September 2011 « Code, Cloud & Context

Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Final (RTW)

Microsoft has released final version of Windows Phone SDK 7.1 (Mango). The Windows Phone Software Development Kit (SDK) 7.1 provides you with all of the tools that you need to develop applications and games for both Windows Phone 7.0 and Windows Phone 7.5 devices.

Download Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Final (RTW) Web Installer / Standalone ISO

The Windows Phone SDK includes the following

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone
Windows Phone Emulator
Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Assemblies
Silverlight 4 SDK and DRT
Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Extensions for XNA Game Studio 4.0
Microsoft Expression Blend SDK for Windows Phone 7
Microsoft Expression Blend SDK for Windows Phone OS 7.1
WCF Data Services Client for Window Phone
Microsoft Advertising SDK for Windows Phone

Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.5.1 Express Beta

IIS Express 7.5.1 Beta enhances your ability to develop and test web applications on Windows by combining the power of IIS 7.5 with the convenience of a lightweight web server like the ASP.NET Development Server (also known as Cassini). IIS Express 7.5 is included with Microsoft WebMatrix, an integrated suite of tools designed to make developing web applications on Windows simple and seamless. IIS Express 7.5.1 Beta can also be used with Visual Studio 2010 as a powerful alternative to Cassini. The benefits of using IIS Express 7.5.1 Beta include:

The same web server that runs on your production server is now available on your development computer.
Most tasks can be done without the need for administrative privileges.
IIS Express 7.5.1 Beta runs on Windows XP and all later versions of Windows.
Many users can work independently on the same computer.

This package installs only IIS Express 7.5.1 Beta. For an integrated development experience, also install Microsoft WebMatrix or Visual Studio 2010.

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Taken from Microsoft Download Center

Download IIS Express 7.5.1 Beta

Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 1.5 (September 2011)

Microsoft has released the latest version of Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 version 1.5(September 2011).

Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio extend Visual Studio 2010 to enable the creation, configuration, building, debugging, running, packaging and deployment of scalable web applications and services on Windows Azure.

Windows Azure™ is a cloud services operating system that serves as the development, service hosting and service management environment for the Windows Azure platform. Windows Azure provides developers with on-demand compute and storage services to host, scale, and manage web applications on the internet through Microsoft® datacenters.

Windows Azure is a flexible platform that supports multiple languages and integrates with your existing on-premises environment. To build applications and services on Windows Azure, developers can use their existing Microsoft Visual Studio® expertise. In addition, Windows Azure supports popular standards, protocols and languages including SOAP, REST, XML, Java, PHP and Ruby. Windows Azure is now commercially available in 41 countries.

To know more about Azure visit http://www.azure.com & http://windows.azure.com

Download the latest Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio 2010 v1.5 (VSCloudService.VS100.en-us.msi – 11MB)

To get more information on the downloads and get additional tools downloads visit Microsoft Download Center

Credits to Microsoft

Watch Microsoft Keynote from Build Developer Conference

Watch the keynote from the Build developer conference and check out technical sessions from the Windows engineering team.

Beginning Kinect .NET Development With Kinect SDK

I found some cool resources for learning Kinect Windows Development.

Official Kinect SDK Download

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/kinectsdk/

The tutorial series of basic fundamentals is below

Installing and using the Kinect sensor: here
Camera fundamentals: here
Skeletal Tracking fundamentals: here
Audio fundamentals: here
Depth data directives: here

Nice blogs about Kinect SDK – Windows Development.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/eternalcoding/archive/2011/08/20/10174036.aspx

http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/kinect/Kinect-gestures-and-Business-Analyzer-for-Dynamics-GP

http://abhijitjana.net/2011/09/14/development-with-kinect-net-sdk-part-i-installation-and-development-environment-setup/

a new tutorial series that will cover the basics of the new Kinect for Windows SDK using XNA 4.0.
1 – Installation and setup
2 – Basic programming
3 – Getting distance-data from the Depth Sensor

Developer Conference 2011–Hyderabad @ MUGH

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