Month: October 2008

    With the purpose of helping the Web developers Microsoft launched a new site called, Microsoft Web Platform that contains several elements with the goal of simplifying the life of those developers, with some of the contents being: News and Trends Best Practices and Tools Web Centric Business Strategies Events Blogs Training Products Downloads     This is not yet completed, but it’s a good idea and I’m certain that it will grow a lot in the near future.     On this site we find 2 installer packages, that are: Microsoft Web Platform Installer This package is completely free and serves … Continue reading Microsoft Web Platform

   Following the ASP.NET development this new MVC Framework is important because in some cases will be the right choice for the development process. The first releases had problems regarding AJAX integration and also poor set of controls, when compared to the ASP.NET Web Forms version, but with this version a lot has changed, and things like: Better Visual Studio Support Works with VS 2008 with and without SP1 Provides a new “Add View” option in the context Menu when developing the controller class Supports jQuery This has been a great progress for ASP.NET and it’s not only possible with … Continue reading ASP.NET MVC Beta version Released

    Finally the RTM version of Silverlight 2.0 is already available, as Scott Guthrie wrote on his subject related post. This is a very interesting news and that will allow all that are using and believe in this Microsoft technology can now improve their productivity in developing rich solutions.      To get started you need the following: Install the RTM version of the runtime for Silverligth 2.0 Install the Silverlight 2.0 Tools for Visual Studio Install Microsoft Expression Blend 2.0 SP 1 Install Deep Zoom Composer      To Learn: Guide Scott Blog Series Videos Jesse Liberty Tutorial     Don’t forget … Continue reading Silverlight 2.0 RTM