Tim Sneath, one of the Avalon evangelists, has written a great article for MSDN entitled “A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Avalon Beta 1 RC.” The article contains a wealth of information on what is new for this release, including sample code and instructions for best utilizing these features through Visual Studio.
Until it propagates through and makes it to an MSDN server near you, you can access it here. Be sure to check out Express apps and video!
The Avalon + Indigo May CTP (aka the “Beta 1 RC”) is now live on microsoft.com and ready for your consumption. You’ll also want to install Visual Studio Beta 2 before you start playing.
Drew Marsh has already started a change log to help those of you who plan to port your projects from the March CTP to this release.
And I will point you to other resources as they materialize…
I just got a shout-out from Rob; I guess that means I should start posting Avalon content on a more consistent basis. :) More coming soon.
This morning, Chris Anderson posted a good response to some of Dave Shea’s concerns/questions about Avalon. Both posts are worth a read – very educational in terms of understanding both Avalon itself and some of the initial impressions of the community.
Rob, Arik, Karsten, and Pablo are on Channel 9 talking about Avalon.
If you just want to see the pretty demos, skip to about 34 minutes in. Nathan is the design guru behind those. I suspect that seeing the demos will inspire you to watch the interview as well. :)