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IronPython Studio

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:01:02 GMT

IronPython Studio is a free full IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for the Python programming language. It is based on the existing IronPython example that is included in the VS SDK. IronPython Studio is based on the Visual Studio 2008 Shell runtime (royalty free) and can be installed without requiring any version of Visual Studio.

Hundreds of design patterns, antipatterns and refactorings listed

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 04:31:02 GMT

Good source of common patterns (GoF etc), antipatterns and refactoring types. The examples are good and clear, but the code samples are only in Java/C++. However, the articles and samples are platform neutral enough to be useful even for .NET-purists like us ;)

CLR Fun Stuff: How is my C# code converted into machine instructions?

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:31:01 GMT

This post describes how a function's MSIL instructions are compiled into native code and when. Anyone writing .NET code should know this basic thing.

Quake 3 Arena Ported to .NET Managed C++ VS 2008!

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:16:02 GMT

Quake III Arena has been ported to Managed C++ .NET under Visual Studio 2008. Check out article for source code download.

Minority Report-like interaction with WPF

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:46:03 GMT

The guys at Cynergy built a very cool prototype of a no-touch interface using WPF and Wii controller. Here is a video and some insight of how they developed it.

InteliShade Beta 1.2

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:39:55 GMT

HLSL Syntax Highlighting and Intelisense (Ctrl-Space) add-in for Visual Studio 2005 Standard (and above) has been released. New features include better support for syntax highlighting as well as auto-completion and faster operation.

XNA 2.0 has been Released

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:16:04 GMT

Well it has been a late night, early Morning, or a nice evening for some... but the XNA Game Studio 2.0 has finally been released.