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Visual Studio 2008 Not Ready for Visual SourceSafe
Richard Berg warns, "If you plan to use VS 2008 with SourceSafe, make sure to pick up the Update CTP too. Without it, some features like "Open from Source Control" will not work at all."
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Ruby.NET 0.9 improves .NET interop, adds Form designer support
Ruby.NET, a project to compile Ruby source to .NET CIL, just released version 0.9. The release comes with improved .NET integration and a nearly complete implementation of the Ruby standard library. To top it off, Ruby.NET VS integration ships Form Builder support to help build Ruby GUI apps.
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Microsoft Releases Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5
Today Microsoft released Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 to developers. This is a much anticipated release and includes all the promised features.
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Visual Studio 2008 to be Released this Month
Today Somasegar, vice president of Microsoft's Developer Division, announced that .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 will be released by the end of November.
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Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 VPCs have their Life Extended
The initial release of the Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 VPCs downloaded prior to October 29, 2007 are set to expire on November 1, 2007 which is earlier than previously anticipated.
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Oslo: Microsoft Takes Composite Applications to the Mainstream
Microsoft unveiled this morning a vision and roadmap to simplify SOA, bridge software + services and take composite applications to the mainstream. The code name of this effort is “Oslo”.
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New Code Analysis Tool FxCop Beta: 200 bug fixes, anonymous methods support
With over 200 bug fixes and performance improvements, this beta is what many FxCop users have been clamoring for. FXCop checks .NET managed code assemblies for conformance to the Microsoft .NET Framework Design Guidelines. Beyond basic library design and naming convention checks, FxCop is especially valuable in pointing out globalization, interoperability, and security issues.
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SQL Database Publishing in Visual Studio 2008 and Today
The Database Publishing Wizard is a popular add-in for Visual Studio, which supports deploying a local database to a remote host. The Visual Web Developer team announces that the wizard will be integrated in Visual Studio 2008.
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Visual Studio to Finally Address Performance Issues
Visual Studio has been plagued with performance issues that have been getting worse with each version. In a Channel 9 video, Cameron McColl apologized for the past performance issues and talks about improvements for VS 2008.
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XML Schema Designer for Visual Studio 2008
The XML Schema Designer is a graphical tool for working with XML Schemas (XSD). It is integrated with Visual Studio 2008 and the XML Editor.
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Book Excerpt and Review: Hitchhiker's Guide to Visual Studio and SQL Server
With SQL Server 2000's hitting its end of life date next April, many shops that have been delaying the upgrade to SQL Server 2005 need to start looking at it seriously. This is why we have chosen to review the seventh edition of William Vaughn's Hitchhiker's Guide to Visual Studio and SQL Server.
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CodeSmith 4.1.1 supports Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2
CodeSmith is a template-based code generator that automatically generates high level code (C#, VB.NET, ...). The current release features LINQ to SQL templates and supports Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2.
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Visual Studio 2008 & .NET 3.5 Beta 2 release is available
The Beta 2 release of Visual Studio 2008 & .NET 3.5 is now available for download. Beta 2 includes a go-live license, which allows developers to use this version in production.
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VS 2008 to Support Nested Master Pages
One of the most lauded features in ASP.NET 2.0 is Master Pages. Master Pages serve as templates for a site, making it easier to create and maintain consistent style site-wide. They do have one drawback under VS 2005: they cannot be nested. Visual Studio 2008, expected to be released later this year, eliminates that limitation.
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Visual Studio Multi-Targeting Update
One of the most visible deficiencies in Visual Studio is that each version is tied to a specific version of the CLR. For example, it is impossible to create anything but .NET 2.0 applications using Visual Studio 2005. Visual Studio 2008 partially addresses this issue with what Microsoft calls multi-targeting.