Visual Studio 2013 Express for Windows Update 3 may present this problem

In the previous posts we looked at installing Visual Studio 2013 Update 3 here,
http://hodentek.blogspot.com/2014/08/visual-studio-2013-update-3-is-now.html

and Visual Studio 2013 Express for Windows Update 3 here.
http://hodentek.blogspot.com/2014/08/windows-store-developers-get-this.html

The latter is the tool to develop Windows Store Universal Apps. In addition to the above if you install Web App Template of correct version as described here:

http://hodentek.blogspot.com/2014/06/web-app-template-2.html

you should be able to create Web Apps (convert your web site to an app) as described here:

http://hodentek.blogspot.com/2014/06/web-app-template-3-convert-your-blog-to.html

Problem
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In this post the following problem occured when Update 3 was applied to an existing Visual Studio 2103 Express for Windows Update 2 with Web App Template extensions installed.

1. When a new project was created there were no Web App Template
However by going to Tools | Extensions and Updates.. did show two installers available, Web_App_Template_installer versiosn 1.1 and 2.0 but they could not installed because there were only two options disable/uninstall

Solution
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Solution was found after interacting with the ASP.NET Forums. The suggested cure was to delete several files below in the following folder:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.WindowsAzure.Contracts.dll
• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.WindowsAzure.Explorer.dll
• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.Internal.Contracts.dll
• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.WindowsAzure.Impl.dll  (should not present, just in case
• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.WindowsAzure.pkgdef  (should not present, just in case)

In the present computer only two files were present:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.WindowsAzure.Contracts.dll
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.Internal.Contracts.dll

These were moved over to a different location (just in case!) and the VS2013 was restarted, the templates appeared in the New Project window as shown:

These are the template files presently available in Visual Studio 2013 Express for Windows Update 3:
Web App Template for Universal Apps -Ver 1.2
Web-App-Template -ver 1.1

In the Tools | Extensions and Updates..., the two files mentioned previously remains with the same options disable/uninstall

Follow the threads on ASP.NET forums here:
http://forums.asp.net/t/2001792.aspx

and here:

http://forums.asp.net/p/2002409/5755988.aspx?After+installing+Update+3+the+Web+App+Template+disappeared

SQL Server Data Tools to go with SQL Server 2014

On the heels of the new release date for SQL Server 2014 RTM, SQL Server Data Tools' (SSDT) availability was announced two days ago. It is fully compatible with SQL Server 2014.

Apart from bug fixes in the previous version, the following are the enhancements:

• Static code analysis extensibility
• Filter capabilities in the editable data grid
• Saving data compare settings to file (.dcmp)
• Additional TSQL Editor connection actions

With this all database tools are fully integrated with the following editions,

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Express for web
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 for Windows Desktop
• Professional
• Premium
• Ultimate

These will be pushed via VS Updates. You could also bring it in using Tools | Extensions and Updates menu.

Visual Studio 2013 with SQL Server tools can be downloaded from here:
http://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs

Note that both SSDT VS 2010 and SSDT VS 2012 are available stand alone.
Review what's new in this update here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ssdt/archive/2014/03/25/sql-server-data-tools-for-sql-server-2014-is-available.aspx

Review the posts for earlier version:
http://hodentek.blogspot.com/2012/12/sql-server-data-tools-gets-updated.html

http://hodentek.blogspot.com/2013/02/about-ssdt-and-vs-2012.html

Follow link for more:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/hh297027

Windows Phone 7 Developer Launch in New York

Attended the launch event at New York Marriot Marquis yesterday (Oct 19,2010) and got a lot of info on this make or break business item for Microsoft. The crowd was less than I expected but filled the hall. I think it will be great if all those developers who attended turn in a couple of apps each. Why, I may even buy some MSFT stock.
The technical team (Danillo Diaz and David Isbitski) did a nice job of presenting the details. There were six sessions:
Session 1: Get Started! The Basics of Building Apps on the Windows Phone 7 Platform
Session 2: From Idea to Interactivity: Design Guidelines for Windows Phone 7
Session 3: Supercharge Your Windows Phone 7 Apps with Microsoft Silverlight
Session 4: Step Up Your Game with Windows Phone 7 and XNA
Session 5: Monetizing Your Apps with Marketplace
Session 6: The Power of the Cloud: Exploring Windows Phone 7 Services
As I have been up in the clouds recently I have not had time to look at Windows Phone since the CTP. Of course I could follow the sessions without any problem and David's talk really inspired me to look at developing games.
Hey give it a try and make some money!
Moola! Moola!
I did a few related articles check them out:

http://aspalliance.com/1844_DoubleAnimation_Basics_with_Silverlight_Application
http://www.packtpub.com/article/pocket-pc-application-visual-studio-2005
Also Windows Phone CTP on my other blog:

http://hodentekMobile.blogspot.com