Over the last couple of years, Microsoft has done a marvelous job extending the .NET framework. They have come a long way and by the looks of all the CTP's currently available, they certainly have no intention of slowing down any time soon.
Changes are certainly good, but as developers, it can be very hard to keep up with all of them happening so fast. Most of these technologies however are just way to good to be ignored. The new brought power they offer could also mean having to completely rethink the way you've built your applications up until then. This can be very time consuming, leaving you with less time to focus on your application.
With the introduction of Vidyano, our goal is to make those new technologies more accessible. We want developers to be able to take advantage of them without going through all the best practices and patterns every time they start building a new application.
Today we want to provide you with a first glimpse into the future by releasing our first Community Technology Preview as a public download. While we certainly realize we still have a lot of work ahead of us, we also strongly believe that this first release should provide you with a clear view of what we are trying to accomplish.
You can get our July CTP from our Download page, where you can also find a getting started guide.
Starting today, we will also provide you with screencasts and tutorials on a regular basis through our team blog. At the moment our first screencast will give you a quick overview on most of the features contained in this release.
Note: If you can't see the video above, you need to install Silverlight 2 Beta 2
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