A new version of Visual Studio 2008 extensions for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 arrived.
New features in version 1.3 include:
- Can be installed on x64 Server OS machines running SharePoint x64. Previously only x86 Server OS could be used
- Separate build commands for package, deploy and retract are added as Visual Studio menu items
- WSP View improvements for consistency of deleting feature elements, merging features and adding event receivers to features
- Command line build, package and retract commands are included enabling continuous integration and build servers. Previously command line build of SharePoint projects was very difficult
- Refactoring support for renaming of Web Parts. Previously renaming a web part required changes in several files in the project
- Solution Generator can now generate solutions from publishing sites. Previously only regular sites could be generated
- Allowing partial trust BIN deployments of web parts
- New project item template for SharePoint RootFiles items
- Deployment will now optionally remove conflicting existing features on the development server prior to redeployment. Previously any feature name conflicts would result in an error
- Ancillary assemblies such as for business logic can now be added to the SharePoint Solution WSP
- Hidden features related to Site Definition projects are now shown in WSP View. They are no longer hidden
- For advanced users a fast deploy is included to update only the compiled assembly on the SharePoint development installation
- Deployment step logging is included
- The List Definition from Content Type template now allows for the creation of a List Definition Event Receiver
- The User Guide is now installed with the extensions instead of being a separate download
You can find it here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=B2C0B628-5CAB-48C1-8CAE-C34C1CCBDC0A&displaylang=en
More information you can find here: http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/kirke/SharePoint-for-Developers-Part-1-Introducing-VSeWSS-13/
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