Java.
 186
 187                 * <a href="http://www.intel.com/research/mrl/orp">ORP:</a> A research
 188                   JIT/VM/GC system from Intel.
 189
 190                 * <a
 191                   href="http://www.southern-storm.com.au/portable_net.html">Portable.NET:</a>
 192                   Another implementation of the CLI and C# compiler.
 193         </ul>
 194
 195 ** GNOME Documentation
 196
 197         Documentation on GNOME, and the GNOME APIs is available from
 198         the <a href="http://developer.gnome.org">developer</a> site at
 199         GNOME:
 200
 201         <ul>
 202                 * <a href="http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/">GNOME
 203         API documentation</a>
 204
 205                 * <a href="http://developer.gnome.org/doc/books">GNOME
 206         Online books</a>
 207
 208                 * <A
 209         href="http://developer.gnome.org/arch/">Architecture Overview</a>
 210         </ul>
 211
 212 ** Assembly Language Manuals online
 213
 214         <ul>
 215                 * <a href="http://www.agner.org/assem/#optimize">
 216         Pentium optimization tutorial</a> by Agner Fog
 217
 218                 * <a href="http://webster.cs.ucr.edu/">
 219         Art of Assembly</a> (x86 only)
 220
 221                 * Documentation for various CPUs
 222         (<a href="http://www.mit.edu/afs/sipb/contrib/doc/specs/ic/cpu/">
 223         x86, IA64, MIPS, ARM, Alpha</a>)
 224
 225                 * <a href="http://www.heyrick.co.uk/assembler/">
 226         ARM Assembler</a> tutorial
 227
 228                 * PowerPC
 229         <a href="http://www-3.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/852569B20050FF7785256996007558C6">
 230         Compiler Writer's Guide</a>
 231
 232                 * <a href="http://www.lightsoft.co.uk/Fantasm/Beginners/begin1.html">
 233         Beginners Guide to PowerPC Assembler</a>
 234         </ul>
 235
 236 ** Win32
 237
 238         <ul>
 239                 * Win32 <a href="http://www.jorgon.freeserve.co.uk/ExceptFrame.htm">
 240         Structured Exception Handling (SEH)</a> internals (x86 specific)
 241         </ul>