SharpKit is a free Web Toolkit that enables you to write and maintain code in C#, then convert it to JavaScript during compilation. SharpKit enables web development teams to take advantage of C# and Visual Studio benefits such as compile-time syntax verification, code-completion, XML documentation and refactoring. Many developers prefer this managed code environment versus the expensive and error-prone world of JavaScript programming.
In addition, SharpKit is a nonintrusive, compile-time solution. SharpKit does not change native JavaScript syntax, require server-side changes, nor affect your existing file structure. This non-lock-in model enables you to stop using SharpKit at any time and work directly with the JavaScript source code, if desired.
You can also use SharpKit with VB.NET, and use SharpKit to create iPhone and SmartPhone mobile browser applications.
SharpKit Home Page
jQuery is a free, open source, lightweight cross-browser JavaScript library. jQuery is the most popular JavaScript library in use today. (wiki)
In honor of jQuery’s 4th birthday, another major release of the jQuery JavaScript library is now available. New features and improvements include:
- Performance overhaul of popular methods
- Easy setter functions
- Nested param serialization
- JSON and script types auto-detected by content-type
- Etag support
- Strict JSON parsing, using native JSON.parse
- Serialize HTML5 elements
- Context for Ajax Request
- Quick Element Construction
- .css() method has 2x performance improvement
- Per-property easing
- Event multi-binding
- Better support for applets
Download jQuery 1.4
jQuery 1.4 Overview
jQuery 1.4 Documentation
Do you need help convincing your boss that your company needs to upgrade to Visual Studio 2010? Or perhaps you are looking for additional ammo in your .NET vs. Java religious wars with your programming colleagues?
Microsoft has produced a Silverlight-based “Myth Busting Matrix” for Visual Studio. This nifty web tool details the benefits of upgrading to Visual Studio 2010 and helps dispel some widely-held myths about Visual Studio and the Microsoft .NET Framework. You can browse all three supported versions of Visual Studio (2005, 2008 and 2010) by your areas of interest and click on the myths for more information.
Visual Studio Myth Buster
Zain Naboulsi, a Senior Developer Evangelist at Microsoft, has started the “Tip of the Day” series for Visual Studio 2010, taking the reins from Sara Ford.
Visual Studio 2010 Tip of the Day
