MIX11 - Day 1 Announcements

Microsoft had an interesting first day keynote for the MIX11 conference in Las Vegas. We put a cool Silverlight Photo SlideShow at Vertigo (http://www.vertigo.com/MIX11.aspx). I found it a little tricky to get all of the download links so I am collecting them here for easy reference:

• ASP.NET MVC 3 Tools Update | Download
  • Support for HTML5
  • Includes NuGet 1.2 (pronounced “new get”)
  • JavaScript libraries within project templates are updatable via NuGet
  • Includes Modernizr 1.7 which provides compatibility support for HTML5 and CSS3 in down-level browsers
  • Intranet Project Template that enables Windows Authentication
  • New Features in the Add Controller Dialog
    • Automatic scaffolding for CRUD (Create, Read, Update, and Delete) controller actions and corresponding views -- data access code defaults to using Entity Framework Code Firs
    • Extensible scaffolds via NuGet packages such as MvcScaffolding
  • ADO.NET Entity Framework 4.1 included as a pre-installed NuGet package
    • DbContext API
      • Simplified abstraction over ObjectContext and a number of other types that were included in previous releases of the ADO.NET Entity Framework
      • DbContext API surface is optimized for common tasks and coding patterns
    • Code First
      • is a new development pattern for the ADO.NET Entity Framework and provides an alternative to the existing Database First and Model First patterns
      • Focused around defining your model using C# classes, these classes can then be mapped to an existing database or be used to generate a database schema
      • Additional configuration can be supplied using Data Annotations or via a fluent API
• Microsoft Media Platform: Player Framework | SSME1.5 Update 1 Download | SMF 2.5 Download
  • Silverlight Media Framework is now the Microsoft Media Platform Media Player available at http://smf.codeplex.com
  • Stereoscopic 3D support
    • Anaglyph Stereoscopic 3D video plugin (supports Anaglyph 3D, Greyscale 3D, Left eye only modes)
    • NVidia 3DVision Active Shutter Stereoscopic 3D plugin
    • S3DProperties property added to PlaylistItem class
    • Support for 3rd party Stereoscopic 3D plugins
  • Advertising support
    • MAST (Media Abstract Sequencing Template) - supports ad sequencing and targeting
    • VAST 2.0 (Digital Video Ad Serving Template) - supports ad definitions and tracking
    • VPAID 1.1 (Digital Video Player-Ad Interface Definition) - supports actual playback of ads
    • Extensible architecture to plug in your own ad sequencing engines, ad handlers, and ad players
      
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview #1 | Download

Very exciting first day of MIX11. Looking forward to what Microsoft has in store for tomorrow!