1. SDLC – Software Development Lifecycle … what’s the point? (part 1 of many)
2. SDLC – Software Development Lifecycle … closer look at basics (part 2 of many)
3. SDLC – Software Development Lifecycle … exploring common models (part 3 of many)
4. SDLC – Software Development Lifecycle … agility strikes back with energy (part 4 of many)
5. SDLC – Software Development Lifecycle … is prototyping  part of the good, the bad and/or the evil? (part 5 of many)
6. SDLC – Software Development Lifecycle … analyzing the battle ahead (part 6 of many)
7. SDLC – Software Development Lifecycle … designing the blueprint (part 7 of many)
8. SDLC – Software Development Lifecycle … testing, the moment of truth (part 8 of many)
9. SDLC – Software Development Lifecycle … flashback, component-level design principles (part 9 of many)
10. SDLC – Software Development Lifecycle … Visual Process & Estimating (Guessing) Software Deliverables
11. To scrum or to Run … that is the agile question? (new)
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Previously, to deploy a php application eg. wordpress, on Windows, we have to use something like XAMPP (that’s what I used anyways) and the like, do some configurations, pull hair and throw some fits to be able to deploy successfully.

Now they’ve released this thing called Microsoft Web Application Installer, which is a freeware and suppose to ease those pain while deploying.

The Web Application Installer Beta is designed to help get you up and running with the most widely used Web Applications freely available for your Windows Server. Web AI provides support for popular ASP.Net and PHP Web applications including Graffiti, DotNetNuke, WordPress, Drupal, OSCommerce and more.

System requirements

• Supported Operating Systems are: Windows Vista RTM, Windows Vista SP1, Windows Server 2008
• You must have administrator privileges on your computer to run Web Platform Installer Beta
• .NET 2.0 Framework
• Supported Architectures: x86 and 64-bit

Detail feature reading and some Q&As here.

Sounds simple enough. Oh yah, me want, me want, I want WP on my Vista!!!
So lets test it out, download Microsoft Web Application Inataller here and instruction to install wordpress.

Alrite, here I go…………..

Installation Steps
Install Web AI easily:

1. Click on the “install now” button on this page to install and launch the Web Application Installer.
2. After the Web AI installs, you can launch it from the desktop to install any of the available applications. Web AI will install one Application at a time.
3. Support for Web Application Installer Beta can be received by visiting the Web Platform Installer Beta Forum to discuss issues and suggestions.

#1. Downloaded the installer: WebAIInstaller.msi [ 671KB ] – CHECKED
#2. Desktop Icon – CHECKED,
#3. Double click on the icon – CHECKED.
#4. Follow the wizard……………………

Just to make sure, let me follow the Word Press Installation guide as well.

Install Instructions
Installing WordPress is easy with the Web Application Installer.

1. If you haven’t already installed the Web AI, go get it now.
2. Launch the Web AI and agree to terms.
3. Select WordPress from the list of Applications and click Next.
4. Configure your IIS server and click Next.
5. Put in your database settings and application configurations and click Next.
6. Accept any needed prerequisites (Web AI will help you get them) and click Next.
7. Go get a cup of coffee while Web AI installs WordPress.
8. Log in to your WordPress site as admin and start customizing.

Alrite, I can go get a cup of coffee…now…right?…but…but!

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Screen 6 2 errors, after clicking on “Recheck button” 1 more error.

Screen 7downloading for about 1min.

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Hmmm…so…aheehee…what’s it called again? Right, MICROSOFT Web Application Installer. Sigh. I think installing xampp would be the best to get wordpress on my Vista. I tried twice but no luck; may be I’ll try this again later, just to satisfy my curiosity. Let me know if you have installed it successfully.

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Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0 mark the next generation of developer tools from Microsoft. Designed to address the latest needs of developers, Visual Studio and the .NET Framework deliver key innovations in the following pillars:

• Democratizing Application Lifecycle Management
  Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) crosses many roles within an organization and traditionally not every one of the roles has been an equal player in the process. Visual Studio Team System 2010 continues to build the platform for functional equality and shared commitment across an organization’s ALM process.
• Enabling emerging trends
  Every year the industry develops new technologies and new trends. With Visual Studio 2010, Microsoft delivers tooling and framework support for the latest innovations in application architecture, development and deployment.
• Inspiring developer delight
  Ever since the first release of Visual Studio, Microsoft has set the bar for developer productivity and flexibility. Visual Studio 2010 continues to deliver on the core developer experience by significantly improving upon it for roles involved with the software development process.
• Riding the next generation platform wave
  Microsoft continues to invest in the market leading operating system, productivity application and server platforms to deliver increased customer value in these offerings. With Visual Studio 2010 customers will have the tooling support needed to create amazing solutions around these technologies.
• Breakthrough Departmental Applications
  Customers continue to build applications that span from department to the enterprise. Visual Studio 2010 will ensure development is supported across this wide spectrum of applications.

Here is a full overview of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 and some more reading on vSTS 2010 (code-name “Rosario”): What’s new in Visual Studio Team System 2010. Read some more detail announcement on Somasegar’s (senior vice president of the Developer Division at Microsoft) post: What’s next for Visual Studio and .NET FX?

Ok, that’s about it for now.

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