ASP.NET Portal Starter Kit

The ASP.NET Portal Starter Kit demonstrates how you can use ASP.NET and the .NET Framework to build a dynamic portal application. The ASP.NET Portal Starter Kit offers all the functionality of typical portal applications.


Oficial .NET 1.1 version

Project Scope

Re-engineering the original project using up-to-date technologies

Features

• Dynamic Portal Infrastructure
• 10 basic portal modules for common types of content
• 2 extra portal modules: RSS Feed and Wiki
• A "pluggable" framework that is simple to extend with custom portal modules
• Online administration of portal layout, content and security
• XML based definition of portal layout
• Database based definition of portal layout
• Roles-based security for viewing content, editing content, and administering the portal
• Full mobile support using the ASP.NET Mobile Controls
• Multiple database support easily extensible to support more databases
• Web service layer ASMX and WCF
• Smart Client to support Admins and power users

Technologies and Design Approaches Demonstrated

• .NET 2.0 \ .NET 3.5
• Web Client Software Factory
• Object Builder
• Smart Client Software Factory
• ASP.NET Mobile Controls
• Three-tier architecture with ASP.NET
• Role Based Security
• Layered architecture
• Vertical: Data\Business\Presentation
• Horizontal: Services, Framework
• Design Patterns
• NUnit Tests
• Master Pages, SiteMaps & Themes

Test Server - WeeklyDrop Y2008 W11 See it live

Wiki

• Portal Starter Kit
• Documentation
• Folder Structure
• SQL Setup
• Roadmap
• Project Metrics
• Architecture
• Guidelines for Project Members

Team blogs

Bakopanos Konstantinos http://bakopanos.blogspot.com

Many thanks to

DiscountASP.NET for hosting our weeklydrops

http://www.visualsvn.com for providing a free open source license to the team

http://www.teamprise.com for providing a free open source license to the team

Design Patterns
Many ideas are borrowed from Data & Object Factory

Links

• 101 LINQ Samples http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vcsharp/aa336746.aspx
• CAB Reference implementation http://www.ideablade.com/CAB.html
• P&P Guidance http://www.pnpguidance.net
• Microsoft Certified Trainer Preperation MCTPrep

Server Status

• https://tfs06.codeplex.com/services/v1.0/serverstatus.asmx

Participation

The project is developed using the open process used at codeplex. This process includes frequent builds and releases in this community of code and documentation. If you find bugs or want additional capabilities addressed by the team, use the Issue Tracker to create a new Work Item.

You can influence this project. Please send us feedback!

We will continuously monitor the Issue Tracker in this site to get feedback on content and prioritize.

If you want to participate as a developer then please send an email along with a resume and reason that you want to participate.

Thanks!
Konstantinos Bakopanos