Mickey Williams Technical Director Neudesic, LLC Microsoft C# MVP

Agenda Visual Studio 2008 .NET Framework 3.5 ASP.NET Futures Language changes

Visual Studio 2008

.NET Framework 3.5

ASP.NET

Futures

Language changes

Visual Studio 2008 Unit testing for Visual Studio Professional Simplifies unit tests across organizations Developer metrics Cyclomatic complexity Coupling LINQ to SQL Designer Improved experience for ASP.NET dev JavaScript debugging and IntelliSense Improved web design experience

Unit testing for Visual Studio Professional

Simplifies unit tests across organizations

Developer metrics

Cyclomatic complexity

Coupling

LINQ to SQL Designer

Improved experience for ASP.NET dev

JavaScript debugging and IntelliSense

Improved web design experience

VSTS 2008 Improved VSTE More test options PowerTool features (Annotate, FolderDiff, etc.) Team Foundation Server Support for WSS 3.0, MOSS 2007, SQL 2008 SQL named instances Continuous integration

Improved VSTE

More test options

PowerTool features (Annotate, FolderDiff, etc.)

Team Foundation Server

Support for WSS 3.0, MOSS 2007, SQL 2008

SQL named instances

Continuous integration

.NET Framework 3.5 LINQ LINQ to Objects LINQ to SQL LINQ to DataSet LINQ to XML ASP.NET enhancements Improved REST support

LINQ

LINQ to Objects

LINQ to SQL

LINQ to DataSet

LINQ to XML

ASP.NET enhancements

Improved REST support

LINQ General set-oriented syntax Available for C# and Visual Basic Leverages language enhancements

General set-oriented syntax

Available for C# and Visual Basic

Leverages language enhancements

LINQ to XML Simplified syntax for working with XML Easier to query and compose XML Easily integrate with other LINQ queries

Simplified syntax for working with XML

Easier to query and compose XML

Easily integrate with other LINQ queries

LINQ to SQL ADO supports queries with LINQ Simple ORM layer Programming model fits with language VB slightly different than C# Natural grouping, navigation, scoping, etc. Compiler can verify query syntax IDE can provide Intellisense Developers don’t need to context switch

ADO supports queries with LINQ

Simple ORM layer

Programming model fits with language

VB slightly different than C#

Natural grouping, navigation, scoping, etc.

Compiler can verify query syntax

IDE can provide Intellisense

Developers don’t need to context switch

LINQ to SQL Code using(var db = new PubsDBContext()) { var authors = from a in db.authors orderby a.au_id select a; foreach(var author in authors) { Console.WriteLine("{0} {1}", author.au_fname, author.au_lname); } }

using(var db = new PubsDBContext())

{

var authors = from a in db.authors

orderby a.au_id

select a;

foreach(var author in authors)

{

Console.WriteLine("{0} {1}",

author.au_fname, author.au_lname);

}

}

ASP.NET ASP.NET and IIS 7 share request pipeline AJAX a first-class part of web dev Support for AJAX WCF services Real JavaScript IntelliSense Real JavaScript debugging Split UI for page design New CSS design tools Nested master pages

ASP.NET and IIS 7 share request pipeline

AJAX a first-class part of web dev

Support for AJAX WCF services

Real JavaScript IntelliSense

Real JavaScript debugging

Split UI for page design

New CSS design tools

Nested master pages

Futures

AJAX MVC Framework Real MVC Support Controllers, Views, Models Simplifies reuse and testing Test project created automatically CTP delivery through development cycle CTP coming next week Part of the ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions CTP

Real MVC Support

Controllers, Views, Models

Simplifies reuse and testing

Test project created automatically

CTP delivery through development cycle

CTP coming next week

Part of the ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions CTP

Silverlight Silverlight 2.0 announced today Re-branding of Silverlight 1.1 Beta release Q12008 with go-live license WPF UI Framework Richer control support Layout (panels, grids, etc.) Common controls (tabs, sliders, scrollers) Rich networking support REST, POX, RSS, WS-*

Silverlight 2.0 announced today

Re-branding of Silverlight 1.1

Beta release Q12008 with go-live license

WPF UI Framework

Richer control support

Layout (panels, grids, etc.)

Common controls (tabs, sliders, scrollers)

Rich networking support

REST, POX, RSS, WS-*

Language Changes var Compiler inference of variable types extension methods Simplified extension of sealed types object initializers Initialization without specialized constructors

var

Compiler inference of variable types

extension methods

Simplified extension of sealed types

object initializers

Initialization without specialized constructors

Language Changes array initializers Simplified syntax for initializing collections anonymous types Objects can be created with an unknown type lambda expressions Expressions as first-class citizens Forms the basis for LINQ

array initializers

Simplified syntax for initializing collections

anonymous types

Objects can be created with an unknown type

lambda expressions

Expressions as first-class citizens

Forms the basis for LINQ

Demo Visual Studio AJAX C# 3.0 var Extension methods Initializers Anonymous types LINQ

Visual Studio

AJAX

C# 3.0

var

Extension methods

Initializers

Anonymous types

LINQ

Resources http://msdn.microsoft.com/vcsharp http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu http://www.asp.net http://blogs.neudesic.com [email_address]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vcsharp

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu

http://www.asp.net

http://blogs.neudesic.com

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