Welcome to the .NET Developer Center

This site is your source for information about using the .NET Framework with Yahoo! Web Services and APIs. Here you'll find:

• HOWTO Articles to help you understand our technologies and how you can use them better with .NET.
• Download the sample browser, utility libraries and source code.
• Other Resources on the web where you can find source code and helpful tools.
• Community Resources where you can join our mailing list and discuss the Yahoo! APIs with us and with other .NET developers.

HOWTO Articles

Get comfortable using .NET with Yahoo! Web Services

• HOWTO: Make Yahoo! Web Service REST calls with C# and VB.NET
• HOWTO: Using Returned XML with C# and VB.NET
• HOWTO: Cache API Calls Using C# and VB.NET
• HOWTO: Access Yahoo! Web Services Using XAML
• HOWTO: Browser-Based Authentication Using C# and VB.NET

Downloads

In this section you'll find the source code for the samples used in the HOWTO articles and ready-to-use Browser-Based Authentication utility libraries for .NET 1.1 and 2.0 along with full source code.

• HOWTO article sample browser with source code
• Compiled Browser-Based Authentication class for .NET 1.1
• Compiled Browser-Based Authentication class for .NET 2.0
• Browser-Based Authentication class source code (C#) (VS 2005 solution, but code is compatible with .NET 1.1)

Also, don't forget to check out the Yahoo! Search SDK. It includes both C# and VB.NET samples.

3rd Party Downloads

Here are other downloads provided by our enthusiastic developers. (External links)

• Yahoo! Music Jukebox Remote .NET 1.1 wrapper class and source
• Yahoo! Music Jukebox plug-in VS 2003 project wizards

Other resources

In this section you'll find links to external sites and articles that may be useful as you work with the .NET Framwork.

• Microsoft Developer Network is the ultimate .NET resource site.
• The Microsoft .NET 3.0 Community site is a one stop shop for .NET 3.0 news, samples, forums and blogs.
• The Code Project has an extensive library of articles, tutorials and code samples for .NET.
• 4 Guys From Rolla.com is an excellent source of information on all things ASP.NET.
• AspAlliance offers free tutorials, articles, examples and code snippets.

Community Resources

Discuss how to work with the Yahoo! Web Services and other APIs using .NET on the ydn-dotnet mailing list. Please note that this is not a general .NET programming questions list; try to keep your questions focused to discussion about the Yahoo! APIs.

We also provide individual lists for each of the web services and APIs we support; your questions are always welcome there as well. See the Yahoo! Developer Network Community page for more information on these mailing lists.