Getting Started on CodeAsp.Net

We here at CodeAsp.Net want to make it as easy as possible for you to get started interacting with the community. That's why we created this quick and easy "getting started guide" for you to become famliar of all the benefits you'll gain and all of the ways you can contribute.

In this getting started guide we'll cover:

• Why should I get involved?
• How do I get involved?
• Getting started - First steps

Why should I get involved?

By contributing to CodeAsp.Net, not only do you help the community grow, you:

• Power your career
  Active participation in the CodeAsp.Net community adds value and credibility to your resume and helps you in securing a good job in the ever competitive IT world! Top contributors and active participants will get noticed by a good number of Software Development firms.
  
  
• Make new friends
  Connect with someone and become friends with them. Receive updates via email or RSS when they participate. Send private message to one - or a segment of - your friends.
  
  
• Get noticed and get famous
  Your articles, blogs, and forum posts will be published and broadcasted to the whole world, where millions of other ASP.NET programmers will read them. This is a great chance to get noticed and get famous in the ASP.NET world!
  
  
• Create solutions
  Writing articles or blogs on your technical issues (how you solved them, your experiences in programming) will help you keep a record -- so that you can refer to your blogs when you face similar issues.
  
  
• Become a better developer - faster
  Beginner and intermediate programmers will benefit from the abundant technical resources in the community available for free, and will progress much faster on the road to become a seasoned developer!
  
  
• Give back and help other people
  Many other programmers will benefit from your postings, and by helping out others you will not only earn a good name but you'll also help to spread the ASP.NET platform to a wider audience.
  
  
• Get the most from your professional network
  Your professional relationships are key to your professional success. Open doors and build your professional network by connecting with other ASP.NET developers
  
  
• Get answers and get help
  The community is full of industry experts willing to share advice, give answers, and help you find solutions to issues you may face in your day to day programming.
  
  
• Win cool prizes and software
  When you contribute content to the community, you earn points. The more points you earn, the better chances you have to win cool prizes and software.

How do I get involved?

Getting involved is fast, easy, and free. You can:

• Submit articles, code, examples, tip's, and tricks
• Post your thoughts on ASP.NET topics to your very own CodeAsp.Net blog
• Answer and post questions in the discussion forums
• Comment / discuss articles and blog posts
• Add other people as friends and expand your network

Getting started - First steps

• Complete your profile and upload your photo
  Provide your biography, your accomplishments, interests, favorite things, etc. to help other members of the community to get to know you.
  
  
• Post to the discussion forums
  Have a question about anything ASP.NET? Post it in the discussion forums and get answers from top developers around the globe. You can also help to answer others questions.
  
  
• Submit an article
  Have an article covering an ASP.NET topic that you'd like to share? Get your articles published on CodeAsp.Net.
  
  
• Setup and start posting to your community blog
  Get your blog setup and start posting your thoughts, rants, ideas, etc. with the community. You get your own blog and your postings will be aggregated with all other members of the community.
  
  
• Start earning points
  And don't forget -- for signing up and completing your profile, for every forum discussion you take part in, for every article and blog posting you submit, and for commenting on others blogs and articles, you earn points that help to increase your visibility in the community. Top contributors and high point earners are monitored and recognized frequently by the CodeASP.NET team.