General Direction

Looking at http://www.castleproject.org, they have a bunch of sub projects under the Castle banner.  Most of the larger projects are presented clearly, but others, like Aspect#, seem hidden.  It would be nice if we could clearly delineate which projects we have and make them able to independently update content for the website that wouldn’t affect the rest.  (Mikey, that means you have to figure out what you’re coding!!)

It would also be nice if we also had a way to incorporate some of the non dev content, like actually playing the game, character profiles, or whatever, that the larger D&D group could also use.  Like how Duma almost died twice in one sitting would be a good one, or how Taeghen will become our new tank.  How that would happen, I don’t really know, but having that would be nice.  GotDotNet is good for storing the files from the sessions (aka. player characters), but the forums and news are really crude.

Addin Menus for C# Express

The last post reminded me of something.  We’re going to have to figure out how Jamie was able to get those menus into the Express version.  With the IDE looking like the crippled VS, it seems that if addins can add their own menus, then they could also “accidentally” turn on menus that would otherwise not be seen.

We’ll have to research this further.  The Free Partner DVD a bunch of stuff, but it seems like products other partners are trying to sell, and not some sort of Extensibility SDK for VS.  Here’s the main bit:

Create your own one-of-a-kind IDE with modifications developed by Microsoft® Visual Studio® Industry Partners (VSIPs). Order a free VSIP DVD* to get a taste of what’s available. It’s loaded with more than 50 add-ins and packages—full and trial versions. You’ll get tools, languages, and components that can help you develop applications for Windows®, Web services, and mobile devices.

Ah, and the SDK is a free download (you just have to register on the VSIP site, free to register).  Sweet.