Microsoft has released a Community Technology Preview (CTP) to develop Windows Phone 7 applications using Microsoft Visual Basic and the final version of the Windows Phone Developer Tools. This CTP is to be used as an evaluation only, as the final implementation is likely to change.
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Note that the final version of the Windows Phone Developer Tools is required for this CTP.
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A new version is available for AjaxminGui, a free user interface for the Microsoft Ajax Minifier. AjaxminGui is a Windows application that allows you to run the Microsoft Ajax Minifier without using the command line or Visual Studio. Features include:
- Minify all JavaScript files in a folder and nested folders
- Minify individual JavaScript files
- Run the minifier in the background
- Enable/disable the minifier’s hypercrunch and analysis options
- Open the output folder once the minifier finishes
- View the minifier’s output
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ASP.NET MVC 3 Preview 1 provides a new Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework on top of the existing ASP.NET 4 runtime. ASP.NET MVC 3 can be installed side-by-side with ASP.NET MVC 2 and won’t affect existing projects.
ASP.NET MVC 3 is a framework for developing highly testable and maintainable Web applications by leveraging the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern. The framework encourages developers to maintain a clear separation of concerns among the responsibilities of the application – the UI logic using the view, user-input handling using the controller, and the domain logic using the model. ASP.NET MVC applications are easily testable using techniques such as test-driven development (TDD).
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