.NET Micro Framework Release Candidate Available
The .NET Micro Framework team has announced the release candidate of .NET Micro Framework SDK on Connect. Here are the most important new changes:
- Support for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 (in fact, it's now required)
- Support for Visual C# 2008 Express Edition
- File system (including emulator support)
- Significant DPWS improvements
- WiFi support (pending hardware availability)
- Performance optimizations
- New sample code and improved documentation
- And they fixed a lot of bugs? :-)
I am very happy to see that most of my reported bugs are fixed and feature requests are considered. Your feedback is important, your voice is heared, the .NET Micro Framework is for you. I encourage you to use the MS Connect page and newsgroups to bring your feedback to the team.
Another great news is that the free Express Versions of Visual Studio 2008 are supported now. This brings the .NET Micro Framework to the masses, to all other traditional embedded developers. No excuse to be a Penguin.