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  • MacRuby 0.3 Release Brings Interface Builder Support, HotCocoa for GUI Building

    MacRuby 0.3 was released with many improvements, among them support for GUIs built with the InterfaceBuilder. Also: HotCocoa, a Builder-style API for Cocoa GUIs is shipped with the new release of MacRuby.

    Werner Schuster
    on Sep 12, 2008

  • AnkhSVN 2.0 Source Code Control Package (SCC) for Visual Studio

    AnkhSVN started as a Visual Studio add-in, which allowed to work on a Subversion (SVN) version-controlled project from within Visual Studio. Release 2.0 is a complete rewrite of the core engine, which is delivered as a free Source Code Control Package (SCC) for Visual Studio 2005 and 2008.

    Hartmut Wilms
    on Aug 29, 2008

  • Introducing Boo Lang Studio

    The first alpha release of Boo Lang Studio is available on CodePlex. This Visual Studio add-on strives to offer first class IDE support for Boo, a relatively new .NET language that while inspired by Python, is statically typed.

    Jonathan Allen
    on Aug 25, 2008

  • FxCop 1.36 Released

    Microsoft has released a new version of FxCop, the popular static code analyzer and policy enforcement utility. This release fixes numerous bugs and adds support .NET Framework 3.5 language features. This release updates FxCop to have the same engine enhancements provided to VSTS Code Analysis in VS 2008 SP1.

    Al Tenhundfeld
    on Aug 22, 2008

  • Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.1 Is Available

    Microsoft has just released Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.1 which allows developers to create extensions for VS 2008 SP1. As a result, Visual Studio Shell redistributable packages are now much smaller.

    Abel Avram
    on Aug 21, 2008

  • Occasionally Connected Client Support With VS 2008 SP1

    Visual Studio 2008 SP1 provides increased support for occasionally connected clients through an enhanced DataSet designer, integrating ADO.NET Sync Services and SQL Server 2008 Change Data Capture.

    Al Tenhundfeld
    on Aug 19, 2008

  • .NET 3.5 SP 1 Released

    Service Pack 1 for .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 was released today. While called a "service pack", the sheer number of new features makes this release as significant as .NET 3.0. These include the controversial ADO.NET Entity Framework and the much demanded improvements to C#’s real-time syntax checker.

    Jonathan Allen
    on Aug 11, 2008

  • Windows Live Tools July CTP for Microsoft Visual Studio

    Windows Live Dev has released the Windows Live Tools July CTP for Microsoft Visual Studio, a set of VS add-ins allowing developers to incorporate Windows Live services into web applications developed with Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer Express 2008.

    Abel Avram
    on Aug 06, 2008

  • "Squiggles" for C#

    With VS 2008 SP 1, C# has finally added error checking comparable to the continuous feedback VB developers have come to expect from their background compiler. Released under the name Live Semantic Errors or "Squiggles", it provides better design time error checking but only for open files.

    Jonathan Allen
    on Jul 25, 2008

  • Create Your Own VS Item Templates

    If you find yourself writing the same sort of class over and over again, custom item templates could be your solution. Shahar Y. shows how to create your own custom Visual Studio Item Templates.

    Jonathan Allen
    on Jul 25, 2008

  • Sharing Code Snippets

    When possible, commonly used code should be wrapped up in frameworks and libraries where you don't have to look at it. But when that's just not possible, we often have to turn to lengthy blocks of boilerplate code. Tools to make this less painful include Marckus's SnipPit and Bill McCarthy's Snippet Editor.

    Jonathan Allen
    on Jul 23, 2008

  • JetBrains Releases ReSharper 4.0 with Many Improvements, C# 3.0 Support

    JetBrains has released the much-anticipated productivity Visual Studio add-in, ReSharper 4.0. Resharper 4.0 includes many improvements and new features.

    Robert Bazinet
    on Jun 12, 2008

  • Visual Studio Extensions for SharePoint Released

    SharePoint is rapidly becoming the default CMS platform for companies building internal website using Microsoft technologies. SharePoint, though loaded with features out of the box, is often heavily customized using ASP.NET. In order to facilitate that, Microsoft has recently released several resources for both new and experienced SharePoint developers.

    Jonathan Allen
    on Jun 10, 2008

  • Boo: a First Class Language in Visual Studio

    Boo is now on its way to becoming a first class citizen within Visual Studio 2008 thanks to the work of Jeffery Olson and the developers of BooLangStudio, a Visual Studio plugin.

    James Vastbinder
    on Jun 05, 2008

  • Visual Studio 2008 Product Comparison Guide Available

    Microsoft has published a comprehensive product comparison guide for Visual Studio 2008.

    Abel Avram
    on May 27, 2008
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