For over a decade, Lasso has developed a strong community of skilled developers, hosting providers, and enthusiasts. This section shows how you can participate in the Lasso community, and highlights the great resources which are available through it.
Take a look at some of the open source frameworks available for Lasso. They've been designed to reduce and/or eliminate development time for common tasks and allow you to focus on the critical custom elements of your application.
The Resources section is where you'll find community-powered sites for Lasso wrappers for popular web services, open source projects, tutorials for all skill levels, in-depth technical discussions, job openings, collaborative code editing, and more. You'll also find open source tags that you can download and use in your own projects and open source projects you can participate in.
The Lasso Developer Conference is the premiere annual event for the Lasso community, and the perfect opportunity to meet other Lasso developers, learn about new Lasso techniques, see where LassoSoft is headed, and enjoy the various locations that the event is hosted in each year.
LassoSoft hosts ListSearch.com, an archives email-based discussion board for many popular software products including Lasso Server, Lasso Studio, FileMaker, BBEdit, TextWrangler, Yojimbo, Mailsmith, Adobe Acrobat, InDesign, GoLive, and Dreamweaver.
The Lasso Professional Alliance (LPA) is a paid membership program which LassoSoft provides for developers, hosting providers, reseller and other professionals who rely on Lasso technology. The LPA provides a full suite of Lasso product licenses, access to pre-release versions of Lasso, technology previews, and access to a private forum for interaction with LassoSoft engineers.
The Lasso Programming Challenge is a periodic coding challenge which encourages Lasso developers to compete for valuable prizes. See the Programming Challenge section for complete details about the current challenge and contest rules.
Find a Developer in your area or one who specializes in your area of business. LassoSoft maintains this list, and Developers are encouraged to add their own listings.
Find a Hosting Provider and gain the benefit of working with a company who understands Lasso inside and out. LassoSoft maintains this list, and Hosting Providers are encouraged to add their own listings.
The Training Providers and Workshops section will help you to locate those who can teach you how to get the most out of Lasso, and Workshops that may be happening in your area and elsewhere. LassoSoft maintains this list, and Training Providers and Workshop hosts are encouraged to add their own listings.