14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft KOBE is defined as a Web 2.0 Service Development Resource Kit. According to the official documentation accompanying the release, codename KOBE (UPDATE: direct download links have been taken down by Microsoft) is nothing more than a collection of resources set up to help developers get started with Web 2.0. What KOBE is all about is streamlining various processes including planning, architecting, and implementing Web 2.0 applications when it comes down to the Microsoft Platform. According to its makers however, the kit is designed to deliver the sufficient resources necessary to demystify Web 2.0.
“The target audiences for this resource kit are technology decision makers, hands-on solution architects, development managers, and developers in the aspiring web startups community and in enterprises & businesses looking to invest in new Web 2.0 application/service development projects. The kit includes a variety of content (presentations, white papers, and a sample project with source code) that caters to these audiences,” Microsoft revealed.
KOBE is the brainchild of Karthik Ravindran and Masashi Naruto from the Platform Architecture team. Users looking to take advantage of KOBE will have to run the Web Platform Installer 1.0 on either Windows XP SP2/SP3, Windows Vista RTM/SPP1, Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008. At the same time, since the Web Platform Installer 1.0 also integrates with Windows 7, the next iteration of Windows is also a possibility.
“The implementation artifacts for the sample project included in the kit is targeted at solution architects and developers who are familiar with the Microsoft Platform, and who are looking for information on ways to apply related offerings in the context of architecting and implementing Web 2.0 applications & services. Audiences not familiar with the Microsoft Platform will also find value in the platform/technology agnostic content that covers the planning and architecting aspects, and in the implementation artifacts to obtain a broad overview/feel of the related Microsoft platform/technology offerings,” the Redmond company added.
Microsoft Web Platform Installer 1.0 is available for download here.