Microsoft CodePlex : Collaborative Software Development Online

Micorsoft today launched CodePlex, an online collaborative software development portal that is also a vehicle for sharing source code. Microsoft CodePlex hosts several collaborative development efforts, including open source software projects that reflect the open community-building spirit of Microsoft’s Shared Source Initiative.

You can use CodePlex to create new projects to share with your fellow developers around the world. CodePlex is free and lets you create, host and manage projects throughout the project lifecycle. The Microsoft Shared Source Initiative is a spectrum of programs and licenses that make Microsoft source code more broadly available to those who need it. Some of the popular projects listed there are “Atlas” Control Toolkit, IronPython 1.01 Beta 1 and Power Toys for Visual Studio. Are you joining Codeplex?