Overview

Introduction to Visual Studio 2008

VISUAL STUDIO 2008
.NET Framework Multi-
Multi-Targeting Support
NEW FEATURES
C# and VB.NET Language Enhancements

Introduction to Language Integrated Query
Eduardo Castro
(LINQ)
Microsoft MVP

Major HTML / CSS Designer
Enhancements
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Rich AJAX and JavaScript Support
[email protected]
And much more…
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Visual Studio 2008 Editions Topic: Visual Studio 2008

Team Suite

Several editions of Visual Studio
2008 are available:
Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite contains
four main components:
Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition
Visual C# 2008 Express Edition System, service, application, data center
Architect
Express Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition designers
Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Code editors, visual designers, debugging,
Developer
Edition unit tests, code metrics
Standard Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition Test Create, edit, manage and run tests

Professional Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition Database project templates, rename
Database refactoring, visual diff/merge, test data
Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite (Architect, generation
Team Suite
Developer, Test and Database)

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Topic: Visual Studio 2008 Framework Multitargeting

Feature Highlights

Visual Studio 2008 supports targeting multiple

Visual Studio 2008 provides many versions of the .NET Framework
new features that significantly
enhance developer productivity:
Choose which Framework version to target when
opening or creating an application
• HTML split view designer
.NET Framework 2.0 (“Whidbey”)
• LINQ to SQL Designer

.NET Framework 3.0 (Vista)
• JavaScript Intellisense

.NET Framework 3.5 (“Orcas”)
• CSS property viewer
• WPF designer

Visual Studio IDE only shows feature appropriate
• Office designer support for your selected target version
• .NET framework multi-targeting support

Toolbox, Add New Item, Add Reference, Add Web
Reference, Intellisense,
Intellisense, etc
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 Topic: Configuring an Application's
Framework Multitargeting Target Framework
Version = Assembly references + compilers
Visual Studio 2008 can target multiple versions
No new CLR runtime of the .NET framework

.NET Fx 3.5

.NET Fx 3.0
.NET Fx 3.0
Update

.NET Fx 2.0 .NET Fx 2.0

.NET Fx 2.0
Update Update

Whidbey Vista 2008

time
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Topic: Developing and Maintaining Object Browser Framework Version

.NET 2.0 Applications Filtering

The Visual Studio 2008 Object Browser

.NET framework 2.0 applications can be supports framework version filtering:
developed using Visual Studio 2008

Leverage VS 2008 editor features
without requiring applications to be
updated to .NET 3.5

Multi
Multi--targeting support simplifies future
application maintenance

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HTML Designer

Massively improved HTML designer

Same WYSIWYG designer as in Expression

Demo
New features:

Rich CSS editing support
Multi--Targeting
Multi

Split view editor

Fast designer/source switching

Nested master pages

Enable better designer/developer workflow

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 C# and VB.NET Language Language Enhancement
Enhancements Overview

C# and VB.NET have been enhanced to
reduce the amount of code that has to be

Language Enhancement Overview written:

Object Initializers Assign values to object fields or properties

Anonymous Types Object Initializers without explicit constructors when the object
is created

Extension Methods
Compiler infers types without requiring

How to define Extension Methods in C# Anonymous types
explicit type definitions

How to define Extension Methods in VB.NET Extension Add methods to existing types without

Lambda Expressions Methods creating a derived type
Expression used in place of a delegate to
Lambda
simplify coding and allow for more
Expressions
expressive code

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Object Initializers Anonymous Types

Object initializers allow accessible field
or property values to be initialized with
Anonymous types allow read-
read-only
values without explicit constructor calls properties to be defined for an object
without an explicit type definition
[Visual C#]
[Visual C#]
Person p = new Person {FirstName = "John", LastName="Doe",State="AZ"};
var p = select new {FirstName = "John", LastName="Doe"};

[Visual Basic]
[Visual Basic]
Dim p As New Person With {.FirstName = "John", .LastName = "Doe", _
.State="AZ"} Dim p = New With {.FirstName = "John", .LastName = "Doe"}

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Extension Methods How to Define Extension Methods in

C#

Extension methods are defined as static

Extension methods allow existing types methods but act like instance methods at
to be extended without creating a runtime
derived type namespace StringExtensions {
public static class StringExtensionsClass {

Extension method guidelines: public static string RemoveNonAlphaNumeric(this
(this string s) {
MatchCollection col = Regex.Matches(s,"[A-Za-z0-9]");

Cannot be used to override existing StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
methods foreach (Match m in col)
sb.Append(m.Value);

Extension method with the same name and return sb.ToString();
signature as an instance method will not be }
}
called }
….

The concept of extension methods cannot string phone = "123-123-1234";
be applied to fields, properties or events string newPhone = phone.RemoveNonAlphaNumeric();

Use extension methods sparingly

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 Lambda Expressions

A lambda expression is a function
without a name that evaluates a single
expression and returns its value
[Visual C#]

List<string> names = new List<string> { "John", "Jim", "Michelle" }; Demo

IEnumerable<string> filter = names.Where(p => p.StartsWith("J"));
("J"));
Language Enhanments
[Visual Basic]
Dim names As New List(Of String)
names.Add("John")
names.Add("Jim")
names.Add("Michelle")
Dim filter As IEnumerable(Of String) = _
names.Where(Function(p) p.StartsWith("J"))

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Introduction to LINQ Working with Data

What is LINQ?
Querying and manipulating data has

LINQ Operators always been a fundamental part of our
jobs as programmers, and always will be

LINQ Syntax Fundamentals

LINQ to SQL Designer
Data formats change, but core needs
remain the same

With Orcas we are trying to take the

concept of querying, manipulating, and
updating data to the next level
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Introducing LINQ What is LINQ?

(Language Integrated Query)
LINQ = Language Integrated Query

Query, Set and Transform Operations for .NET
Native C# and VB.NET language feature

Comprehensive query technology:

Makes querying data a core programming concept Query Objects
Query Databases

Works with all types and shapes of data
Query XML

Relational database
Query custom data stores

XML

Objects
Reduces complexities associated with
accessing data that isn't defined using OO

Works with all .NET languages technology

New VB and C# have integrated language support
Provides static typing and compile-
compile-time syntax
checking

Support for both static typed and dynamic languages
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 LINQ Operators LINQ Syntax Fundamentals

LINQ supports several different operations:

LINQ queries specify the data source to query,
Filter the filter clause and the data to select
Sort
Select [Visual C#]

Group string[ ] states = { "Arizona", "Alaska", "Utah", "Nevada" };

var selectedStates = from s in states
Join where s.StartsWith("A")
select s;

LINQ operators are expressed declaratively

[Visual Basic]
using
C# or VB.NET Dim states As String() = { "Arizona", "Alaska", "Utah", "Nevada" }
Dim selectedStates = From name In states _

Visual Studio 2008 provides Intellisense Where name.StartsWith("A") _
support Select name
for operators

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LINQ to SQL Designer

Visual Studio 2008 provides a LINQ to SQL
designer that handles mapping relational data
to CLR objects

Demo
LINQ

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ASP.NET AJAX ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit

Works on top of ASP.NET 2.0 and VS 2005

Separate download from core ASP.NET AJAX

Fully supported V1.0 shipped last week on the web

Great library of free ASP.NET AJAX enabled controls

Delivers core ASP.NET AJAX foundation:
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JavaScript type-
type-system

Developed using a collaborative source model

JavaScript<
JavaScript<-->.NET Networking Serialization

All source freely available with modification license

JavaScript library of common routines

Both Microsoft & non-
non-Microsoft developers can contribute

ASP.NET Server Control Integration

ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 features
Already contains 35 really cool controls

Goal is to get 50-
50-100 great controls over the next months

Examples: richer web part integration, richer data
serialization support, more client controls

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 AJAX Control Extenders Visual Studio AJAX Support

Controls that can AJAX-
AJAX-enable existing
JavaScript Intellisense
HTML UI and ASP.NET Server Controls
Code intellisense for client-
client-side JavaScript
<asp:LinkButton ID=“
ID=“ShowHideBtn
ShowHideBtn"" runat
runat="server">Details...</
="server">Details...</asp:LinkButton
asp:LinkButton>>
Integrated editor support for ASP.NET AJAX JS Library

Intellisense against JSON enabled .asmx
.asmx web services
<asp:Panel ID="detailsPanel
ID="detailsPanel"" runat
runat="server"
="server" CssClass
CssClass="
="DetailsPanel
DetailsPanel">
">
Blah, Blah, Blah
Build
Build--time syntax checking
<br />
Blah, Blah, Blah
<br />
JavaScript Debugging
Blah, Blah, Blah
Improved discoverability
</asp:Panel
</asp:Panel> >

Breakpoints in .aspx
.aspx documents
<ajaxToolkit:CollapsiblePanelExtender TargetControlID
TargetControlID="="detailsPanel
detailsPanel““
CollapseControlID="
CollapseControlID ="ShowHideBtn
ShowHideBtn""

New visualization features for variables
ExpandControlID="
ExpandControlID ="ShowHideBtn
ShowHideBtn""
Collapsed="true"
ASP.NET AJAX Extender Control Support
SuppressPostBack="true"
SuppressPostBack ="true"
runat="server“
runat ="server“ />
Easy design-
design-time to attach extenders
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Data Improvements in ASP.NET

New <asp:LinqSqlDataSource
<asp:LinqSqlDataSource>> control

Enables easy databinding to LINQ entities

Demo
New <asp:ListView

<asp:ListView>
> control

Enables richer data UI flexibility
LINQ

Scaffolding UI generator for getting started

Creates LINQ object model and UI pages

Will ship as separate download in Orcas

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Testing Features Introduction to Windows

Communication Foundation

VSTS Unit Testing Moving to VS Professional
Windows Communication Foundation

Improved performance and workflow (WCF):

New AJAX Web Testing Features in VSTS

Framework for creating distributed applications that communicate using services

Automated scenario testing of ASP.NET AJAX applications
Service-oriented programming API
Support latest WS-* standards
Expose services over HTTP, TCP, Named Pipes, plus more
Create data and service contracts
Consume services and integrate data into .NET applications
Expose workflows as services

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 New WCF Features in .NET Team Foundation Server
3.5 2008

Key New Windows Communication
Share Point 2007 support
Foundation Features include:



Enable use of Sharepoint on any server and any port
Support for MOSS 2007

Enable support for Reporting Services on any server and any port (new) (RTM)

Support for SQL Named Instances – This will allow customers to share a SQL server
Support for RSS and ATOM Syndication between multiple TFS instances, or with other applications. This has been a
commonly requested feature by enterprises.
XML or JSON serialization for AJAX integration

“Longhorn” server support – TFS will support the next version of the server (and
Support for additional partial trust mode scenarios corresponding new version of IIS) that is currently under development.

Sync Large Groups – This is a set of work to improve the performance and
Windows Workflow Foundation Send/Receive activities robustness of TFS’s handling large groups of users (~30,000 or more) granted
permission to a TFS instance. Today this can result in a support call to recover from
it.

Non--default ports – We’ve gotten a bunch of feedback from enterprise customers
Non
about TFS’s limited support for alternate web sites and ports running afoul of data
center policies. We are going to be improving TFS’s configurability in this respect in
Orcas.

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Team Foundation Server Team Foundation Server

2008 2008

Simplify installation – In Orcas, we will be doing a variety of things to attempt
Support multi-
multi-threaded builds with the new MSBuild.
MSBuild.
to make installing TFS easier and quicker than it is now. Improvements
Continuous Integration – There are many components to this, including build
include eliminating the separate data-
data-tier installation, simplifying the queuing and queue management, drop management (so that users can set
requirements around required domain accounts by supporting the built in policies for when builds should be automatically deleted), and build triggers
machine accounts (like Network Service) where we can, etc. that allows configuration of exactly how when CI builds should be triggered,

Official testing and support for more configurations - This includes clustering, for example – every checkin
checkin,, rolling build (completion of one build starts the
mirroring, log shipping, Virtual machine deployment, and more. next), etc.

Support for client certificates
Improved ability to specify what source, versions of source, and other build

Upgrade from TFS 2005 properties. Improved extensibility of the build targets – such as ability to
easily execute targets before and after each solution/project is built.

Support for SQL 2008 (aka Katmai) (new) (RTM) Improved ability to manage multiple build machines. Stop and delete builds

TFSDeleteProject now permanently deletes (destroys) version control from within VS.
content (new) (RTM)
.NET Object model for programming against the build server. Simplified

New role for many operations activities (new) (RTM) - You don't have to be ability to specify what tests get run as part of a build.
server administrator to run many of the admin utilities any longer.

Enhancements to tfsadminutil (new) (RTM) - New capability to configure
accounts, connections, etc on both TFS and the TFS proxy.
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Team Foundation Server

2008
2008 is going to be an exciting year

Performance & Scale improvements – A variety of improvements that will
Major advances and improvements coming
make both the work item server and client faster and able to handle larger
servers.

Query builder usability improvements - Drop down filtering based on current
Developing applications will be easier
project, better MRU lists, column drag & drop, shift-
shift-click mouse based multi-
multi-
column sorting, etc.
Build-on existing VS 2005 / ASP.NET skills/code

Attachments improvements - Save button, drag & drop for adding an
attachment, multi-
multi-select for attaching files.
Significant productivity gains with LINQ, AJAX, etc

Tooltips on field names contain the field name used for querying

Server side support for deleting work items & work item types - We didn't
Upgrading will be easy
have time to do client UI support for it but we plan to release a Power Tool
that will take advantage of the new server side feature.
Can use HTML designer, JavaScript

Support for security on the iteration hierarchy (new) intellisense/debugging, and new language
features of VS “Orcas” on ASP.NET 2.0 projects

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 Premios de este evento!!! Oferta Visual Studio 2008
• El Libro “Introducing
“Introducing Microsoft LINQ” por asistir al menos a una charla. • Adquiere ya Visual Studio 2005 con suscripción
• Restricciones:: 1 libro de estos máximo por persona por todo el evento. Los libros serán entregados entre finales de Enero y Febrero.
Restricciones
MSDN y recibe inmediatamente Visual Studio 2008.
2008.
• Un libro de la siguiente lista por cada día completo de charlas asistidas: • Además participa durante el mes de Diciembre
–
–
Programming Microsoft Visual C# 2005: The Language
Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Express Edition: Build a Program Now! ganando puntos por tu compra de Visual Studio y
–
–
Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Step by Step
Working with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System
cámbialos por productos,
productos, libros o entrenamiento de
– I. M. Wright's "Hard Code" .NET, Expression,
Expression, Silverlight y mucho más:
más:
– Practical Project Initiation: A Handbook with Tools
– The Enterprise and Scrum – Para más información escribe a [email protected]
– Managing Projects with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System
– Programming Microsoft Composite UI Application Block and Smart Client
• Restricciones:: Si una persona asiste a dos días completos, podrá escoger 2 libros y así sucesivamente. Los libros serán entregados entre fina
Restricciones finales
les
de Enero y Febrero.

• Un juego de la siguiente lista por asistir a todas las charlas del evento:
– Zoo Tycoon2: Marine Mania (para(para PC)
– Halo 2 PC 32-
32-Bit Vista (para PC)
– Flight Simulator X (para
(para PC)
– Fable The Lost Chapters (para
(para PC)
– Combat Flight Sim 3 ((para
para PC)
– Age of Empires III (para
(para PC)
• Restricciones:: Máximo 1 juego por persona por todo el evento. Los juegos serán entregados entre finales de Enero y Febrero.
Restricciones

• Para estos premios se validará la asistencia contra hoja de evaluación entregada sin
excepciones.

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