Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 RTM was released on 12-APR-2010, 1 year completed as of now. The major change of VS2010 was that it is a completely reworked and is completely developed in WPF(Windows Presentation Foundation). Since it is based on WPF, Visual Studio 2010 performance is based on hardware rendering(using “3D Graphics”/VGA hardware). In order… Continue reading
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How to Download MIX 2011 Videos
Scott Hanselman has shared a nice article on how to download the videos of MIX2011 – Conference LAS VEGAS, happened last week. These are good presentations about Windows Phone 7, MVC, Silverlight 5, XBOX, and Azure.. Don’t miss it!! Read through the link Mix 2011 Videos – article by Scott Hanselman Thanks Scott!! for such… Continue reading
Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone 7
Today I was searching for good resources for Windows Phone 7 application development and I came across a cool set of libraries in Codeplex.com. What is Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone 7? The Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone 7 is designed to make it easier for you to build mobile applications that leverage… Continue reading
Silverlight 5 Beta Released & Microsoft Silverlight 5 Beta Tools for Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1
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
Visual Studio 2010 SP1 SDK – Released (Available for Download)
Microsoft has released final version of Visual Studio 2010 SP1 SDK. The Visual Studio 2010 SP1 SDK provides tools and templates for building Visual Studio extensions. By using the Visual Studio 2010 SP1 SDK, you can build your own tool windows, create menu commands, and add extensions to the new Visual Studio editor and other… Continue reading
Windows Azure SDK and Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio – Version 1.4 (March 2011)
Microsoft has released latest version of Windows Azure SDK and Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio – Version 1.4. Windows Azure SDK 1.4 Refresh is primarily a stability release addressing the below issues. Resolved an issue that caused full IIS fail when the web.config file was set to read-only. Resolved an issue that caused full… Continue reading
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 FINAL – Released
Microsoft has released the Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 FINAL version. The full list of updates included in this service pack can be found here. You can download Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 FINAL Installer from Microsoft Download Center.
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
Installing Windows Phone Developer Tools on Windows Server 2008 or Windows XP
Installing Windows Phone Developer Tools on Windows Server 2008 or Windows XP Recently I have installed Windows Server 2008 R2 from Technet and started setting up my Development Environment from scratch. I wanted to use Windows Server 2008 R2 for a while for development provided how flexible it is for development as compared to Windows… 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