Introducing Seven Popular Open Source Projects for .NET Developers

“Introduction

“Despite the considerable time and resources Microsoft and the
.NET community have invested in open source initiatives in recent
years, it’s surprising how often the two camps are treated as
antithetical to one another. Yet the reality is that reliance upon
open source development tools within the Microsoft community is
significant and growing. In this article we’ll shed some insight
into this widespread practice, introducing seven open source
solutions embraced by millions of .NET developers around the
globe.

“AJAX Control Toolkit

“In a mere five years since the term AJAX was first coined, the
practice of using a blend of JavaScript, XML, and asynchronous
communications to enhance the user’s online experience has grown
from one of novelty to necessity. Because Ajax-driven features have
become so commonplace, it wasn’t long before developers were hard
at work creating AJAX frameworks which would make certain
functionality and controls such as calendars and client-side form
validation readily available.”

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