Jun 16

Portable Library Tools Now RTM - VS2010 RTM SP1

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Loving it. write code run it anywhere .NET runs no recompile..

The Portable Library Tools is a new Visual Studio add-in from Microsoft that enables you to create C# and Visual Basic libraries that run on a variety of .NET-based platforms without recompilation including:  .NET Framework, Silverlight, Windows Phone or XNA project

Requires Visual Studio 2010 SP1

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No more complicated build scripts,  #defines.  Portable libraries enable you to easily share code between apps that target different platforms. Why wasn’t this available years ago..

Things most useful for Silverlight developers:

  • ObservableCollection<T> can now be shared between Silverlight and Windows Phone projects, enabling simple ViewModel sharing between those platforms.
  • Bootstrapper pre-requisite for Setup and ClickOnce projects. This enables these projects to pre-install .NET 4.0 + KB2468871 on end user machines.
  • System.Net types can now be shared between Portable Library and .NET projects.

Download Link:

http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/b0e0b5e9-e138-410b-ad10-00cb3caf4981/

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Thanks to reader Francois Vanderseypen for noticing that posted version wasn’t the final update. I normally write and schedule and deploy updates on a timed basis to this blog.. This one snuck past me..

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