Mainsoft backs Visual Studio 2008 in tools
Mainsoft, which enables developers to leverage Microsoft Windows development skills to build applications for other platforms, on Monday is introducing updates to development products for Java, Linux, and Unix, adding support for Microsoft's Visual Studio 2008 IDE.
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 is icing, and more cake
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (VS08) Service Pack 1 (SP1) took eight months to arrive. Considering the capabilities that have been added, eight months might not seem so long. In some ways, SP1 feels like the completion of what Visual Studio 2008 was supposed to be. It's certainly not just the collection of bug fixes that you'd expect from the term "service pack."
A Quick Tour of Visual Studio 2008
You've no doubt come to expect a new release like Visual Studio 2008 to come with new programming models, unfamiliar terms, fresh dialog boxes, and new ways to view code; it can be hard to find your footing on what seems to be unfamiliar ground. This chapter represents what to expect as a first encounter with Visual Studio 2008. We will first do a run-through of the tool to help you get your bearing. We'll then help you sort through the Visual Studio product line. Let this chapter serve as your map of what's great in 2008; it will get you moving in the right direction.
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