Microsoft has released an Incremental update to TypeScript for Visual Studio 2012 – the version 0.8.3.1, which is the first update to the v0.8.3 released in Feb 2013.
You can download the latest bits from here:
TypeScript for Visual Studio 2012–v0.8.3.1
March 30, 2013 .NET, Community, Frameworks, JavaScript, JavaScript, Javascript Development, Microsoft, MSDN, TypeScript, Updates, VisualStudio, VS2012, Web Development No comments
Introducing Monocross – A cross-platform MVC pattern for mobile development in .NET/C# and Mono
April 9, 2012 .NET, All, ANDROID, Frameworks, iOS, iPhone, Microsoft, Mobile Frameworks, Mobile SDK, Mobile-Development, Mono, OpenSource, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 7 2 comments .NET, ANDROID, Frameworks, iOS, iPhone, Microsoft, Mobile Frameworks, Mobile SDK, Mobile-Development, Mono, OpenSource, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 7
I am evaluating different cross platform mobile development solutions. This is just a quick introduction to a framework I came across.
What is cross platform mobile applications?
A mobile application developed in such a way that it will work or run on most of the mobile platforms such as Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Blackberry etc.
What is Monocross?
MonoCross is a refinement of the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern for mobile development using .NET, C# and the Mono Framework.
The pattern enables cross-platform portability of business logic and data access code, (Model + Controller), while supporting full, native and/or platform-specific presentation (Views).
Read the MonoCross Roadmap for Platform support.
For more information on using the pattern, see: UsingMonoCross
Source: MonoCross project home http://code.google.com/p/monocross/
Silverlight 5 Final(RTW) released and Microsoft® Silverlight® 5 Tools for Visual Studio® 2010 SP1 available for download
December 10, 2011 .NET, .NET Framework, All, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, C#.NET, Frameworks, General, IIS, IIS 7.5, Microsoft, Silverlight, VB.NET, VisualStudio, VS2010 No comments
In DECEMBER 2010 Silverlight Fire starter event Microsoft announced the upcoming release of Silverlight 5. Read Scott GU’s Silverlight 5 -announcement blog. and right after an year, yesterday Microsoft has made a remarkable announcement for developers by Releasing final version of Silverlight 5 (RTW).
Silverlight 5 offers many new features including:
- PivotViewer control
- Trusted applications in-browser
- 3D graphics
- Vector printing
- Improved text rendering including the RichTextBlock control.
- Hardware decode of H.264 media
For a detailed list of the new features see the Silverlight content on MSDN, specifically, the What’s New for Silverlight 5 link.
and http://10rem.net/blog/2011/12/09/announcing-the-release-of-silverlight-5
Microsoft® Silverlight® 5 Tools for Visual Studio® 2010 SP1
is an add-on for Visual Studio® 2010 SP1 to provide tooling for Microsoft® Silverlight® 5 and Microsoft® WCF RIA Services V1.0 SP2 . It can be installed on top of either Visual Studio® 2010 SP1 or Visual Web Developer 2010 Express Service Pack 1. It extends existing Microsoft® Silverlight® 4 features and multitargeting capabilities in Visual Studio® 2010 SP1 to also create applications for Microsoft® Silverlight® 5 using C# or Visual Basic.
This download will install all components necessary for Microsoft® Silverlight® 5 and Microsoft® WCF RIA Services V1.0 SP2 development:
- Silverlight 5 Developer Runtime
- Silverlight 5 SDK (software development kit)
- Update for Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 and Visual Web Developer Express 2010 Service Pack 1 (KB2502836)
- Microsoft WCF RIA Services V1.0 SP2
Download Microsoft® Silverlight® 5 Tools for Visual Studio® 2010 SP1
Other Silverlight related Downloads:
Silverlight 5 Tools for Visual Studio 2010 SP1
Silverlight 5 Developer Runtime for Mac OSX (32 bit)
Silverlight 5 Toolkit
Silverlight 5 Developer Runtime for Windows (32 bit)
Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio 2010
Silverlight 5 Developer Runtime for Windows (64 bit)
Web Platform Installer
Windows Azure SDK for .NET – November 2011 (Version 1.6)–Released
November 16, 2011 .NET, .NET Framework, All, AppFabric, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, Azure, Azure Tools, C#.NET, CodeName "Dallas", Frameworks, General, IIS, IIS 7.5, Microsoft, SQL Azure, VB.NET, VisualStudio, VS2010, Windowz Azure No comments
Microsoft has released latest version of Windows Azure SDK for .NET – November 2o11 – Version 1.6.
Windows Azure SDK for .NET, which include SDKs, basic tools, and extended tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.
Taken from Akash’s blog on Windows Azure here http://blogs.msdn.com/b/avkashchauhan/archive/2011/11/14/windows-azure-sdk-1-6-is-released.aspx
Latest Windows Azure SDK 1.6 includes the following new features:
- Windows Azure Libraries for .NET
- Improved Service Bus and Caching capabilities and performance.
- New service management APIs for storage.
- URL Rewrite 2.0
- Windows Azure Emulator – November 2011
- Performance Improvements to compute & storage emulators.
- Windows Azure Authoring Tools – November 2011
- Windows Azure SDK 1.6 Build 1.6.41103.1601
- Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio 2010 SP1 – November 2011
- Streamlined publishing: Easily connect your environment to Windows Azure by downloading a publish settings file for your account. You can then configure all aspects of deployments, such as Remote Desktop (RDP), without ever leaving Visual Studio. By default, publish will make use of in-place deployment upgrades for significantly faster application updates.
- Multiple profiles: Your publish settings, build config, and cloud config choices will be stored in one or more publish profile MSBuild files. This makes it easy for you and your team to quickly change all your environment settings.
- Team Build: The Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio 2010 now offer MSBuild command-line support to package your application and pass in properties. Additionally they can be installed on a lighter-weight build machine without the requirement of Visual Studio being installed.
- Visual Studio now allows you to make improved in-place updates to deployed services in Windows Azure.
- Improved robustness of Remote Desktop Connectivity to Windows Azure VMs.
- Windows Azure SDK for .NET – November 2011
- ASP.NET MVC3 Tools Update Installer
Official Announcement: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/archive/2011/11/14/updated-windows-azure-sdk-amp-windows-azure-hpc-scheduler-sdk.aspx
DOWNLOADS :
The release includes the following components for download (for diff processor architecture platforms)
WindowsAzureEmulator-x64.exe Download ( Windows Azure Developer Emulator for Windows x64 )
WindowsAzureEmulator-x86.exe Download ( Windows Azure Developer Emulator for Windows x86 )
WindowsAzureLibsForNet-x64.msi Download ( Necessary libraries for .NET Development in Windows X64 )
WindowsAzureLibsForNet-x86.msi Download ( Necessary libraries for .NET Development in Windows x86 )
WindowsAzureSDK-x64.msi Download (Windows Azure SDK – for Win64)
WindowsAzureSDK-x86.msi Download (Windows Azure SDK – for Winx86)
WindowsAzureTools.VS100.exe Download (Windows Azure tools v1.6 for Visual Studio 2010)
also you can install necessary software’s for Windows Azure development using the Web Platform Installer here: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=156784
Ref Courtesy & More info available at:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/avkashchauhan/archive/2011/11/14/windows-azure-sdk-1-6-is-released.aspx
11/16/2011 Blog Update 1 : Windows Azure Platform Training Kit also available.
Windows Azure Platform Training Kit – November Update
Windows Azure Platform Training Kit includes a comprehensive set of technical content to help you learn how to use Windows Azure platform.
11/16/2011 Blog Update 2 : Windows Azure Platform 90DAY Trial
If you are looking forward to try out Windows Azure Trial account. Try this 90 DAY trial offer http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/free-trial/
ASP.NET MVC 4 Developer Preview & new Mobile Application Project Templates with jQuery Mobile support
November 13, 2011 .NET, .NET Framework, All, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, C#.NET, Frameworks, General, HTML5, IIS, IIS 7.5, JavaScript, jQuery, JQuery Mobile, Microsoft, Mobile-Development, VB.NET, VisualStudio, VS11, VS2010 No comments
Newly released Developer Preview of so called ASP.NET MVC 4 is having some interesting additions. ASP.NET MVC 4 Developer Preview introduces also new template for mobile web applications. These templates are special because they are using jQuery Mobile – special jQuery library for building mobile user interfaces Check jQuery Mobile support levels for different mobile web browsers.
This release includes installation packages for Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview.
Quick overview of new features
1. New Default template to look good in both desktop browsers and mobile browsers without any customization.
2. Inbuilt Use of jQuery UI to provide a richer UI.
3. New Mobile Application project template based on jQuery Mobile for mobile and tablet browsers.
4. ‘Display Modes’ feature to select view corresponding to browser means might select different views for desktop browser and mobile browser.
5. Provides functionality to create an asynchronous action method.
ASP.NET MVC 4 Developer Preview for Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Studio 11 can be downloaded from the following page:
Download ASP.NET MVC 4 Developer Preview
ASP.NET MVC 4 can be installed and can run side-by-side with ASP.NET MVC 3.
More References
http://www.asp.net/learn/whitepapers/mvc4-release-notes
http://www.asp.net/mvc/tutorials/aspnet-mvc-4-mobile-features
Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.5.1 Express Beta
September 16, 2011 .NET, .NET Framework, All, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, C#.NET, Frameworks, General, IIS, IIS 7.5, Microsoft, VB.NET, VisualStudio, VS2010 No comments
IIS Express 7.5.1 Beta enhances your ability to develop and test web applications on Windows by combining the power of IIS 7.5 with the convenience of a lightweight web server like the ASP.NET Development Server (also known as Cassini). IIS Express 7.5 is included with Microsoft WebMatrix, an integrated suite of tools designed to make developing web applications on Windows simple and seamless. IIS Express 7.5.1 Beta can also be used with Visual Studio 2010 as a powerful alternative to Cassini. The benefits of using IIS Express 7.5.1 Beta include:
- The same web server that runs on your production server is now available on your development computer.
- Most tasks can be done without the need for administrative privileges.
- IIS Express 7.5.1 Beta runs on Windows XP and all later versions of Windows.
- Many users can work independently on the same computer.
This package installs only IIS Express 7.5.1 Beta. For an integrated development experience, also install Microsoft WebMatrix or Visual Studio 2010.
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Taken from Microsoft Download Center
Nithin Mohan – A passionate hardcore application programmer, software architect, and technology evangelist with over 15 years of experience in Web, Mobile, and Cloud applications design and development.
