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VS.Php PHP Integrated Development Environment

Written by IT News on 10:56 AM

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 can be used to develop PHP applications using VS.Php, integrated development environment for Visual Studio. PHP is a programming language used to make Web-based applications.

Many open source frameworks were established on the basis of the programming language PHP. The new release of VS.Php (version 2.5) integrated in Microsoft Zend Framework Visual Studio 2008 and 2005. For users who do not have Microsoft Visual Studio, self edition of VS.Php based on Microsoft Visual Studio IDE shell also provided.

Zend Framework allows developers to build Web 2.0 applications and services. It provides support for AJAX, object-oriented PHP 5 classes, and many other features that help developers to reduce the time required for development to create sophisticated web-based applications.

By integrating the Zend framework in Microsoft Visual Studio, the user will have multiple benefits: PHP review built into the engine and IntelliSense support for Zend Framework classes and class auto-loaders, MVC (Model View Controller) project wizard Zend Framework and others. In IntelliSense support for class auto-loaders VS.Php function allows you to find and display files corresponding to the respective classes.

VS.Php as PHP IDE (integrated development environment), through the full number of functions, helps developers increase their productivity and improve debugging and deployment of PHP applications. Version 2.5 of VS.Php also comes with a new set of types of projects: the command line applications, projects corresponding to a particular version of PHP (5.2.8 and 4.4.8) and MVC projects based on a framework Zend.

VS.Php is only compatible with Windows, but PHP applications made with it can be located on any operating system like Linux or the MacOS. On jcxsoftware site you can find lessons that stress the basic features and functionality of VS.Php application. For users who want to test the new version, all VS.Php editions are available for download here.

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DreamSpark - Free Software from Microsoft !

Written by IT News on 4:14 PM

Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition - free. Expression Studio - for free. Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition - free. It seems too good to be true, but it is the exception that proves the rule. Dream Spark Microsoft is an initiative by the company from Redmond to "inspire success, to distinguish" while at the same time, "about the imagination and the career of the students of today." With Dream Spark, Microsoft offers to students from around the world access to the software for professional developers and designers of resources. Initially the program will be available, and 35 million students in Belgium, China, Germany, Finland, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the USA

"We want to do our utmost to deal with a new generation of leaders in technology
The knowledge and the tools they need to access the magic of software for the improvement of living conditions, problems to solve, and as a catalyst for economic growth, "said Gates." Dream Spark Microsoft offers tools for professional use, which, we hope, to inspire students to explore the power of the software and encouraging forge in the next wave of software with a focus on the discovery."

But the company from Redmond is in any case limited to 35 million students. According to Microsoft, Dream Spark will slow to students, new markets by 2008 Australia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and other countries in the Americas, Asia and Europe. In the third quarter of 2008, Microsoft will also for the inclusion of students in the secondary Dream Spark.

The program includes Dream Spark Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition, Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition; XNA Game Studio 2.0; costs 12 months, a member of the Academic XNA Creators Club; Expression Web, expression blend, expression of design; Expression Media; SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition and Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.

"Student identity is determined by the two institutions, the public order or even of systems for the identification of partners who directly with Microsoft for the process of the review. You transmit binary file a simple" yes "or" no "to the admissibility. It is important that the students and the universities retain full control over the transaction. Microsoft is not a party to any personal information about the students - Protecting your privacy is of great importance for us. Once we receive the verification of eligibility, they can Procedures for checking on future visits to the website for downloading Spark Dream, "Joe Wilson, and Microsoft Senior Director of Academic Initiatives.