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Information on the newest Lasso releases, updates on Lasso Community events, the latest on general industry happenings...you'll find it all here!
- March 20 2013
Lasso Developer Conference 2013
Rachel
The Lasso Conference for 2013 is confirmed for September 12-14, in the lovely Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. The main event will be held at the Marriott Gateway on the Falls hotel, and keynote speakers will be Sean Stephens, Kyle Jessup, Jono Guthrie and others to be announced shortly.
The conference coincides with the Toronto International Film Festival, and Toronto is less than 2 hours drive from Niagara Falls. Those with a passion for movies may well want to arrive early. - February 02 2013
Lasso Server 9.2.5 update released
Rachel Guthrie
LassoSoft released an update to the Lasso Server 9 product line - 9.2.5. bringing the first major set of changes to the Lasso Instance Manager since it was introduced back in 2011. "Most of the changes are improvements to usability and visibility, and have been at the request of end users", says Sean Stephens, CEO of LassoSoft. "We continue to turn the screws on improvements in Lasso 9 and meld feedback from our customers with our own vision." - June 01 2012
Lasso Server 9.2 released
Rachel Guthrie
LassoSoft CEO Sean Stephens announced the arrival of Lasso 9.2 at the Lasso Developer Conference in Toronto on May 25, 2012.
Today, this paid upgrade is made available for download.
Lasso 9.2 includes the systems changes that the new LassoLab IDE leverages for debugging and profiling. Read more. - May 25 2012
Announcing LassoLab v1.0
Rachel Guthrie
Proclaimed as the 'biggest release in Lasso since we started' by lead Lasso Architect, Kyle Jessup, LassoLab gives the Lasso community a development platform that integrates a wide range of development tools.
Based on the Eclipse IDE, LassoLab adds features for Lasso such as code folding, syntax highlighting, and debugging as well as integrating to Lasso references, language guide, TagSwap community shared code and new LassoTalk community forum.
LassoLab allows developers to manage multiple projects at one time with ease. LassoLab was announced on May 25. - April 23 2012
LassoSoft releases Lasso Server 9.1.5 with compatibility for FileMaker Server Advanced 12
Rachel Guthrie
April 23, 201. LassoSoft announces the Lasso Server 9.1.5 release for the Mac OS X, CentOS and Ubuntu platforms delivers a range of improvements and compatibility strengthening.
A timely inclusion is the full compatibility for FileMaker Server Advanced 12 released earlier in April. - April 20 2012
Lasso Professional 8.6 working with FileMakers latest release
Rachel Guthrie
LassoSoft Inc announced today the completion of testing on the new FileMaker Server Advanced 12. Lasso Professional 8.6 continues to provide superior performance for FileMaker users. - January 23 2012
Lasso Conference Toronto 2012
Rachel Guthrie
Toronto is hosting the 2012 Lasso Developer Conference (LDC) from May 25 to May 27. The venue is the OneKingWest Hotel perfectly located in the heart of downtown Toronto, and ideally suited to hosting the many Lasso users from around the world who converge to hear the latest in all things Lasso.
Also offered this year are pre-conference training sessions to maximize the benefit for newer users of Lasso.
LassoSoft is proud to partner with Treefrog Interactive Inc in bringing the LDC Conference to Toronto. - October 28 2011
Lasso 9.1.4 Released, and Lasso for Windows is underway!
Rachel Guthrie
Lasso Server 9.1.4 was released on October 27, 2011 and sees an important change in the introduction of a custom replacement of the FastCGI module for Apache. The new module is called mod_lasso9.
LassoSoft's R&D team developed mod_lasso9 to solve an inherent limitation found in communication between Apache and mod_fastcgi. The Lasso 9.1.4 update delivers a number of other improvements, and more compatibility improvements. - October 17 2011
New Lasso Training Courses Offered
Rachel Guthrie
Lasso's syntax is legendary for being easy to learn - now it's even quicker and easier to broaden your skills with LassoSoft's new range of beginner to advanced Lasso training sessions. Courses are available as 1:1 or small groups, or, you can take up the Code Coach offer for personalized coding advice. - September 08 2011
Lasso 9.1.3 Released
Rachel Guthrie
Released today is the third update to the Lasso 9.1 product that demonstrates LassoSofts committment to continuous improvement and which keeps the Lasso 9 current with latest Operating Systems.
New in this version is full support for OSX 10.7 (Lion), as well as the addition of cache related methods. - August 28 2011
LassoSoft Announces Continuity Assurance
Rachel Guthrie
LassoSoft announced today a new benefit for Certified Lasso Developer's (CLD's) and their projects. Called "Continuity Assurance", this service is aimed at the heart of a key concern of small programming shops and their clients: what happens if the programmer is 'hit by a bus'?
Sean Stephens, LassoSoft's CEO described the offering "In the event of a personal tragedy, LassoSoft will make sure there is a suitably qualified Lasso Developer able to pick up and support your mission critical systems while the end user of your code resolves a longer term developer engagement." - July 13 2011
Lasso 9.1 is here!
Rachel Guthrie
Continuing with the direction of bringing more to the Lasso community LassoSoft Inc. announced today the release of the latest upgrade for the flagship Lasso 9 product line.
This release includes the long-awaited Lasso Instance Manager, with a completely new interface for managing any instances of Lasso 9 used in development and production. There are the large number of improvements rolled into this release that have been brought through since December 2010 when LassoSoft Inc was formed, as well as defect fixes and documentation strengthening. - May 05 2011
Lasso Professional 8.6.0.1 Installers for Windows Released
Rachel Guthrie
The team at LassoSoft put the Windows installers for Lasso Professional 8.6.0.1 on the shelf of the online store today. The Windows release includes 64-bit connectors and IIS7 configurations. The Lasso Professional 8.6 version is now available for all major platforms. - April 20 2011
Lasso Professional 8.6 Final released
Andrea Gust
You asked, we listened! By popular demand, we are pleased to announce the full release of Lasso 8.6, fine tuned with the help of your feedback.
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