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Visual Studio 2008 OnRamp240 Fundamentals of Visual Studio 2008 Rich Web Applications Next-Generation Windows Applications Office Client Applications and VSTO Lynn Langit – MSDN Developer Evangelist http://blogs.msdn.com/SoCalDevGal

Visual Studio 2008 Vision Developer Productivity Next Generation Applications Team Collaboration

Language advances

.NET Framework multi-targeting support

Improved Data & Language integration in VB / C#

Improvements for Web Developers

HTML / CSS designer enhancements

JavaScript Intellisense and debugging support

Developer Productivity

Integrating the database professional

Extensions to Unit Testing

Load Testing for the Enterprise

New performance tuning and diagnostic tools

Team Collaboration Architect Tester Project Manager Database Professional Developer Designer

Best tool set for Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista & Microsoft Office 2007, SQL Server 2008

.NET Framework 3.5 design surfaces

Office 2007 support including ClickOnce and VSTO

Improvements for Web Developers

Integrated AJAX and Silverlight support

Improved JavaScript support (Intellisense and debugging)

Support for the Latest Platforms

What is the .NET Framework 3.5? .NET Framework 3.5 .NET Framework 3.0 .NET Framework 2.0

.NET Framework Timeline Nov 2006 Dec 2006 Fall 2007 Nov 2005 .NET Framework 2.0 Visual Studio 2005

Architects Developers Testers Project Managers Hobbyists Enthusiasts Students Database Edition Development Edition Architecture Edition Test Edition Team Foundation Server

The Ultimate User Experience with Visual Studio 2008 Application Platform Reliable, Usable, Desirable, Adaptable Rich Reach Browser + AJAX Browser + Silverlight Windows Vista + WPF

Rapid Application Development with Visual Studio 2008

LINQ: Smoother Data Handling Database Objects XML C# VB .NET Others…

Multi-Targeting Support

Choose which Framework version to target

.NET Framework 2.0 (“Visual Studio 2005”)

.NET Framework 3.0 (“Windows Vista”)

.NET Framework 3.5 (“Visual Studio 2008”)

Visual Studio enables only features available in target Framework

Toolbox, Project types, References, Intellisense, …

Makes it easy to upgrade to Visual Studio 2008

Move existing Visual Studio 2005 applications to .NET Framework 3.5 gradually

Using Visual Studio 2008 multi-targeting to simplify development across different versions of the .NET platform

Rich Web Applications Web Page Authoring ASP.NET AJAX Silverlight IIS 7 Windows Live Services

Expressive and standards-compliant Better developer/designer collaboration Secure, scalable platform

Windows Server 2008 App Platform Management The Fundamentals Security Core Integrated Hypervisor .NET 3.0 IIS 7 WS-Management Monitoring Transactions Recovery Storage Networking Server Roles

Windows Server 2008 Features for Developers

Application Server

.NET Framework 3.0

IIS 7

Windows Activation Service

Management

PowerShell

MMC 3.0

Transactions

Transactional NTFS and Registry

Internet Information Services (IIS) 7

IIS 7.0

Designed for modularity

Provides an extensibility architecture for hosting content

IIS7 Modules

Both Native and Managed are supported

Managed modules can be applied to all requests, not just ASP.NET

IIS7 Administration

Provides comprehensive Managed API

Resides in Microsoft.Web.Administration namespace

Web Development Enhancements

Javascript Intellisense & Debugging

Richer HTML/CSS Designer Support

Split View (simultaneous source and designer)

CSS Properties, Manage/Apply Styles windows, and direct style application toolbar

Improved CSS/HTML layout and visualization in designer

ASP.NET Development Enhancements

Nested Master Page preview in designer

New Web data controls:

LinqDataSource, ListView, DataPager

LINQ support

Return of Web Projects

ASP.NET AJAX Integration

ASP.NET AJAX templates in Web projects

JavaScript and ASP.NET AJAX Intellisense (in both pages and JS files)

Type inference, DOM support, enhanced function and parameter tooltips

Intellisense against “referenced” script libraries in pages and JS files

Script Debugging Improvements

Breakpoints in design-time code automatically map to runtime code

Switch between design-time/runtime code in Solution Explorer while debugging

Improved debug watch information for script and DOM objects

Improving Web developer productivity with new design tools and ASP.NET AJAX Integration

Additional Web Enhancements

Microsoft Silverlight

Silverlight extensions

Intellisense and code generation for XAML

Debugging support

Windows Live Services

Silverlight Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of media experiences and rich interactive applications (RIAs) for the Web.

Windows Live APIs Rich Media Experiences Sharing & Storage Communicate & Stay Connected Find & Locate Identity & Authentication Training & Support Service Level Agreements Flexible Monetization Offerings Flexible Monetization Options Platform Silverlight Streaming Live Spaces Virtual Earth LiveID Live Contacts Search Agents Alerts IM & Presence Service APIs & Controls

Language INtegrated Query (LINQ)

Integrated, native query syntax in C# and VB

Interact with data as objects

Reduce the complexity when working with data

Consistent API for object collections, XML, SQL data

Benefits

Work with data in a consistent way, regardless of the type of data

Better integration with programming languages

Improved productivity through IntelliSense in Visual Studio

LINQ to SQL Accessing data today Queries in quotes Loosely bound arguments Loosely typed result sets No compile time checks

LINQ to SQL Accessing data with LINQ Classes describe data Tables are like collections Strongly typed connections Integrated query syntax Strongly typed results

LINQ to SQL LINQ Architecture from c in db.Customers where c.City == "London" select c.CompanyName LINQ Query SQL Query SELECT CompanyName FROM Cust WHERE City = 'London' Rows Objects SubmitChanges() DML or SProcs db.Customers.Add(c1); c2.City = “Seattle"; db.Customers.Remove(c3); INSERT INTO Cust … UPDATE Cust … DELETE FROM Cust … SQL Server Application LINQ to SQL

Improving developer productivity with Language Integrated Query (LINQ) and SQL Server data

Next-Generation Windows Applications Smart Client Development Windows Presentation Foundation Windows Forms/WPF Interoperability Windows Communication Foundation & Windows Workflow Integration

Improvements for Smart Client Development

Integrated UI designer experience

Improved ClickOnce application deployment

Office 2007 UI for native C++ applications

Client Application-Level Services

Windows Presentation Foundation

Deliver Innovative User Interfaces

Increase Developer-Designer Productivity

Leveraging Existing Code Base and Skills Set

A productive, unified approach to UI, media and documents to deliver unmatched UX

Windows Presentation Foundation Visual Studio 2008 Enhancements

Visual Studio Designer for WPF

Creates a seamless designer/developer workflow with Expression Blend

XAML-based editing directly in the IDE

Changes reflected in the designer in real time

Intellisense based on a XAML language service

Control extensibility

Project templates, debugger & deployment support

Side-by-side support for WinForms

ClickOnce deployment support for WPF apps

Designers design

With XAML designers & developers can streamline their collaboration

Developers add business logic

Visual Studio 2008 supports "bi-directional" integration of WPF and Windows Forms

Windows Forms applications hosting WPF

WPF hosting Windows Forms controls

Benefits

Bring WPF functionality to existing applications

Re-use existing controls in new WPF applications

WPF & Windows Forms Interop – "Hybrid" Apps 05/28/09 © Microsoft Corporation 2007

Leverage ASP.NET Services on the client

Share user authentication and authorization between Client and Web applications

Store user settings on the web

Client Services infrastructure

Handles web services communication

Provides offline support

Client Application Services 05/28/09 © Microsoft Corporation 2007

Simplified development using the new WPF design tools Interoperability with WPF & WinForms

Windows Communication Foundation

Microsoft’s platform for distributed systems

Build WCF services in Visual Studio 2008 using any .NET Language

Intelligent code editing, IDE Extensions for WCF, debugging, re-factoring, code snippets, Autohost, test, client, config editing, etc.

Visual Basic .NET, Visual C#, etc.

Runs on

Microsoft Windows Vista

Microsoft Windows XP

Microsoft Windows Server 2003

WCF – What's New in Visual Studio 2008

Tooling

Autohost, test client, new config editor, debugging

HTTP programming support

1 st class REST support, Syndication

JSON messaging support

OASIS standard support (new protocols)

Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) integration

Windows Workflow Foundation

Programming model, engine and tools for building workflow enabled applications on Windows platform

Author Workflows in Visual Studio 2008 using any .NET Language

Intelligent code editing, IDE Extensions for designing workflows, visual debugging, re-factoring, code snippets, Service Contract designer, new service activities, etc.

Visual Basic .NET, Visual C#, etc.

Runs on

Microsoft Windows Vista

Microsoft Windows XP

WF – What's New in Visual Studio 2008

Integration between WF and WCF

Services implemented as workflow

Workflow hosted as service

Benefits

Enables durable services

Enables conversations

Enables security around workflows

New tooling to create contracts

Building Connected Applications with Windows Communication Foundation and Windows Workflow Foundation

Office Client Applications and VSTO Office Business Applications Visual Studio Tools for Office Ribbon Designer Outlook Form Regions ClickOnce Deployment

Office as a Developer Platform

Familiar user interface

500+ million users worldwide

Office Open XML file formats

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

LOB Apps The "Results Gap"

LOB Apps Office Business Applications

Estimate custom design Unstructured Create Lead Qualified? Retire Lead Create Oppt’y Create Quote Closed? Complete Sale Create Invoice Get specs from customer Validate specs with Tech Sales Cost out the solution Decide discount strategy Assemble proposed response Approve proposed response Structured “ Classic” Enterprise Applications Office Business Applications Estimate custom design Unstructured Office SharePoint Server Word Excel Outlook InfoPath

Document-level code behind

Brings Microsoft Office into the managed world

Strict security model

Custom ActionsPane

Host Controls on doc surface

Cached Data in the document

Server-side data processing

App-level add-ins for Outlook

VSTO 2008

New designers: ribbon, custom task pane, Outlook form region

App-level add-ins for most client programs

ClickOnce deployment and security

VBA/VSTO interoperability

Workflow & Microsoft SharePoint support

VSTO integral part of Visual Studio 2008 Professional

VSTO 2005 & VSTO 2005 SE VSTO 2003

Office Applications

Visual Studio 2008 Professional includes Visual Studio Tools for Office

Visual designers for Ribbon, Task & Action pane, Outlook Form Region customization

Integrated Workflow & Microsoft SharePoint Support

Data binding in Word Content Controls

Application-level add-ins for most client programs (both 2003 & 2007)

Document-level add-ins for Excel & Word 2007

Improved deployment and security using ClickOnce

Office has built-in support for XML-based customization model

VSTO 2005 SE support:

Simplifies hookup from .NET via pre-generated classes and sample XML

VSTO 2008 support:

Adds full-blown visual designer support

“ Export to XML” option

A more robust programming layer

The benefits of Office Business Applications and the power of the new Ribbon Designer

New technology in Outlook 2007 for enhancing and replacing Outlook’s built-in forms

Form regions are created using Outlook Forms Designer

Four types of form regions

Adjoining and Separate regions for both custom and built-in forms

Replacement and Replace-all regions for custom forms

Reading Pane can display all types except Separate

Code behind form region is implemented as COM Add-in

New controls provide built-in look and feel as well as data binding to Outlook data

VSTO eases development of Outlook form regions

Use wizard to import Outlook designed form region

Controls are created and cast to correct name & type

VSTO enables WinForm form regions

Drag & Drop WinForms designer provided

Properties window support

VSTO provides enhanced programming model, form region manifest object, automatic registration of add-in and form region, etc…

Low-impact deployment mechanism

Self-contained

Solutions installed per user

Prerequisites are installed if the user is an admin

Supports solution update / rollback without user intervention

Offline availability of solution

Leveraging the power of Outlook Form Regions and ClickOnce Deployment for Office 2007

Open XML = new file formats in Microsoft Office 2007

Open and standardized

Provide interoperability, compatibility and transparency

LINQ to XML enables language-based queries against XML

Together, these technologies enable a new way of thinking about data in Office documents

LINQ To XML

Language integrated query for XML

Expressive power of XPath / XQuery

But with C# or VB as programming language

Leverages experience with DOM

Functional construction

Element centric, not document centric

Simplified XML namespace support

Annotations

Faster and smaller

Designed to make XML usable without learning specialized technologies such as XPath/XSLT

LINQ to XML Programming XML today Document- centric No integrated queries Memory intensive <contacts> <contact> <name>Great Lakes Food</name> <phone>(503) 555-7123</phone> </contact> … </contacts>

LINQ to XML Programming XML with LINQ Element- centric Integrated queries Smaller and faster <contacts> <contact> <name>Great Lakes Food</name> <phone>(503) 555-7123</phone> </contact> … </contacts>

Accessing content from Open XML using LINQ to XML

Summary

Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5 provide a host of new features and tools that:

Improve developer productivity (LINQ, Intellisense, debugging, etc.)

Support the latest platforms (Vista, Windows Server 2008, Office 2007)

Enable unprecedented team collaboration (Visual Studio Team System 2008)

Additional VS2008 Features…

Language enhancements

MFC & C++ enhancements for Vista “look & feel”

New managed add-in model

CLR enhancements

Partial trust, Threading enhancements

High-performance trace listener

Trace listener that logs events to Event Tracing for Windows in Windows Vista

Anonymous pipes and named pipes

Peer-to-peer network APIs

WMI Provider Extension 2.0

SQL Server Compact Edition

SQL Server Reporting Services Support

XSLT Debugger MSBuild – parallel/multi-processor builds, multi-threaded builds VSTS improvements Profiler support for WCF Applications Customize and extend code correctness policies – Team edition for developers Tools for performance tuning an enterprise app Web Test rules improvements Version control support – annotate

New Language Features – C#