A preview of Visual Studio 2010

After about two years since the 2008 version, March 22, 2010 Microsoft will release the final versions of the. NET Framework 4 and Visual Studio 2010, including beta 2 is now available and can be downloaded for free from this page .

The 2010 edition of the well known development environment will include support for Windows 7 (which debuted in those days) for Windows Azure (a new Microsoft platform, which implements an operating system designed to operate on the Internet) and many other instruments.

The new proposals by the new development environment are many and in this article we will highlight the most important for, in our opinion, to have more "weight" in the daily work of our developers.

A New Framework ...

After installing the new Beta 2 of Visual Studio, the first thing you notice is the impact of the new. NET Framework 4: The new version presents a review of all the compilers, languages ​​(especially C # and VB . NET), but also other elements such as ASP.NET, AJAX, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Workflow Foundation. (WF).

The stated objective is to improve, make it easy and satisfying development process, allowing developers to quickly create applications that ensure a comprehensive and user experience of the highest quality.

... And a new IDE!

With the new version of the Framework IDE has also undergone a restyling, in order to optimize the development processes that allow the use of new features. The new user interface is entirely written in WPF, the technology for creating graphical user interfaces that Microsoft introduced with the release of. NET Framework 3.0.

With the use of WPF, the IDE takes full advantage of the. NET Framework and allows you to use features - at the interface and user experience - much higher level than previous versions.

Many dialogs have been redesigned. For example, the New Project dialog box has been redesigned with improved search capabilities, and an online preview of templates more intuitive navigation. The versions of Visual Studio 2010

As well as the Express versions of Visual Studio will be available three:

Ultimate - Complete suite of tools for managing the entire life cycle of applications (from design to deployment). The package will replace the Ultimate Team Suite, bringing together in one product also includes support for UML and testing tools.

Premium - offers several tools that help create scalable and high quality package includes strrumenti advanced database management.

Professional - Tool "essential" that allows all developers to implement their ideas in a simple and highly productive.

With the release of new version of active MSDN Premium subscribers will increase to a higher level of Visual Studio 2010 at no additional cost. This will allow access to a wealth of resources, including the rights of use for development and testing of Microsoft servers (including Windows Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008), as well as use in the production of Microsoft Office tools Advanced Visual Studio.
At the launch March 22, 2010, who owns Visual Studio Professional with MSDN Premium with Visual Studio 2010 will pass with MSDN Premium, Visual Studio Team owners Edition with MSDN Premium will be entitled to use the Ultimate version of Visual Studio 2010 with MSDN. In both cases the value of the product used is double that previously purchased.

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