This project is in the process of moving to: https://github.com/kieranbenton/anthemnxtSource is migrated to there, and we will move issues and content over the coming weeks.
Project DescriptionFork of the Anthem.NET project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/anthem-dot-net/), a "a free, cross-browser AJAX toolkit for the ASP.NET development environment."
Essentially I've been aware that the Anthem.NET project over on Sourceforge has been stalled for several years now and I would like to do my best (with help from anyone willing) to bring this brilliant project back to life and up to date to modern .NET / Javascript standards.
Existing goals of the Anthem.NET project:
- To be as simple a drop in replacement for standard web forms ASP.NET as possible, to allow developers to quickly convert an application to AJAX.
- To be as lightweight as possible. I'm frustrated by ASP.NET AJAX and other commercial frameworks that require a huge javascript download and masses of libraries to work.
- Simple to install into a project
- Transparent to use, discoverable API
- Be extremely cross-platform compatible.
New goals of Anthem-nxt:
- To refactor the code so that compatibility for .NET 1.1 is dropped. I believe it is time for this to happen and it makes the codebase much more complicated than it need be.
- Overhaul of the exception handling code so that the standard application events in ASP.NET are used.
- Integrate bugfixes that both myself and the community have come up with since the last maintainence release.
- To make the javascript library even more crossplatform, smaller, and easier to maintain by building into a jQuery plugin and using its AJAX capabilities.
- Improve documentation and introduce unit testing.
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How to joinGenerally, the easiest way to help out:
- Download the latest source code.
- Make local changes.
- Send us a copy of the file(s) and change(s) made, along with an explanation (i.e. a "patch").
- We'll review the changes and integrate them with CodePlex.
Once we're comfortable working together and we get to see the type and quality of the work you do, we'll make you a developer so you can check-in changes to CodePlex directly.
Any input is very much welcome.