Microsoft Labs Volta: .NET Web Toolkit

Volta’s declarative tier-splitting enables developers to postpone architectural decisions about distribution until the last possible responsible moment. The experimental developer toolset that allows developers to build standards-conformant, multi-tier web applications using established .NET languages, libraries and development tools.

 

Developers can target either web browsers or the CLR as clients and Volta handles the complexities of tier-splitting for you. Volta comprises tools such as end-to-end profiling to make architectural refactoring and optimization simple and quick. In effect, Volta offers a best-effort experience in multiple environments without any changes to the application.

Design Time Requirements:

• Visual Studio 2008 (Beta 2 [20706.1] or RTM [21022.8]) with .NET Framework 3.5, and
• A web browser (Internet Explorer 6+ or Firefox 2) for integrated debugging

Client Run Time Requirements:

Volta applications can be compiled target either the full .NET framework runtime version 3.5 or standards-conformant web browsers with JavaScript support.

Server Run Time Requirements (Remote Deployment):

On the server tier Volta applications require version 3.5 of the Microsoft .NET framework, Internet Information Services (IIS) version 6 or 7, and ASP.NET.

You can read more about Volta and its appliance in Volta FAQs.

 

You can download Volta from here.