Borland C#Builder for Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1
In this article, I'll cover Borland C#Builder, the C# development environment from Borland to build native .NET Framework 1.1 applications. I'll tell you where to find more information (like some articles I wrote earlier), and refer you to helpful resources like user groups, websites, training, and more.

C#Builder Personal
In case you don't have a copy of C#Builder, yet, you can now download C#Builder Personal, for non-commercial application development (269 MBytes). The size of the download is big, because it also contains the prereqs like MDAC, IE6 SP1, .NET 1.1, .NET SDK 1.1, J#, etc. (so don't bother to download those as well if you need them - they are included). Note that the downloadable personal edition is for non-commercial development only. It appears that the purchased personal edition (from shop.borland.com) does allow commercial development.

Easter Egg
If you want to play with C#Builder, make sure to view the TEAM (and click on Team) in the Help - About Box. You will get nice pictures for the C#Builder Team, the C#Builder MDA Team, the people at DevRel, and a last one for Corbin (on his frog).

DotNet Developers Group (DDG)
The DotNet Developer Group exists to help professional developers using .NET technologies get to grips with the many facets of the .NET framework.
Managed by the same professional organisation behind the UK Borland User Group (UK-BUG), the DDG provides software developers with essential information and training through regular meetings and a magazine issued 6 times a year.

C#Builder and IBM's DB2
The first C#Builder articles that I wrote were for the special web portal to support the cooperation between IBM's DB2 and Borland's RAD development environments (as announced last year) such as Delphi, C++Builder and Kylix. When C#Builder was (almost) ready, this meant I could cover the new Borland Data Providers for ADO.NET, as a new way to connect to IBM's DB2 Universal Database (although it works the same if you use InterBase, Oracle, SQL Server / MSDE):

• Connecting Borland C#Builder to DB2 UDB with Borland Data Providers for the .NET Framework (May 2003)
  This article shows how to use Borland C#Builder Enterprise and the Borland Data Providers (BDP) for .NET to connect to the DB2 SAMPLE database. It shows how three of the four BDP for .NET components are used at design-time in a Rapid Application Development (RAD) way.

• Working With DB2 Universal Database Tables Using C#Builder With ADO.NET and BDP for .NET (June 2003)
  This article shows how DB2 UDB can be accessed using the Borland Data Providers for .NET, enhancing the ADO.NET experience with design-time and run-time support, including automatic (optimized) SQL command generation.

• ASP.NET Web Forms With DB2 UDB Tables Using C#Builder and BDP for .NET (July 2003)
  This article shows you how to build an application using IBM DB2 UDB tables, C#Builder, and BDP for .NET, and then deploy it as an ASP.NET Web form (with a powerful asp:DataGrid control), so users can work with the DB2 UDB tables using a Web browser.

• Working with Data in DB2 UDB Tables Using C#Builder and ASP.NET (Oct 2003)
  This article builds on the earlier article that showed how to build an application using IBM DB2 UDB tables, C#Builder, and BDP for .NET, and then deploy it as an ASP.NET Web form (with a powerful asp:DataGrid control). In this article, I take the example a bit further, to allow users not only to view the data and browse through the tables, but also to update the data or delete records from the asp:DataGrid.

C#Builder on Borland Developer Network
There's a C#(Builder) specific area on the Borland Developer Network now, featuring some of John Kaster's BDN TV flash movies. I've also written an article about one the examples that ships with C#Builder (made by me), namely the TicTacToe client:

• Consuming the TicTacToe Web Service with C#Builder (June 2003)
  In this article, I'll show you how to use C#Builder to import a web service, and turn it into a TicTacToe game client. Source code (which can also be compiled using the C# command-line compiler from the .NET SDK) is already available in the BDS\1.0\Examples\C#\Web Services\Tic Tac Toe directory, as well as CodeCentral.

• Using ADO.NET with C#Builder Personal (July 2003)
  In this article, I'll show you how to use C#Builder Personal in combination with "plain" ADO.NET to connect to a MSDE database, create a table, insert records, select the records from this table again and show them in a datagrid.

C#Builder demos on CodeCentral
The C#Builder demos have been made public on CodeCentral, and you can now download seven of my C#Builder projects (a number of which also ship with C#Builder itself).

• 19879 Celsius to Fahrenheit ASP.NET web service
  This demo project eBob42.bdsproj shows how a Celsius Web Service is built with C#Builder. The next demo uses this ASP.NET web service.
• 19880 Using Celsius to Fahrenheit ASP.NET web service
  This demo project WSCllient.bdsproj shows how to import and use the "Celsius" ASP.NET Web Service (based on the previous demo) built with C#Builder.
• 19882 Celsius to Fahrenheit ASP.NET Web Form
  This demo project Celsius.bdsproj shows how a "Celsius" ASP.NET WebForm is built with C#Builder.
• 19884 Celsius to Fahrenheit conversion Assembly and Assembly use
  These two demo projects Celsius.bdsproj (the Celsius42 assembly) and UseCelsius.bdsproj show how a "Celsius" Assembly is built and used with C#Builder.
• 19896 Roman numerical conversion web service client
  This demo project RomanClient.bdsproj shows how to import and use the "Roman" Web Service (to convert decimal numbers to roman numbers) using C#Builder.
• 19897 TicTacToe web service client for C#Builder
  This demo project TTTClient.bdsproj shows how to import and use the "Tic-Tac-Toe" Web Service (to play the game of tic-tac-toe) using C#Builder.
• 19898 Game of Memory (6x4 buttons) for C#Builder
  This demo project Memory.bdsproj shows how to dynamically create controls (buttons) and add event handers to them, by implementing the game of "memory".

First C#Builder Book
This item has not yet been released (and won't be until October), but C#Builder Kick Start, written by Joe Mayo (published by SAMS) is the first and only C#Builder book I've seen on Amazon.
Joe also maintains a great C# resource called C# Station. and he wrote the book C# Unleashed