The Coding4Fun Developer Pack 2008 vol. 1 is a collection of tools which have been developed to abstract the complexity of doing software development using common Windows Vista APIs.

• Features include drag 'n drop controlsand components, SmartTags, Visual Basic and Visual C# source code for all tools and samples as well as complete QuickStarts and APIs documentation
• Includes the following tools:
  • Bluetooth – implements 3 profiles: Serial Port, File Transfer and Object Push; plus provides Device Discovery and Service Discovery features of Bluetooth
  • Windows Vista Contacts – abstraction of the Windows Contacts API allowing developers to use Windows Vista’s Contacts data store plus support for importing and exporting vCards, searching for contacts and many more features
  • Messaging – this collection provides developers an easy to use set of tools and easy to follow documentation to create applications that use SMTP and POP3 features for emailing
  • Power Management– gain access in a simple way to cool Windows Vista Power Management features like rebooting, hibernating and locking a computer; get battery status on a laptop too
  • Windows Desktop Search – provides developers an easy way to create applications that use the built-in features of Windows Search; includes built-in quick search types for common file types like Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and images plus many more
  • Windows Vista Picture Acquisition – exposes simple to use series of methods and properties to acquire pictures and videos from common devices like digital cameras
  • Preview Handler – allows developers to resolve predefined file types such as Microsoft Word , Visual Basic and Visual C# source files, images and many others in their own applications; create your own Windows Explorer with simple drag 'n drop controls
  • and many more

• Create a Facebook application with 1 line of code
• Develop Windows and Web applications with easy to use drag 'n drop Facebook controls like PhotoAlbum, EventList, FriendsList and FriendMap
• Includes support for Facebook's iFrame and FBML canvas development. Plus Windows desktop and Web applications using a single component. Host Silverlight and AJAX in iFrame canvas as well
• Leverage the latest Microsoft .NET technologies like LINQ and WPF in your Facebook applications

Coding4Fun is the home for fun, crazy, cool software projects that you can create using the Visual Studio Express Editions.

• Do you like to take things apart to see how they work?Check out the Coding4Fun Hardware section for article on how to control lights, webcams, GPS devices, and more
• Tired of building the same old desktop utilities?Learn how to create some unique, truly out-of-the-box Windows programs in the Windows section
• Take your game to the next level in the Gaming section; you'll find cool game projects like a retro arcade game as well as graphic-intensive 3D games
• Are you an online junkie? The Web section will see cool projects to make the Internet your home with fun applications