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VSSDK Assist March 2008 CTP is OUT!!!

This new version includes several bug fixes and it is compatible with GAX February 2008 RTM.

You can download it from here.

 

Pablo

posted Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:49 AM by pga with 0 Comments

VSSDK Assist October CTP is OUT!!!

I am pleased to announce that VSSDK Assist October 2007 CTP is out and available for download.

Features:

  • Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 and Visual Studio 2008 SDK August 2007 CTP support
    • RANU support
    • VSCT code generation
  • Visual Basic support
    • New Visual Basic solution and project templates
    • New Visual Basic Code snippets
    • Code generation updated to support Visual Basic
  • VS Custom Tools / Single file generators creation support

For more information please visit http://www.codeplex.com/vssdkassist

Links:
Release

https://www.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ProjectName=vssdkassist&ReleaseId=7644

Pre-requisites
http://www.codeplex.com/vssdkassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Pre-requisites&referringTitle=Home


Pablo

posted Wednesday, October 10, 2007 8:30 PM by pga with 1 Comments

VSX July 07 community letter

Ken Levy, product manager of the VSX team just published the VSX community letter for July 07.

In my opinion this initiative provides a lot of transparency to the community about what the VSX team has been working on, recent news, announcements, events and on what they are working on now plus the roadmap for the future. Following this direction there is also a VSX Team blog.

Of course there is a lot of work to do to build a VSX community, my friend and VSX guru Victor already mentioned his vision of a VSX Community and I completely agree with him.

But I think that this is a really good thing and the VSX team is going to put a lot of effort to continue building the community.

On the news section there is a pointer to VSSDK Assist, many thanks to Ken and the VSX team to provide a pointer on the community letter and to increase the visibility of the project.

 

Pablo

posted Monday, July 02, 2007 5:50 PM by pga with 0 Comments

Visual Studio Extensibility got easier

Let’s make a small introduction first:

Visual studio provides three levels of extensibility:

·         Macros

o   Macros are not new and we know them from Office

·         Add-ins

o   This is the next level in the VSX hierarchy, it provides more powerful extensibility points and full control of the Visual Studio Automation Object model

·         Packages

o   This is the last level in the VSX hierarchy, it provides more power and flexibility than the Visual Studio Automation Object model

Packages:

Creating a VS Package is not a simple task and the beginning it was only for C++ experienced developers.

With the inclusion of the Manage Package Framework (MPF) developing a Vs Package got easier because MPF allows a VSX developer to extend VS using managed code.

But in my opinion a set of tools on top of the MPF were missing. A set of tools that provide a higher level of abstraction, guidance, best practices and code generation to support the creation on VSX assets, a set of tools that can make the learning curve really low and most important a set of tools that can boost your productivity.

VSSDK Assist to the rescue:

A couple of months ago I started on codeplex a project named VSIPFactory. This project was the beginning of this vision.

It then became VSSDK Assist and the current version provides an initial toolset of utilities that allow a VSX developer to:

Create:

·         VS Package solution

·         VS Package project

·         VS Services

·         VS Tool Windows

·         VS Commands

·         VS Tool Options Pages

·         Subscribe to VS Events

Configure:

·         VS Package

·         VS about/splash screens

Deploy:

·         Configure VS Package Load Key

·         Create VS Package Deployment Information

Test:

·         Create VS Package Load Key Report

·         Test VS Package Load Key

·         Test VS Splash Screen

Utility:

·         Register VS Packages

·         Unregister VS Packages

·         Refresh VS Package Registration Information

·         Launch VS on Experimental Hive

·         Browse your VS Package

Of course this is only the beginning, future versions will cover more and more Visual Studio Extensibility points.

So go and download it J

Pablo

posted Friday, June 08, 2007 8:15 AM by pga with 2 Comments

Visual Studio 2008 Shell

The Visual Studio 2008 Shell was just announced. After seeing the screenshots and reading the main features:

  • Faster Development. The Visual Studio Shell accelerates development by providing a base integrated development environment that can host custom tools and programming languages.
  • A Familiar Environment. Developers can build on the Visual Studio platform and provide end users a familiar user interface, speeding the learning curve for both.
  • Optimized for Languages & Tools. Created in response to requests from our partners, the Visual Studio Shell gives you the option of integrating your tools with Visual Studio or creating an isolated, custom-branded application.

I can only say WOW; finally exten