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HTML 5 intellisense and validation schema for Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer

November 18, 2009 Nov 18, 2009 11/18/09
Web Development Tools Microsoft
You all probably know that new HTML 5 standard is coming. We made a new intellisense schema that you can add to VS 2008 or VWD Express 2008 and get intellisense and validation on HTML 5 elements. Note that schema is for markup only, we do not have DOM2 update for jscript intellisense yet. How to install the schema: Download attached ZIP file...

Software for building and hosting web sites at no cost for 3 years!

September 24, 2009 Sep 24, 2009 09/24/09
Web Development Tools Microsoft
I’m excited to announce – WebsiteSpark – a new program from Microsoft that provides software and support for building web sites, at no cost for 3 years. What You Get Software: WebsiteSpark provides software licenses that you can use for 3 years at no upfront cost (there is only an exit fee of $100 payable upon exit from the program).&...

Software Development Engineer Opportunity on Visual Web Developer

July 14, 2009 Jul 14, 2009 07/14/09
Web Development Tools Microsoft
The Visual Web Developer team is looking for a motivated software engineer that wants to work on next set of Web related features in Visual Web Developer and Visual Studio, shipping Visual Studio 2010 and beyond. Web development is a highly competitive area and Visual Web Developer is a primary tool that helps driving Windows Server, IIS ...

IIS7 Load Balancing & Routing Module Now Available!

February 17, 2009 Feb 17, 2009 02/17/09
Web Development Tools Microsoft
The IIS team has just shipped the Microsoft Application Request Routing 1.0 module for IIS7!!!Application Request Routing (ARR) enables Web server administrators and hosting providers and to increase Web application reliability and scalability through rule-based routing and load balancing of HTTP server requests. With ARR, administrators can ...

Web Platform Installer

November 25, 2008 Nov 25, 2008 11/25/08
Web Development Tools Microsoft
Yesterday Microsoft released Web Platform Installer (WPI) Release Candidate to the web at http://www.microsoft.com/web/channel/products/WebPlatformInstaller.aspx.  Betas have been available for a while, but the release version contains several new features.  This is a one-stop-shopping installer for free Microsoft web development ...

Introducing JScript Formatting in VS 2008 SP1

May 12, 2008 May 12, 2008 05/12/08
Web Development Tools Microsoft
Colorization, validation, IntelliSense, and formatting comprise the core of any modern editor.  With VS 2008 SP1, we are completing the core JScript editor by introducing code formatting.  Additionally, we have promoted JScript to a dedicated node in “Tools Options” providing a clean separation from the HTML “Tools Options...

JScript IntelliSense: Working with Ext JS

March 12, 2008 Mar 12, 2008 03/12/08
Web Development Tools Microsoft
Ext is great framework for adding rich AJAX interactivity to your web application.  Unfortunately, JScript IntelliSense currently has difficulties processing the script and it's not uncommon to see this message: I just wanted to let everyone know that we've investigated and fixed the issue.  This fix will be available in the next ...

Downloadable Hotfix: Performance and Editor fixes for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer Express 2008

February 8, 2008 Feb 8, 2008 02/8/08
Web Development Tools Microsoft
We have received a great deal of feedback on VS 2008 and VWD 2008. Thank you for all the feedback.   We have looked at the feedback carefully and selected some critical issues around performance and editor usage to fix in this hotfix. This article talks about all the issues that are fixed in the hotfix.   Machine Prerequisites: &...

JScript IntelliSense: Handling Errors

January 31, 2008 Jan 31, 2008 01/31/08
Web Development Tools Microsoft
I often get the question “Why isn’t IntelliSense working?”.  The most common cause is an error in one of the referenced scripts.  If there was an IntelliSense update error, the status bar will tell you. Given this situation, the Error List  will complement the status bar with one of two messages. Error Message 1: A script...

Workaround: Debugging Global.aspx.cs Application_Start() with ASP.Net Web Server within Visual Studio

December 13, 2007 Dec 13, 2007 12/13/07
Web Development Tools Microsoft
When you add a global.asax file to your "Web Application Projects (WAPs) like below: and then write code in Application_Start event and try to debug it like below using Visual Studio inbuilt Development Web Server   Then during your first debug the breakpoint is hit but during your subsequent debug runs the breakpoint is not hit. The ...