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SubversionReports
Where I work we use subversion for source control. The svn repository sits on a secure linux cluster and the sysadmins are anal about who can install what on the boxes.
I needed a way to access the repository remotely (over http) in order to create reports and do statistical analysis of commits. Trac almost does it (Trac is exactly what I wanted, but by default connects using the filesystem. Network access is still experimental) but it's such a phaff to set up, it turned out to be easier to write something from scratch.
SubversionReports is Open Source and runs on either the MS .Net framework or Mono. Yay!
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The site layout and css templates used on this site are based on a free template from Styleshout. I'm a programmer not a designer --everyone keeps reminding me.
Mono
This site was built in Visual Studio 2008 using Asp.Net and C# 3.5. It is hosted on a Debian, Apache web server using Mono.
I develop in C# because it is simple, powerful, modern and I just like it. I like using generics and I like the flexibility of the language.
The traditional downside to developing web applications on the .Net platform is the associated licensing costs for the various servers required by a typical web application.
This site is a performance and scalability experiment in combining some enterprise functionality (like enterprise library) with an open source hosting environment to see how viable the combination can be.