Tools

As I say in a previous post, VS2010 RC won’t last forever, it’s look like all RC version will be expiring on June 30 2010. So make sure to upgrade your version or go get theExpress editions (C#, VB, C++, Web developper and Windows Phone) !

ResourceBlender is a utility that allows you to translate your strings very easily (you can even use Google Translate automatically if you are lazy or do not have high translation quality standards).

It can generate RESX files (.Net), Java, XML, etc. In addition to having import functions and reusing already translated strings. See all features here…

The source code is obviously on Codeplex

The keyboard shortcuts posters (in English only) for Visual Studio 2010 are now available (C++, C#, F#, and VB).

Source of the information

VS2010 is now available (Trial, Express and for MSDN subscribers). Scott Hanselman has written an excellent article summarizing all the new features of this new version, now it’s your turn to play!

If you show the About form of VS2010 RC, you will see that your version will expire soon, and for me it will be just in time to buy (or download) the RTM version!

The Orchard Project can now be installed via the Web Platform Installer (WebPI). Just follow the instructions!!

The source files are still available on CodePlex.

The Orchard Project aims to create an application and reusable components using ASP.NET. Additionally, in the short term, it will provide a CMS application based on .NET.

Having tested it several times, it seems very promising, but still too immature to consider using it as my Blog engine. But we’ll see….

The source code is available on CodePlex

As Frédérick mentions, Atlassian offers some of their products (Jira, Confluence, GreenHopper, Bamboo, FishEye, and Crowd) for only $10 each!

In addition to enjoying excellent products, Atlassian donates the money to Room to Read, so you kill two birds with one stone!