ReadWriteWeb VS Competition

What will you create with Visual Studio 2010?

Enter the Summer of Extension Competition and let the US and Canadian Developer community know! Show your peers what kind of extension you can build for Visual Studio 2010 for your chance to be featured on the ReadWriteWeb website. Other prizes include a one-year MSDN Embedded subscription license (a $1,199 USD value!), an Xbox Elite prize bundle and a Natural Wireless Ergonomic Desktop 700 Keyboard and Mouse. Prizes will be awarded to winners in both countries.

What’s an Extension? It’s an add on to Visual Studio 2010 that improves the experience. Your extension could provide additional functionality to the product or add a level of customization to better serve an individual’s - or company’s needs. Visit the Resources page for helpful tips and tricks or watch our video to learn more:

Check out the Visual Studio Gallery to see the variety of extensions that have been built for Visual Studio 2010. Whatever type of extension you create, build it, upload it and tag it with 'rww' to share it with our community and enter the competition.

The competition runs from May 25 to August 31, 2010 and is open to all residents of the US and Canada. Just follow the 3 easy steps below to enter!

  1. Download a free trial of Visual Studio
  2. Download Visual Studio 2010 SDK and start building your extension
  3. Upload your extension to the Visual Studio Gallery -- make sure to tag it with rww!

Recent Submissions

CodePlex publishing plugin Allows publishing to CodePlex directly from VS.

Created by: Anton Afanasyev (Double A Software)
Published Date: 8/22/2010
Cost Category: Free
Version: 1.0.0.4
Supported Visual Studio Versions: Visual Studio 2010

PowerGUI Visual Studio Extension The PowerGUI Visual Studio Extension adds a PowerShell editor to the development environment.

Created by: Adam Driscoll
Published Date: 7/5/2010
Cost Category: Free
Version: 1.0
Supported Visual Studio Versions: Visual Studio 2010

Lipsum 2010 - Lorem Ipsum Generator Automatically generates Lorem Ipsum text and inserts it into your application anywhere you need it. Simply type "lipsum..." on any line in any editor and use the app from there.

Created by: Auri Rahimzadeh (The Auri Group (www.aurigroup.com))
Published Date: 5/30/2010
Cost Category: Free
Version: 1.0
Supported Visual Studio Versions: Visual Studio 2010

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