Download Links for MIX08 Announcements
Here's a consolidated list of all the key downloads you'll need to update your developer workstation to the latest and greatest technologies announced this morning:
- Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1
- Silverlight 2 Beta 1 Runtime
- Silverlight 2 Tools for Visual Studio 2008 and SDK
- Updated: Source Code / Unit Tests for Silverlight 2 Controls
- Expression Studio 2 Beta (contains Blend, Design, Encoder, Media and Web)
- Expression Blend 2.5 March 2008 Preview
- Updated: Expression DeepZoom Composer
- ASP.NET MVC Preview 2
A couple of tips:
- The Silverlight 2 Tools release (third item above) includes the Silverlight 2 runtime and the SDK. You don't need to install the runtime separately first: just run the tools installer and you'll have everything you need.
- The Visual Studio extensions don't work with the Express editions - make sure you've got the full Visual Studio 2008 installed before attempting to install them.
- If you installed Silverlight 1.1 Alpha, uninstall it first, along with any related tools or SDKs before installing Silverlight 2 Beta 1. I watched someone get into a bit of a mess this morning by trying to update Silverlight 1.1 Alpha in-place. Fortunately, they were still able to uninstall and reinstall, but you're definitely best to start with a clean machine.
Have fun!
Anonymous
March 05, 2008
OK, so you've got all the bits downloaded and installed on your machine. What's the best way to startAnonymous
March 05, 2008
Is the MVC preview you have linked a subset of the ASP.NET Extensions refresh?Anonymous
March 05, 2008
It's separate, I believe. TimAnonymous
March 05, 2008
Tim Sneath has a great summary of links the technologies we announced at the MIX08 keynote this morning. Anonymous
March 05, 2008
Tim Sneath has a great summary of links the technologies we announced at the MIX08 keynote this morning. Anonymous
March 05, 2008
This morning during the key note @ Mix, Microsoft announced that Silverlight 2 Beta 1,  ExpressionAnonymous
March 05, 2008
Just to add, as announced during the keynote, the source code to the managed Silverlight 2 controls and unit tests are also available in a separate download at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=EA93DD89-3AF2-4ACB-9CF4-BFE01B3F02D4&displaylang=enAnonymous
March 05, 2008
If you're thinking about cracking on with Silverlight - then here's the place to start. ThisAnonymous
March 05, 2008
Did anyone else have the install of the "Tools for VS2008" prompt for the Visual Studio 2008 install disc? I thought this was weird. Fortunately I had a retail disc handy and stuck it in to complete the install. The “browse button” was looking for vs_setup.msi. I assume that this was the original install file. If you installed VS from the web or a share, you might want to locate it before you begin the install in case you run into the same problem I did.Anonymous
March 05, 2008
Expression Blend 2.5 still has some issues when working with Globaized applicationsAnonymous
March 05, 2008
Скачиваем и устанавливаем: http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2008/03/05/download-links-for-mix08-announcements.aspxAnonymous
March 05, 2008
So we have both "Expression Studio 2 Beta (contains Blend, Design, Encoder, Media and Web)" and also "Expression Blend 2.5 March 2008 Preview" Can we install both of these? Or should we select just one version of Blend?Anonymous
March 05, 2008
Hi Ian, we aim to confuse :) Here's the deal. Moving forward, Expression Blend 2 contains support for shipping technology: that is, WPF 3.x and Silverlight 1.0. Expression Blend 2.5 is a preview of the next release after Blend 2; it runs side-by-side with Blend 2 and supports WPF 3.x, Silverlight 1.0 and Silverlight 2. You're probably best to install both together - at this point, Blend 2 is more stable than 2.5 as a development environment for WPF and Silverlight 1.0, according to my Blend buddies. Hope this helps, TimAnonymous
March 05, 2008
I've updated the links above to also include the source code for the controls and unit tests. Thanks, Jeff!Anonymous
March 06, 2008
Thanks, but the link to the Silverlight 2 beta runtime doesn't seem to work.Anonymous
March 06, 2008
I don't know about you but today has been a total information overload for me... Ok, so let startAnonymous
March 06, 2008
Conclusa da poche ore le keynote di MIX’08 a Las Vegas , le novità presentate in ambito web e new mediaAnonymous
March 06, 2008
Conclusa da poche ore le keynote di MIX’08 a Las Vegas , le novità presentate in ambito web e new mediaAnonymous
March 10, 2008
MIX08 came and went and I've had a chance to reflect on its impact over the weekend. I have to say thatAnonymous
March 10, 2008
MIX08 came and went and I've had a chance to reflect on its impact over the weekend. I have to sayAnonymous
March 11, 2008
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