Microsoft has just released first beta of upcoming Silverlight 5. Microsoft Silverlight 5 Beta Tools for Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 is an Add-on and pre-requisite files for Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 to develop Silverlight 5 Beta and Microsoft WCF RIA Services V1.0 SP2 Preview (April 2011) applications. Download: Silverlight 5 Tools Beta Microsoft®… Continue reading
Category: .NET Framework
Using IIS Express 7.5 with Visual Studio 2010 (without SP1)
This is an interesting blog I came across while doing some research on using IIS 7.5 Express with out the Integration or Tooling support that would require Visual Studio 2010 Sp1 Beta. Since VS2010 Sp1 is in beta stage, it would not be a wise choice taking this in to real time project, because as… Continue reading
Generating WCF/WebService proxy class using SvcUtil.exe
Introduction This article prepared based on my recent explorations on creating generic WCF/WebService proxy class using SvcUtil.exe tool which is part of .NET Framework Runtime. SvcUtil.exe helps me in creating a single Proxy Stub class for my WCF/web service, which can be directly reused in any project when necessary, without the need to Add Web… Continue reading
Released: Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools Update & Other Updates
There are few updates from Microsoft for Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools Update, Windows Azure, & Windows Phone 7 Training Kit for Developers – RTM Refresh. Check it out. Windows Phone Developer Tools January 2011 Update January 2011 Update to the Windows Phone Developer Tools providing bug fixes, a new emulator, and utilities. This update… Continue reading
Learning Silverlight and WCF RIA Services
I came across a nice blog on Silverlight and WCF RIA Services by Mike Taulty from Microsoft UK. Thought of sharing it with you. Just read through it in free times. Silverlight and WCF RIA Services (1 – Overview) Silverlight and WCF RIA Services (2 – Services) Silverlight and WCF RIA Services (3 – Client) Silverlight… Continue reading
Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.5 Express FINAL
Microsoft has released the FINAL version of it’s so called lighter version of IIS 7.5 called as “IIS 7.5 Express”. Which makes developers to utilize the features of IIS 7.5 in WindowsXP and above Operating system environments. Great work Microsoft!!!! Right on time.. IIS 7.5 Express enhances your ability to develop and test web applications… Continue reading
Released: ASP.NET MVC 3 RTM
Microsoft has released the final version of ASP.NET MVC 3 RTM (Release-To-Manufacture) on 01/12/2011. ASP.NET MVC 3 is a framework for developing highly testable and maintainable Web applications by leveraging the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern. The framework encourages developers to maintain a clear separation of concerns among the responsibilities of the application – the UI logic… Continue reading
[Recent Releases] Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 Beta, Microsoft .NET Framework 4 KB2162169 – BETA, Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 SP1 Beta
This is a quick listing on some of the software updates and released happened from Microsoft in this recent weeks. So that you all can keep updated. Windows Azure Platform Training Kit – December Update Windows Azure Platform Training Kit includes a comprehensive set of technical content to help you learn how to use Windows… Continue reading
Silverlight 5 is Announced
On 02nd Dec 2010, Silverlight Firestarter event Microsoft has announced the upcoming version of Silverlight called as “Silverlight 5″. The event has some live demos of the capabilities of Silverlight 5. Lending some of the contents from ScottGu’s Blog. Scott Guthrie(@ScottGu) is a VP with Microsoft product development like Silverlight and Visual Studio. Quoting to… Continue reading
New Release: Windows Azure SDK and Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio (November 2010)
Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio, which includes the Windows Azure SDK, extends Visual Studio 2010 to enable the creation, configuration, building, debugging, running, packaging and deployment of scalable web applications and services on Windows Azure. New for version 1.3: Virtual Machine (VM) Role (Beta):Allows you to create a custom VHD image using Windows… Continue reading