[gui-talk] Fwd: Nonvisual Development with .NET (fwd)

[David Andrews]

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>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 22:49:40 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Jamal Mazrui <empower at smart.net>
>Reply-To: programming at blindprogramming.com
>To: programming at blindprogramming.com
>Subject: Nonvisual Development with .NET
>
>By mutual consent, I am taking the editorial lead on the C# tutorial
>project begun by Chris Hofstader last year, and continued by Inthane
>recently.  It was originally focused on programming with C# 2005 and JAWS.
>Window-Eyes got added subsequently.  I now intend to expand the scope to
>include any screen reader with any .NET language -- though primarily C#
>and VB.  The 2.0 version of the .NET Framework is our present focus, but
>version 3.0 may also be addressed before long.
>
>I am calling the project "Nonvisual Development with .NET," or NDN for
>short.  I hope it can include contributions on a variety of topics from
>blind or low vision developers.  Other individuals and organizations are
>also welcome to contribute to this community resource.
>
>The NDN resource will include tutorials, sample code, and screen reader
>configuration files that help people become productive with .NET
>languages.  Please consider making a contribution in any of these areas.
>Some of you already have, and the material is appreciated.
>
>Here is a list of topics that seem relevant:
>
>*  How to find, download, and install Visual Studio and other technologies
>for .NET development.
>
>*  How to configure Visual Studio and a screen reader for optimal use
>without sight.
>
>*  How to use the VS help facility, form designer, code editor, and other
>tools with a screen reader.
>
>*  How to use non-VS tools for .NET development, such as a text editor and
>command-line compiler.
>
>*  How to build and deploy desktop and web applications with .NET.
>
>*  How to obtain .NET reference and instructional material from other free
>and commercial sources.
>
>*  How to find jobs as a .NET developer.
>
>
>To refine this list of topics, I invite people to pose questions that they
>hope the NDN resource will answer.  Each of you is also invited to
>volunteer a contribution, including a timeline by which a draft would be
>emailed to me.  Consider any .NET problem that was initially challenging
>before you found a comfortable solution, and then write an explanation of
>it for the benefit of others.
>
>   I will work with anyone to edit a contribution for inclusion in the NDN.
>A plain text or Microsoft Word document is preferred, but almost any
>format will be accepted.
>
>Feel free to ask questions, make suggestions, or otherwise participate in
>what we hope to be a collaborative and rewarding undertaking!
>
>Regards,
>Jamal

David Andrews and white cane Harry.