The AppUp developer program launched support for .NET applications by releasing the .NET SDK, along with an IDE Plug-In for Visual Studio 2008. This plug-in reduces development time to integrate the AppUp SDKs and builds the MSI needed to submit your application for distribution and sales via the Intel® AppUpSM Center. The IDE Plug-in supports both the C/C++ and .NET SDK for Microsoft Windows* when using Visual Studio 2008.

With the .NET SDK and support now available for the Intel AppUp developer program, here's a brief overview of the SDK's technical components, along with five quick steps to add the.NET SDK to Visual Studio 2008.