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I happily got Quake II .NET running on a laptop the other day. It was fun to watch it run under the Microsoft® .NET Framework! I have no time for computer games, anymore, but several years ago I played a lot of Quake II with some great co-workers. Now, Vertigo Software has made a managed C++ port available for free. See the Quake II .NET>FAQ for details, including where to get the original Quake II source code and demo from id Software. I didn't discover Quake II .NET myself but found out about it in this post on Clemens Vasters: Enterprise Development & Alien Abductions Weblog.
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Chris Sells posted A Look into the Future of Visual Studio and "Free" (as in Beer) Access to VSIP! about the new Microsoft® Visual Studio Industry Partners Program (VSIP), including an affiliate level with free registration and access to the VSIP SDK (Do read the fine print in the VSIP SDK Agreement before downloading). Alliance and Premier levels are also available (not free) with even closer contractual relationships with Microsoft®.
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Jamie Cansdale's Managed Add-Ins now has a Home Page: http://www.managedaddins.net.
Jamie has just posted a newer installer. The Managed Add-Ins framework, Reflector Add-In and example source now comes as a single install. The new version comes with several needed updates.
Enjoy!
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Jamie Cansdale recently distributed by email an updated information link for his Reflector Add-In project. The page includes links to new installers for his Managed Add-Ins and the Reflector Add-In. The Reflector Add-In is really cool because it enables you to have Lutz Roeder's .NET Reflector available from within your Visual Studio.NET environment. If you like this utility Add-In, Jamie would appreciate your vote in the VS.NET Add-Ins Competition at the Code Project.
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In the time when dinosaurs ruled the earth, I grew up with command line interfaces, which offered vast improvements over punched cards. As a result, I find it immensely helpful to know about Visual Studio Commands and I frequently use the Command Window, both in Command Mode and Immediate Mode. Learning how to use these Visual Studio tools can really increase an engineer's efficiency in .NET development. Oh, and don't forget to memorize some of the Pre-defined Visual Studio Command Aliases (even though you can get a list of them any time by entering "alias" in the Command Window). Of course, you can really hum if you create your own Custom Aliases for complex operations you execute frequently. It is worth taking some time to get to know these tools. Strongly recommended!
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The Shortcut Key Guide from Mastering Visual Studio .NET looks to be very handy. I don't know how long this link will stay active on the Safari Bookshelf site, so you might want to either buy the book or "SaveAs" a local copy.