.NET Newsgroups/Discussion Forums

DevX Discussion Groups:
Here are the newsgroups we host on DevX for discussing .NET technologies:

VB.NET Technical Discussion Newsgroup (Web page interface) (news reader interface)
A newsgroup for technical discussions of Visual Basic.NET and Visual Studio.NET.

VB.NET Informal Discussion Newsgroup (Web page interface) (news reader interface)
A newsgroup for rants, raves, and informal discussions of Visual Basic.NET and Visual Studio.NET.

ASP.NET Newsgroup (Web page interface) (news reader interface)
A newsgroup for discussing ASP+.

C# Newsgroup (Web page interface) (news reader interface)
A newsgroup for discussing C#.

.NET Announcements Newsgroup (Web page interface) (news reader interface)
A newsgroup for posting third-party info and announcements about .NET and related activities.

Microsoft Discussion Groups:
Read about the many .NET-related forums that Microsoft hosts. (added 3/1/2001)

Other Discussion Groups:
ASP Messageboard
4GuysfromRolla's ASP+ discussion forum.

.NET Programming
Code Guru's discussion forums for C#, ADO+, ASP+, and other .NET technologies.

ASPFree.com Discussion Boards
ASPFree's discussion forums on ASP+ (hey, and done with ASP+ too!). (added 8/3/2000)

www.asptraining.com/asptraining/aspng.asp
ASP+ training given by Charles Carroll, founder of www.asplists.com. (added 8/3/2000)

C# Programming Discussion
CSharp Station's C# forums. (added 8/4/2000)

Visual Studio DOTNET Community
MSN Community. Includes chat area and discussion areas. (added 8/14/2000)

IT World's Windows Application Development Forum. (added 9/12/2000)

IT World's Linux Software Development Forum
"C#: Not the Sharpest Knife in the Drawer," a discussion of how C# compares to C++. (added 9/12/2000)

Database-applications.net Q&A Service
Stephen Lian's database-applications.net site is an expert online Q&A service that focuses on Microsoft technologies, including the .NET Framework. (added 10/25/2000)

Universal Thread
Check out Universal Thread's .NET Forum. (added 10/25/2000)

MagicBeat dotNet Mailing List
If you are interested in the .NET framework, ASP.NET, VS.NET, or any of its constituent products like C#, VB.NET, etc., "you are most welcome to join the MagicBeat dotNet mailing list." (added 2/28/2001)

Slashdot's .NET threads
Check here for the latest threads about .NET. (added 3/1/2001)

Yahoo! Clubs "Dotnet Programming"
A Yahoo! club for "developers working with Microsoft's .NET framework: ASP.NET, C#, Visual Basic.NET, C++, Assemblies, Web Services, and the like." Founded only in February, 2001, this club already has a sizable following. "As of 1/3/2001, this club is also the forum for an open source project—a .NET Web crawler and search engine." (added 3/1/2001)

St. Louis .NET User Group
They are a virtual user group, not just localized to the St. Louis area. "We are also purely non-profit and non-commercial!" (added 4/11/2001)

angryCoder Open Discussion Forum
Check out the discussion forum on this very opinionated site running completely on the .NET Framework. (added 4/26/2001)

.NET Projects
This site allows .NET developers to post messages about .NET technologies and languages, as well as jobs. (added 5/9/2001)

Yahoo! Clubs "Visual Studio.NET Add-ins"
This group discusses how to write Visual Studio.NET add-ins, wizards, and macros using the IDE automation model. Founded July 19, 2001. (added 8/8/2001)