• The C4F Developer Kit is a collection of managed-code wrappers that expose Windows Vista APIs as drag and drop components and controls
• The Vista P2P Developer Kit offers a collection of WPF and WinForm controls to add Peer-to-Peer functionality to your applications
• The Facebook Developer Kit is a complete toolkit of components and controls for developing applications using Facebook's API

Ready to dive a little deeper? See additional Visual Studio 2008 resources in the MSDN Library and in the MSDN developer center.

Want to create visually appealing Windows applications?

• Use the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) designer
• Applications are easily customizable using style, templates, skins and themes with a simple change to the rich XML-based format
• Create a WPF-based application to run in a Web browser without any installation by developing a XAML Browser Application

The Beginner Developer Learning Center is designed for absolute beginners to programming - no experience necessary! You can find step-by-step tutorials and videos on how to create Windows Forms applications, how to data-enable your programs, and introductory lessons that explain the tools and technologies for creating Windows applications.
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