Archive for the 'Visual Studio' Category



Hi everyone, I hope you are enjoying your year so far.
This one is for the developers out there. I’m that if you are a keen C#, VB or C++ developer, you have been trying out the betas and release candidate for Visual Studio 2010. Well great news, Visual Studio 2010 has been released and [...]

Just a reminder to everyone who registered for the XNA Game Camp in Wollongong this Friday.
Registration is open from 10:30 to 11am, but trains take ~2hrs to get there, so be sure you know what train you need.
Let me know if you are going to the camp!
 
-Michael

You may remember last year that I mentioned an XNA event that I was considering running with Microsoft, which eventually fell through. I did however promise that it would be resurrected in some form later this year, and I am again considering it for Spring 2009.
As I plan it with Microsoft, I do need some [...]

For those who develop in XNA, you will want to head to the Creators Club website and download the newest version of XNA Game Studio, XNA GS 3.1.
Please note that if you are making a game for the Community Games service, you will only be able to submit a 3.1 game from July 23rd.
If you [...]

Right on time, the Visual Studio 2010 beta has been released to the public. You can grab the beta bits (Including the .Net Framework 4.0 beta) from http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010/default.mspx. There you can choose from the Professional or Team Suite beta, and find out more about the new features in 2010.
There is a nice list at [...]

During the TechEd USA conference last week, the product roadmaps for Microsoft’s developer tools were announced for the coming year.
You can find the entire list here.
Some notable parts to highlight:

Beta of VS2010 available soon.
Office 2010 technical preview begins in July 2009, you can nominate yourself for the preview at Office 2010 the Movie.
SQL Server [...]

Just found out that the beta for the upcoming Visual Studio 2010 will be available to the general public on Wednesday 20th May.
If you have access to a MSDN subscription (MSDNAA should suffice) then it will be available on Monday 18th May.
More information about Visual Studio 2010
More details with links will be posted closer [...]