"Starter Kit" Released!

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I am delighted to broadcast that earlier today our team released the "Syndicated Client Experiences (SCE) Starter Kit and Reader SDK", affectionately known as "Starter Kit".

The "Starter Kit" is a generalized application skeleton, that allows you as a developer to create reader applications similar to the popular NY Times Reader (#25 in PC World's list of 100  Best Products of 2007). The Kit combines the power of WPF with standardized communication protocols (RSS) to deliver a superior occasionally connected reading experience.

A few existing applications, based on the Starter Kit:

Check it out. The Kit comes with complete source code.

Comments

  • Anonymous
    January 16, 2008
    But why does the MSDN reader need Admin to install?

  • Anonymous
    January 21, 2008
    I downloaded the starter kit and the msdn reader. The msdn reader downloaded a few articles and stopped. If I hit the right arrow key, most of the pages are blank. The SCE is supposed to have the source for the msdn reader and a photo viewer. I don't see either of these there. Am I missing something or are these coming later?

  • Anonymous
    January 23, 2008
    Hi Mike,  Thanks for spotting this issue. We've now fixed this and reposted the application. It is available for download here: http://windowsclient.net/apps/MsdnReaderSetup.exe

  • Anonymous
    January 24, 2008
    I'm having the same issues Mike mentioned even with the updated install. Many of the articles deliver nothing but a blank page with the "blue bar MSDN branding"; hitting the right arrow key brings up more blank pages than article content. I've also looked in vain to find the photo viewer application and/or its source code. Thanks

  • Anonymous
    January 24, 2008
    PS - Don't want to forget to mention that this release is very much appreciated. Looks like a cool toy with real world practical application. Thanks to all who put this together.

  • Anonymous
    January 25, 2008
    Hi Jim,  Apologies, we updated the MSDN application with a fix to the issue. However, you'll need to restart the application for the update to apply and also follow the below steps to clean the cache. The photoviewer application is something we're still actively developing and have not yet released. We unfortunately forgot to remove it from the documentation. Apologies about both issues that you've run into. Also thank you very much for the positive comment. Hope you enjoy using it, Chris Han ###INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOW TO CLEAN YOUR CACHE###

  1. Close MSDN Reader

On Vista: Navigate to this directory: C:UsersYour user name hereAppDataLocalMSDN ReaderMsdnReader and delete the 'Cache' folder. On XP or Server2003: Go to C;Documents and SettingsYour user name hereLocal SettingsApplication DataMSDN ReaderMsdnReader and delete the 'Cache' folder. 3. Restart the MSDN application, it should begin syncing and you should see the actual data.