Today, I downloaded the July 2008 CTP of Windows Live Tools for Visual Studio 2008.
Windows Live™ Tools
for Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008 are a set of control add-ins to make
incorporating Windows Live services into your Web application easier
with Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer Express 2008.
There are 6 controls that were included in the CTP release:
- Contacts Control
- IDLoginStatus Control
- IDLoginView Control
- MessengerChat Control
- SilverlightStreamingMediaPlayer Control
- Map Control
Among these controls, what I am excited to experiment with is the Map Control. I'm interested in developing application that uses maps, e.i. Google Maps, Yahoo Maps but I hate javascript so my plan didn't materialize. Thanks to this controls release for ASP.NET I can now start experimenting with these.
Find the full details of the CTP and Windows Live Tools here.