VSeWSS v1.2 released
Chris Johnson, Program Manager - SharePoint has posted that Version 1.2 of the Visual Studio extensions for WSS are now available for download!
In summary, Version 1.2 is for Visual Studio 2008 only, for Visual Studio 2005 you will still need to download Version 1.1 (download).
"Today we are releasing the English edition of the Version 1.2 extensions. We will be releasing the German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified, and Korean language versions shortly.
We know many of you have been eagerly awaiting VS2008 support so we hope this helps you build fantastic SharePoint solutions on the latest Visual Studio toolset.", Chris Johnson, Microsoft Corporation
Chris also provide some great resource links;
mssharepointdeveloper.com
If you are looking learn more about SharePoint development we have also just launched a brand new resource to help you. https://www.mssharepointdeveloper.com. There are Whitepapers, Virtual Labs, Web casts, Screen casts, Quickstarts & other resources. You can also download a SharePoint development VPC with all the tools you need to get started already installed.
VSeWSS User Guide
In case you have not seen our User Guide for VSeWSS you can download it here: download. It is a great resource that explains how you can use VSeWSS in many common SharePoint development scenarios.
Another excellent feature of VSeWSS and time saver for many developers is the SharePoint Solution Generator;
This stand-alone program generates a Site Definition project from an existing SharePoint site. The program enables developers to use the browser and Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer to customize the content of their sites before creating code by using Visual Studio.