Chris Koenig Developer Evangelist http://blogs.msdn.com/chkoenig chris.koenig@microsoft.com

Web development has evolved so that developers are expected to deliver rich user experiences

Visual Studio 2008 Multi-targeting Web Page Designer / Split-View Editor CSS Management Tools JavaScript Intellisense & Debugging Visual Studio Tools for Office .NET 3.5 SP1 ADO.NET Entity Framework / Entity Data Model ADO.NET Data Services ASP.NET Dynamic Data Visual Studio Team System Unit / Web / Load Testing Code Metrics / Code Coverage

Visual Studio 2008

Multi-targeting

Web Page Designer / Split-View Editor

CSS Management Tools

JavaScript Intellisense & Debugging

Visual Studio Tools for Office

.NET 3.5 SP1

ADO.NET Entity Framework / Entity Data Model

ADO.NET Data Services

ASP.NET Dynamic Data

Visual Studio Team System

Unit / Web / Load Testing

Code Metrics / Code Coverage

HTML is getting more and more complicated – we need help! Visual Studio® 2008 provides a powerful new HTML designer that tames even the most complicated HTML; it includes A split view that enables you to see your HTML from a source and design perspective at the same time. Nested master pages to help you factor your HTML more efficiently The Challenge The Solution

HTML is getting more and more complicated – we need help!

Visual Studio® 2008 provides a powerful new HTML designer that tames even the most complicated HTML; it includes

A split view that enables you to see your HTML from a source and design perspective at the same time.

Nested master pages to help you factor your HTML more efficiently

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are ubiquitous because they promote accessibility and standards compliance However, designer-generated CSS can be difficult/intimidating for developers to work with New features for working with CSS style sheets Intellisense for CSS Filtered lists of which styles are being in a page or selection Visually apply styles to elements Even the most complicated, designer-created CSS styles are now simple to work with The Challenge The Solution

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are ubiquitous because they promote accessibility and standards compliance

However, designer-generated CSS can be difficult/intimidating for developers to work with

New features for working with CSS style sheets

Intellisense for CSS

Filtered lists of which styles are being in a page or selection

Visually apply styles to elements

Even the most complicated, designer-created CSS styles are now simple to work with

Languages like JavaScript are more and more popular Their type-less, dynamic nature presents challenges to traditional development activities like debugging and statement completion Visual Studio 2008 makes JavaScript a 1st class development experience with Syntax coloring Intellisense Debugging The Challenge The Solution

Languages like JavaScript are more and more popular

Their type-less, dynamic nature presents challenges to traditional development activities like debugging and statement completion

Visual Studio 2008 makes JavaScript a 1st class development experience with

Syntax coloring

Intellisense

Debugging

Visual Studio 2008 integrates and enhances ASP.NET AJAX: Adding UpdatePanels and ScriptManagers to an existing ASP.NET application can dramatically decrease the number of post backs All of the ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 controls and functionality are part of the tool box ASP.NET AJAX Script Control Library available as a free download from CodePlex The following new Project Items have been added: AJAX Master Page AJAX Client Library AJAX Web Form AJAX Client Control AJAX Client Behavior Control AJAX enabled WCF Service The Solution

Visual Studio 2008 integrates and enhances ASP.NET AJAX:

Adding UpdatePanels and ScriptManagers to an existing ASP.NET application can dramatically decrease the number of post backs

All of the ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 controls and functionality are part of the tool box

ASP.NET AJAX Script Control Library available as a free download from CodePlex

The following new Project Items have been added:

AJAX Master Page

AJAX Client Library

AJAX Web Form

AJAX Client Control

AJAX Client Behavior Control

AJAX enabled WCF Service

http://asp.net/ajax/ajaxcontroltoolkit/ Add common features to AJAX applications with no code required Free open source download from CodePlex Sample site is available for viewing Lots of tutorials, samples, documents and forums available Write your own Extenders! The Solution

Add common features to AJAX applications with no code required

Free open source download from CodePlex

Sample site is available for viewing

Lots of tutorials, samples, documents and forums available

Write your own Extenders!

My customers are demanding more from my web UIs - how to I take advantage of high-definition video and rich interactive applications in ASP.NET? Microsoft Silverlight provides a cross-browser, cross-platform, cross-device framework for building rich interactive applications on the web Supports high-definition video via the VC-1 codec Tooling support in Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Studio create a rich design and development experience Silverlight Hosting offers high-bandwidth, high-quality streaming at low cost DeepZoom provides the ability to smoothly present and navigate large amounts of visual information (images) regardless of the size of the data, and optimizing the bandwidth available to download it. The Challenge The Solution

My customers are demanding more from my web UIs - how to I take advantage of high-definition video and rich interactive applications in ASP.NET?

Microsoft Silverlight provides a cross-browser, cross-platform, cross-device framework for building rich interactive applications on the web

Supports high-definition video via the VC-1 codec

Tooling support in Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Studio create a rich design and development experience

Silverlight Hosting offers high-bandwidth, high-quality streaming at low cost

DeepZoom provides the ability to smoothly present and navigate large amounts of visual information (images) regardless of the size of the data, and optimizing the bandwidth available to download it.

2D, Graphics Audio, Video Animations Text, Text Input* Controls* Layout* Styles/Templates* Data Binding* Networking HTTP/S and Sockets* .NET Support* C# and VB.NET* Python and Ruby* LINQ* XML APIs* Generics* HTML Integration* JSON Serializer Local storage* Crypto APIs (AES)* Threading* * New in Silverlight 2

2D, Graphics

Audio, Video

Animations

Text, Text Input*

Controls*

Layout*

Styles/Templates*

Data Binding*

Networking

HTTP/S and Sockets*

.NET Support*

C# and VB.NET*

Python and Ruby*

LINQ*

XML APIs*

Generics*

HTML Integration*

JSON Serializer

Local storage*

Crypto APIs (AES)*

Threading*

Expression Blend and Visual Studio 2008 work better together Based on a common language – XAML Tooling supports editing of artifacts from within both environments Getting information from designers to developers is a manual, painful process The Challenge The Solution

Expression Blend and Visual Studio 2008 work better together

Based on a common language – XAML

Tooling supports editing of artifacts from within both environments

Getting information from designers to developers is a manual, painful process

Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Delivers Improved WPF designers SQL Server 2008 Support ADO.NET Entity Designer TFS usability and performance improvements Improved AJAX and JavaScript support .NET 3.5 SP1 Delivers Improved WPF performance (20-45% without code changes) ADO.NET Entity Framework / Entity Data Model ASP.NET Dynamic Data, Routing Engine and ADO.NET Data Services .NET 3.5 Client Profile The Solution

Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Delivers

Improved WPF designers

SQL Server 2008 Support

ADO.NET Entity Designer

TFS usability and performance improvements

Improved AJAX and JavaScript support

.NET 3.5 SP1 Delivers

Improved WPF performance (20-45% without code changes)

ADO.NET Entity Framework / Entity Data Model

ASP.NET Dynamic Data, Routing Engine and ADO.NET Data Services

.NET 3.5 Client Profile

It takes a lot of tedious code to expose my data model via REST accessible web services. ADO.NET Data Services provides a simple to use scaffolding allowing you to easily expose your data model to the web Extension of the ADO.NET Entity Framework or LINQ to SQL and WCF Customization based on rules Reduces the overall number of lines of code Privides simple URI-based REST model for accessing data Accessible by any REST client, including WCF The Challenge The Solution

It takes a lot of tedious code to expose my data model via REST accessible web services.

ADO.NET Data Services provides a simple to use scaffolding allowing you to easily expose your data model to the web

Extension of the ADO.NET Entity Framework or LINQ to SQL and WCF

Customization based on rules

Reduces the overall number of lines of code

Privides simple URI-based REST model for accessing data

Accessible by any REST client, including WCF

It takes a lot of tedious code to build data-driven web sites. ASP.NET Dynamic Data, released as part of .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1 provides a scaffolding to quickly and easily build data-driven web sites but still allow for deep customization Extension of the ADO.NET Entity Framework or LINQ to SQL, ASP.NET Routing Framework and ADO.NET Data Services Customizable UI based on rules and templates Reduces the overall number of lines of code Get data-driven applications up and running quickly The Challenge The Solution

It takes a lot of tedious code to build data-driven web sites.

ASP.NET Dynamic Data, released as part of .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1 provides a scaffolding to quickly and easily build data-driven web sites but still allow for deep customization

Extension of the ADO.NET Entity Framework or LINQ to SQL, ASP.NET Routing Framework and ADO.NET Data Services

Customizable UI based on rules and templates

Reduces the overall number of lines of code

Get data-driven applications up and running quickly

AJAX-enabled web applications are very popular, but their asynchronous nature makes testing them very difficult Practicing formal Test Driven Development (TDD) is very demanding for even the most sophisticated of development tools Visual Studio 2008 Team System makes great strides towards making TDD more productive. These improvements include Better Execution Times Run Tests Disable Deployment Test Inheritance Directly go to the Point of Failure Visual Studio 2008 Team System enables captures HTTP requests whether user or script generated The Challenge The Solution

AJAX-enabled web applications are very popular, but their asynchronous nature makes testing them very difficult

Practicing formal Test Driven Development (TDD) is very demanding for even the most sophisticated of development tools

Visual Studio 2008 Team System makes great strides towards making TDD more productive. These improvements include

Better Execution Times

Run Tests

Disable Deployment

Test Inheritance

Directly go to the Point of Failure

Visual Studio 2008 Team System enables captures HTTP requests whether user or script generated

How do developers know they are writing code that can be maintained and understood in the future? Visual Studio 2008 Team System integrates sophisticated code metrics that enable developers to clearly understand how maintainable and complex the code they are building is; This understanding is gathered from the following metrics Cyclometic complexity Maintainability Index Inheritance Depth Class Coupling Lines of code The Challenge The Solution

How do developers know they are writing code that can be maintained and understood in the future?

Visual Studio 2008 Team System integrates sophisticated code metrics that enable developers to clearly understand how maintainable and complex the code they are building is; This understanding is gathered from the following metrics

Cyclometic complexity

Maintainability Index

Inheritance Depth

Class Coupling

Lines of code

Code reviews are time consuming, error prone and depends on ‘group’ knowledge Code analysis examines every path code might take; looking for known problems and concerns; This feature has been greatly enhanced in Visual Studio 2008 Better discoverability of the feature through the Developer top-level menu More flexible warning suppressions Code analysis report comparison Enhanced code analysis check-in policy Code-aware spell checker The Challenge The Solution

Code reviews are time consuming, error prone and depends on ‘group’ knowledge

Code analysis examines every path code might take; looking for known problems and concerns; This feature has been greatly enhanced in Visual Studio 2008

Better discoverability of the feature through the Developer top-level menu

More flexible warning suppressions

Code analysis report comparison

Enhanced code analysis check-in policy

Code-aware spell checker

Understanding data gathered by a profiler is difficult and tedious In Visual Studio 2008 Team System, the industrial strength profiler has been enhanced across the board; this includes New data collection control WCF support New ability to visually compare performance data The Challenge The Solution

Understanding data gathered by a profiler is difficult and tedious

In Visual Studio 2008 Team System, the industrial strength profiler has been enhanced across the board; this includes

New data collection control

WCF support

New ability to visually compare performance data

Collaborate and communicate Drive predictability Manage team workflow Use familiar tools Ensure quality early and often Integrate work frequently Make real-time decisions

Collaborate and communicate

Drive predictability

Manage team workflow

Use familiar tools

Ensure quality early and often

Integrate work frequently

Make real-time decisions

Tester Developer Architect IT/Project Manager Business Analyst Database Professional Designer Lightweight, customizable process Integrated quality tools for each role Reduce defects and security vulnerabilities Overcome complexity Quality mindset Culture of innovation Individual Collaboration Transparency Integration Team Clarity Alignment Efficienc y Organization

Lightweight, customizable process

Integrated quality tools for each role

Reduce defects and security vulnerabilities

Overcome complexity

Quality mindset

Culture of innovation

Collaboration

Transparency

Integration

Clarity

Alignment

Efficienc y

Visual Studio 2008 Multi-targeting Web Page Designer / Split-View Editor CSS Management Tools JavaScript Intellisense & Debugging Visual Studio Tools for Office .NET 3.5 SP1 ADO.NET Entity Framework / Entity Data Model ADO.NET Data Services ASP.NET Dynamic Data Visual Studio Team System Unit / Web / Load Testing Code Metrics / Code Coverage

Visual Studio 2008

Multi-targeting

Web Page Designer / Split-View Editor

CSS Management Tools

JavaScript Intellisense & Debugging

Visual Studio Tools for Office

.NET 3.5 SP1

ADO.NET Entity Framework / Entity Data Model

ADO.NET Data Services

ASP.NET Dynamic Data

Visual Studio Team System

Unit / Web / Load Testing

Code Metrics / Code Coverage

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9/23/08 - MSDN Unleashed & ArcReady http://arcready.com

10/9/08 - Tulsa TechFest (2 days) http://tulsatechfest.com

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