Under the pressure from Windows Azure release in a week, Amazon unveiled today a new AWS SDK for .NET Developers providing .NET developers the libraries, code samples, and documentation needed to build an AWS-powered application using any programming language capable of making .NET calls including C#, Visual Basic, Windows PowerShell, and other compliant languages. .NET developers get a special treatment with a dedicated .NET Forum and a special Windows & .NET Developer Center.

The SDK includes:

• The AWS .NET Library - This library provides a set of developer-friendly APIs that hide much of the low-level plumbing associated with programming for the AWS cloud, including authentication, retries, and error handing. The library supports the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Auto Scaling, Amazon CloudWatch, Elastic Load Balancing, the Amazon Virtual Private Cloud, Amazon SimpleDB, the Amazon Simple Storage Service, Amazon CloudFront, the Amazon Simple Queue Service, the Amazon Relational Database Service, and Amazon Elastic MapReduce.
• Code Samples - The SDK includes practical examples in C# to show you how to build applications that make use of AWS.
• Visual Studio Support - The SDK includes Visual Studio templates to give you a running start on your application.
• Documentation - The SDK has a Getting Started Guide along with reference documentation for the library and for AWS.

Prerequisites:

• Requires Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or later.

• Use the AWS SDK for .NET with any of the following Visual Studio editions:
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition or later
  • Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Express Edition
  • Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition

• You must be signed up for any supported service you want to use. You can sign up for a service on the following pages:
  • Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud , which includes Amazon CloudWatch, Elastic Load Balancing, and Auto Scaling
  • Amazon Simple Storage Service
  • Amazon SimpleDB
  • Amazon Relational Database Service
  • Amazon CloudFront
  • Amazon Simple Queue Service
  • Amazon Elastic MapReduce

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