What's New in Visual Studio 2010

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What’s New in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate?

About Speaker

− Adil Ahmed Mughal

− Microsoft Most Valuable Professional

− I work at Telenor Pakistan

− Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) - .NET Framework 4

− INETA, User Group Leader

− I blog at http://www.AdilMughal.com

− Actively participates in community events

Agenda

− Start Page & New Project Dialog− Peek at IDE improvements− Code Focused Development− ASP.NET Improvements− Deployment− CLR Improvements− Visual Studio Extensibility (VSX)

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Start Page & New Project Dialog

Search for templates.

Multi-targeting support for .NET

2.0-4

Add new templates by

searching online.

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New IDE Improvements

New IDE Improvements

− Visual Studio Environment− WPF-based Editor− Better Multi-Monitor Support

− Navigation− Navigate To− Highlight references

− Project System− 100% source code compatible− Multi-Targeting

− Better IntelliSense− Type anything after “object.” and VS

will provide suggestion. − Don’t have to start with beginning of

word.− Use object.GPV and VS will suggest

object.GetParameterValue.

− Column Selection− Add Reference Dialog

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Code Focused Development

Code Focused Development

− Consume First, Declare Later− Generate from usage

− Code insight− Call hierarchy− Inline call tree

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ASP.NET 4 Improvements

ASP.NET 4 Improvements

− Better Javascript IntelliSense− ASP.NET AJAX & jQuery

− CDN support: EnableCdn=“true”− http://ajax.microsoft.com/ajax/jquery....

− ASP.NET Dynamic Data− ASP.NET MVC built-in− ASP.NET charting controls in-box

ASP.NET 4 Improvements

− Snippets− For ASP.NET and HTML markup

− ASP.NET Web Forms− Clean HTML

− Client IDs can be specified− Easier Viewstate management

− Automatic HTML encoding− <%: Message %>

Code Optimized Web Profile

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Deployment

Deployment

− Enables customized configurations

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CLR Improvements

CLR Improvements

− CLR4 will be side by side with older CLRs (2.0)

− CLR4 will be compatible with CLR 2.0.− Improvement in speed and size of CLR− Support for new languages− Install footprint now over 80% smaller

− Can you say super fast downloads?

Versioning and Multi-targeting− .NET 4 includes new CLR and version

string− VS 2010 Multi-targeting for .NET

2.0/3.0/3.5/4

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Visual Studio Extensibility (VSX)

Extension Manager

Some Cool Extensions

− Productivity Power Tools − Power Commands− Image Insertion − Visual Studio Color Theme Editor− Guidance Automation Extensions

(GAX)

Creating your own Extensions− Visual Studio Software Development

Kit (SDK)

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