Now that the ASP.NET MVC Framework is released, the contribution project MVC Contrib v1.0 is now available. This project adds additional functionality on top of the MVC Framework. These enhancements can increase your productivity using the MVC Framework.
Features include UI helpers, ViewData extensions, model binders, controllers and controller factories, routing, action results, filters, view engines, a unit-testing library, and additional utilities.
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A new version 0.5 is available for AgDLR, the Silverlight Dynamic Languages SDK. This represents the integration between Silverlight and Dynamic Languages running on the Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR). The languages included in this package are IronRuby and IronPython. All are released under the Microsoft Public License
This is the MIX ‘09 release for Silverlight 2 and Silverlight 3 Beta. It updates the languages to IronRuby 0.3 and IronPython 2.6 pre-alpha, and adds a bunch of new features to Microsoft.Scripting.Silverlight and Chiron.
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IronRuby is a Open Source implementation of the Ruby programming language for .NET, heavily relying on Microsoft’s Dynamic Language Runtime.
IronRuby passes approximately 80% of RubySpec, the best test suite Ruby has today. IronRuby is best at language compatibility, passing 95% of those tests, but worse on the standard libraries with a pass-rate of 77%. Overall the pass-rate as gone up approximately 10% since the last release.
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The fourth preview of the Microsoft Ajax 4.0 is now available on CodePlex. This is an important release because it enables the full client data story, complete with the ability to get changes back to the server automatically. It’s probably the easiest way to build a data-driven client application. Features include:
- Getting a client representation of data from an ADO.NET and REST data service.
- Rendering data on the client using templates.
- Declarative instantiation of client components.
- Live bindings, enabling changes in the UI and in the data to be automatically propagated.
- Command bubbling for codeless wiring of events in template-driven controls.
- Data identity and association management for efficient and consistent client-server data exchanges.
- Sending changes back to ADO.NET and REST data services.
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Blog post describing features
Microsoft has released the source code to ASP.NET MVC v1.0.
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This package is an add-on for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 to provide tooling for Microsoft Silverlight 3. It provides a Silverlight project system for developing Silverlight applications using C# or Visual Basic.
Silverlight 3 Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 includes:
- Visual Basic and C# Project templates
- Intellisense and code generators for XAML
- XAML design preview
- Debugging of Silverlight applications
- Remote debugging of Silverlight applications for Mac
- Web reference support
- WCF Templates
- Team Build and command line build support
- Support for cached transparent assemblies
- Support for ASP.NET server integration
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Microsoft has released the beta version of Web Platform Installer 2.0. The Web PI is a small utility you can use to download, install, and maintain your Microsoft "Web Platform" applications. This includes Internet Information Services (IIS), MS SQL Server Express, Silverlight 3 Visual Studio tools, and much more.
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Tool Overview
ASP.NET MVC 1.0 provides a new Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework on top of the existing ASP.NET 3.5 runtime. This means that developers can take advantage of the MVC design patterns to create their Web Applications which includes the ability to achieve and maintain a clear separation of concerns (the UI or view from the business and application logic and backend data), as well as facilitate test driven development (TDD).
The ASP.NET MVC framework defines a specific pattern to the Web Application folder structure and provides a controller base-class to handle and process requests for “actions”. Developers can take advantage of the specific Visual Studio 2008 MVC templates within this release to create their Web applications, which includes the ability to select a specific Unit Test structure to accompany their Web Application development.
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S#arp Architecture v1.0 RC2 is now available. Pronounced "Sharp Architecture," this is a solid architectural foundation for rapidly building maintainable Web applications leveraging the ASP.NET MVC framework with NHibernate 1.2 and Spring.NET 1.1.1. The primary advantage is to decrease the amount of code one has to write while increasing the quality of the end product.
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What is S#arp Architecture?
Vault is a prototype programming language created at Microsoft Research. It’s a safe version of the C programming language, with features to record and enforce usage rules associated with interfaces. The rules control the order in which the interface’s functions may be called and its data accessed.
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