CodePlex Daily Summary for Saturday, April 09, 2011

CodePlex Daily Summary for Saturday, April 09, 2011

Popular Releases

• Farseer Physics Engine: Farseer Physics Engine 3.3.1: IntroductionFPE 3.3.1 is a bugfix release that fixes a couple of bugs and comes with a bunch of improvements to the WP7 samples. Farseer Physics Engine 3.3.1 - Penguins can't fly This release contains fixes from Helge Backhaus and his great work on the samples. A full list of changes can be found below. New featuresFixes to WP7 menu slider Added WP7 controls to samples Fixed bug in GravityController that would calculate wrong gravity on polygons. Fixed: 30442 Fixed: 30207 Fixed: ...
• Squiggle - A Free open source LAN Messenger: Squiggle 2.6 Beta: New features: Support for chat history Sticky windows. (Windows snap to edges of other windows and screen) Auto update Bug fixes: Slow chat Bridge connectivity and routing issues Revision 1: Fixed ui glitches and bug in history logging (Patched the incorrect update notification problem introduced in revision 1)
• DirectQ: Release 1.8.7 (2011-04-08): Somewhat experimental release featuring new rendering code and some significant speedups. It's not quite finished yet but it's time to get it out and start getting feedback in.
• Network Monitor Open Source Parsers: Microsoft Network Monitor Parsers 3.4.2590: The Network Monitor Parsers packages contain parsers for more than 400 network protocols, including RFC based public protocols and protocols for Microsoft products defined in the Microsoft Open Specifications for Windows and SQL Server. NetworkMonitor_Parsers_version.msi is the base parser package which defines parsers for commonly used public protocols and protocols for Microsoft Windows. In this release, • 10 new parsers were added into the base Network Monitor Parsers package for protoc...
• Extended WPF Toolkit: Extended WPF Toolkit - 1.4.0: Want an easier way to install the Extended WPF Toolkit?The Extended WPF Toolkit is available on Nuget. BREAKING CHANGES In order to reliably support all numeric data types, including nullables, the NumericUpDown control will be removed from the toolkit and replaced with the following controls: IntegerUpDown DecimalUpDown DoubleUpDown I am sorry for any inconvienence this may cause you. If you would like to comment on this decision please feel free to provide feedback in the Discussions....
• WPF Inspector: WPF Inspector 0.9.9: This is mainly a bug fix release that fixed the following bugs: - Default Styles are not listed on the style explorer - Crash with a "Trigger too complex" exception - Crash with a "Resource ... not found" exception and at least two new features: - Property Editor for Styles (Combobox to select from all applicable styles) - Property Editor for Images (Showing the source and Browse button)
• Composite C1 CMS: Composite C1 2.1.1 (2.1.4113.99): Composite C1 is a fully featured pro open source CMS for quick/custom website creation. Modern architecture, very user friendly. Use wizards or HTML/CSS/XSLT/ASP.NET/LINQ/.NET4. Supports both MVC3 (like Razor) and Web Forms. What's new in Composite C1 2.1 info available at http://compositec1.codeplex.com/discussions/251627 What's new in Composite C1 2.1.1: SEO assistant is okay with html5, Azure and WebMatrix publish related fixes. Manual upgrade guidelines available at http://compositec1.c...
• Facebook C# SDK: 5.0.9 (BETA): This is final BETA release of the version 5 branch of the Facebook C# SDK. We are getting very close to the RTW stable release so this release is production ready. There may be a few minor changes before RTW, but nothing too significant. New in this release: Bug fixes Symbol Server support For more information about this release see the following blog posts: Batch Requests Facebook C# SDK - Batch Requests Facebook C# SDK - Writing your first Facebook Application Facebook C# SDK...
• MVC Music Store: MVC Music Store v2.1: This is a minor update release to the MVC Music Store tutorial which corrects some typos and common problems in the 2.0 release. This tutorial is updated for ASP.NET MVC 3 and Entity Framework Code-First, and contains fixes and improvements based on feedback and common questions from previous releases. The main download, MvcMusicStore-v2.1.zip, contains everything you need to build the sample application, including A detailed tutorial document in PDF format Assets you will need to build th...
• MiniTwitter: 1.68: MiniTwitter 1.68 更新内容 修正 RT されたツイートをダブルクリックした時に返信先がおかしくなるのを修正 画像が含まれたツイートを表示するのに時間がかかる問題を修正
• Aura: Aura Beta 2: Changelog: - Added options (right click on tray icon and click Options) - Added Get color from wallpaper option (like in 1st beta) - Added localization support - Fixed some crashes Note: if you don't see any changes, just increase windows color intensity in personalization (Right click on desktop -> Personalization -> Color settings)
• Membership, Roles and Profile Library (MRPLibrary): Release 1.0.1: This is the third release of the MRPLibrary. This release utilizes EntityFramework 4.1 RC for underlying database access which can be downloaded from this page. The API Documentation provides a complete documentation of the library's source code. This is now the recommended release. The main aim of this release was to make all properties of ISecurityCop interfaces. This will make it easier to to test ISecurityCop especially within mock tests. Although some mocking frameworks can mock concrete...
• patterns & practices: Project Silk: Project Silk Community Drop 5 - April 6, 2011: IntroductionWelcome to the fifth community drop of Project Silk. For this drop we are requesting feedback on overall application architecture, code review of the JavaScript conductor and widgets, and general direction of the application. Changes from Previous DropContinued redesign of widgets and inter-widget communication Layout manager widget now handles animating between UI states (dashboard & details) Continued to enhanced the user interface Interactive charts are included in thi...
• SharePoint 2010 Government Demo Assets: Release II of Sharepoint 2010 Government Solutions: This is the second release of the Sharepoint 2010 for Government solutions and content packs. In this release we simplied the scenarios to make is easier to walk thru key Sharepoint 2010 technology features in the areas of Communities, Sites, Content, Composies, Search and Insights. We also made it easier to walk thru the scenarios using a single user. We use Kevin Kennedy (Kevink) for all scenarios. We also built more content out under Kevin's mysite so you can utilize all the key features o...
• SharePoint 2010 Education Demo Project: Release II Sharepoint 2010 Education Scenarios: This is the second release of the Sharepoint 2010 for Education solutions and content packs. In this release we simplied the scenarios to make is easier to walk thru key Sharepoint 2010 technology features in the areas of Communities, Sites, Content, Composies, Search and Insights. We also made it easier to walk thru the scenarios using a single user. For K12 scenarios we use Todd Rowe (toddr) and for Higher Ed scenarios we use Barry Johnson (Barryj). We have also updated the Live@EDU integra...
• Advanced Explorer for Wp7: Advanced Explorer for Wp7 Version 1.4: Advanced Explorer for Wp7 Version 1.4 This version will have the following new features (from 1.3) Goto Feature in Registry and File Explorer new icons (thanks to Snipper-Ice and dgarcia57) localization for spain and italy (thanks to Snipper-Ice) read acces on all devices, write access on most devices, full access (write) on HTC and LG with Provision fileaccess (only HTC, maybe there will be a feature, not in this release, where you can manage your file system "blind" on lg) styles ...
• Rawr: Rawr 4.1.03: Rawr is now web-based. The link to use Rawr4 is: http://elitistjerks.com/rawr.phpThis is the Cataclysm Release. More details can be found at the following link http://rawr.codeplex.com/Thread/View.aspx?ThreadId=237262 As of the 4.0.16 release, you can now also begin using the new Downloadable WPF version of Rawr!This is a Release of the WPF version, most of the general issues have been resolved. If you have a problem, please follow the Posting Guidelines and put it into the Issue Tracker. Whe...
• CommonLibrary.NET: CommonLibrary.NET 0.9.6 - Beta: A collection of very reusable code and components in C# 3.5 ranging from ActiveRecord, Csv, Command Line Parsing, Configuration, Holiday Calendars, Logging, Authentication, and much more. Samples in <root>\src\Lib\CommonLibrary.NET\Samples 0.9.6 - New ComponentsAdded an Extensions component for loading plugins. Added a Macro component that can handle parsing of custom tags in text/html e.g. $[getdate format="mmm/dd/yyyy"/] Added a Script service used for registering javascripts for a ...
• Chemistry Add-in for Word: Chemistry Add-in for Word - Version 1.0.1: Bug fix to ensure that the molecules can be imported without having convention specified on bondStereo to better match the molecular convention.
• ProDinner - ASP.NET MVC EF4 Code First SOLID N-Tier Arch jQuery Sample App: fourth: dinners can also be deleted and restored admins don't need to confirm deletion anymore some ui improvements

New Projects

• Archive Manager for XBMC: This tool creates a mirror of external drives using softlinks. So all videos can be found in the xbmc library even if the drive is not connected.
• BizTalk WCF Adaper for Windows Azure Storage: The BizTalk WCF Adapter for Windows Azure Storage Services enables communication between .Net framework applications and Windows Azure Storage Queues and Blobs. Designed for BizTalk Server as a WCF Binding, it can be used from any regular .Net Framework application.
• BleedingMusic: Open source cloud music player.
• Collegiate: Collegiate is an Academic Organizer for the Windows Operating System. It's main purpose is to help students keep track of their professors, courses, and assignments. Collegiate is developed in Visual Basic and designed with Windows 7 and the new taskbar in mind.
• Distillation Controller: A software package to support small scale ethanol production.
• Dropboxifier: Droboxifier simplifies and streamlines the process of adding folders to Dropbox and creating symbolic links. I wrote it primarily to learn WPF. It is written in C# using .NET 4.0. I thought it was cool enough to share with the world! Requires .NET 4.0 and Vista or higher.
• Easy BAML: Implementation of BAML WPF localization approach in a user(WPF developer)-friendly and easy way. Visual Studio Addin allows developer in a few mouse clicks prepare your application to localization and then finally get localized application.
• Educations: Educations
• Game of Life Simulator: Game of Life Simulator is a fast simulator of the Conway's Game Of Life. Its' developed in C# using Windows Forms.
• Generative Application Framework: GAF, or Generative Application framework is MDA, tool for generating application with a clear separation with Client/UI and Business logic, on top of NHibernate
• HostEurope Virtual Windows Server Backup Service: This windows service provides help in creating backups from your Hosteurop Virtual Windows Server. You can create Database backups from your MSSQL Express instance, run processes (e.g. HMailServer BackupScript), zip files or folders and put all the files to a ftp target.
• MVVM Zero: Fat-free MVVM for WPF and Silverlight. No assemblies, no dependencies, no fuss.
• Pershia Soft Website: Pershia soft. Owner: Ramin Alirezaee
• Robot Charles: A school project which should learn us to use APIs. Small client aplication, which connects to the server and guide a randomly spawned robot on a matrix field in to the center to pick-up secret message. Using WinAPI, SAPI and network protocols.
• SzuESD: SzuESD
• Ticket Watcher: Ticket Watcher.
• VB.NET MVC Music Store: This is a VB.NET port of the MVC Music Store tutorial. Source code history is preserved for each step of the tutorial so you can follow along with the evolution of the project over the course of the tutorial.
• Visual Studio Translator: This is extension for Visual Studio 2010 that thanslates selected text in the editor
• Vivid Ray Tracer: Vivid ray tracer is an implementation of global illumination to generate photo-realistic images.
• Windows Azure AppFabric Learning Series: This is a video series which will demonstrate to developers and architects the basics of working with Windows Azure AppFabric.
• Windows Phone 7 RSS Reader: This project provides the source code for a Windows Phone 7 (Silverlight) RSS Reader. It was originally created as part of a one-week long WP7 hackathon sponsored by Microsoft UK.
• WindowsSDK library to serialize a Form (or a control): WindowsSDK library to serialize a Form (or a control)
• Yellaboo! Lite: Yellaboo! Lite... Be Socially Productive!
• Zeus - MVC Interop Helper: Zeus is an MVC Interop Helper for sites that are partially in WebForms and partially in MVC. It allows WebForm pages to call MVC Helpers (such as HtmlHelper, UrlHelper, etc.) as well as bind Models and run actions on controllers. This page will soon have more samples of usage.