What was new in VS Studio 2008 A bird eye view from the height of 1000000000 ft

By: Shahzad SarwarSoftware Architect

Comsoft computer consultants

ASP.NET

Build-in support for Ajax in VS 2008 In VS 2005 as extension

New client library called the Microsoft AJAX Library Client side implementation

Extender control that encapsulates a client behavior Enhance Control with client side features

Better IntelliSense support for JavaScriptListView, for displaying data

User-defined templates DataPager for paging, use with Listview

implement the IPageableItemContainer interface

ASP.NET Merge Tool (Aspnet_merge.exe), for merging precompiled assemblies via aspnet_compiler.exe (available earlier as an add-on. )Tight integration with IIS 7.0

http modules and handlers support unified configuration.

Nested Master Page Support VS 2005 WYSIWYG designer does not support VS 2008 WYSIWYG designer does not support

CSS Style Manager In built Silverlight Library

C# Features

Organize Imports or Usings "Remove Unused Usings", "Sort Usings", "Remove and Sort” Both design and source code in single window In 2005 horizontally In 2008 vertically too Tools->options, HTML Designer->General section Intellisense Box display position - Ctrl key - semi-transparent

mode Better code keywords Intellisense Filtering HTML JavaScript warnings, not as errors VS 2008 Multi-Targeting Support JavaScript Debugging - client-side JavaScript breakpoints

C# new Namespaces

System.Core.dll - Includes the implementation for LINQ to ObjectsSystem.Data.Linq.dll - Includes the implementation for LINQ to SQLSystem.Xml.Linq.dll - Includes the implementation for LINQ to XMLSystem.Data.DataSetExtensions.dll - Includes the implementation for LINQ to DataSetSystem.Web.Extensions.dll: Includes the implementation for ASP.NET AJAX (new enhancements added) and new web controls as explained earlier.

C# new features

.NET Reference Source project Tools > Options > Debugging > General. Turn OFF the "Enable Just My Code" setting Turn ON the "Enable Source Server Support" setting

Cryptography The Suite B set of cryptographic algorithms published by the

National Security Agency (NSA). Networking

The System.Net.PeerToPeer namespace Peer to peer networking support Serverless networking technology that allows several network devices to

share resources and communicate directly with each other.Add-Ins and Extensibility

The System.AddIn.dll assembly New architecture and model for extensions - continue working as the host

application changes

LINQ

What is the problem?Class!=Data

1. strongly-typed queries , what ?2. strongly-typed results

Benefits1. IntelliSense 2. Compile-time error checking. ASP.NET LinqDataSource control LINQ to SQLXLINQLINQ to DatasetLINQ to entitiesPLINQ

Windows Presentation Foundation

Not Covered in this presentation, needs a separate presentation. For details read below link:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb613588.aspx

WCF

Not Covered in this presentation, needs a separate presentation.

WF

Not Covered in this presentation, needs a separate presentation. For details read below link:

http://www.asp.net/LEARN/webcasts/webcast-316.aspx

.NET Compact Framework

Not Covered in this presentation, needs a separate presentation. For details read below link:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb397835.aspx

VS Studio 2008 service pack 1

Dynamic Data A scaffolding framework for data-driven ASP.NET Web

applications By automatically discovering the data model at run time and

determining UI behavior URL Routing

URL patterns in a Web application ASP.NET MVC and Dynamic Data.

EntityDataSource Control

References:

http://msdotnetsupport.blogspot.com/2007/11/22-new-features-of-visual-studio-2008.htmlhttp://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/11/19/visual-studio-2008-and-net-3-5-released.aspxhttp://www.tipsntracks.com/11/new-features-in-the-dotnet-framework-version-35.htmlhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb613588.aspxhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb332048.aspx

What’s Left………

Detailed exploration of each feature for WPF,WWF,WCF. and we are too late VS studio 2010 / .Net 4.0 beta is out in market………

Let plan for a presentation on that

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