Lesson 20: Further References

As C# is finalized, and more resources built up around it, we shall be looking to add to this references page.

C# Language Reference

http://msdn.microsoft.com/net/ecma/WD13Oct01.doc

.NET Download

http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/default.asp?url=/downloads/sample.asp? url=/msdn-files/027/000/976/msdncompositedoc.xml&frame=true

General Portals

Microsoft Community website for .NET - the C# production team pages
http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/csharp/

A new portal "dedicated to furthering knowledge of and expertise in C# language development."
http://www.csharp.org/

Information, Links and other Resources for the C# Language
http://www.csharp-station.com/

C# articles, forum, etc.
http://www.pune-csharp.com/

A very extensive list of dot-net links
http://www.dot42.com/

Collections of Articles

Working with C#
http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/columns/

.NET home page at Microsoft (the Dr GUI.NET columns are especially useful)
http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/net/

The O'Reilly C# page
http://www.oreillynet.com/topics/dotnet/csharp.net

Code-Project: useful code help
http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/

Codeguru
http://codeguru.earthweb.com/csharp/index.shtml

C# Discussion

GotDotNet message board
http://www.gotdotnet.com/community/messageboard/MessageBoard.aspx?id=6

Microsoft public newsgroup (web frontend)
http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=dotnet&slcid=us

Codeguru discussion board
http://codeguru.earthweb.com/cgi-bin/bbs/wt/wwwthreads.pl?action=list&Board=CSharp

Open Source C# Projects

The Mono project is an attempt to create an open source implementation of the .NET Framework, including a C# compiler
http://www.go-mono.com/

The dotGNU project is trying to provide alternatives for all elements of the Microsoft .NET strategy, especially its Hailstorm application. It also includes a C# compiler.
http://www.gnu.org/projects/dotgnu/

Book Lists

See our list of up-to-date C# Books (as of 11th Mar 2002)