Microsoft Releases Visual Studio 2008

Microsoft today released Visual Studio 2008 to customers on MSDN for downloading, this is the first "Big Three " platform for the future "in the global launch wave " to complete. With with VS 2008, the latest iteration. NET Framework -3 .5 - was released. Microsoft encountered a very aggressive timetable, its flagship IDE, announced about two weeks ago, customers will be able to access than with the 2008 update. NET Framework for some time, in November.

And 2008 will be ", as soon as possible to other customers through our various other channels, " " Soma "somasegar vice president, development, the ministry said in a press releases.

Its release, Microsoft finally caught up with the Visual Studio. NET platform - somewhat - die. N E T Framework 3.0 (November 2006) and. N E T framework 3.5.

In Visual Studio 2008, including the release of a series of tools, from the standards and Visual Studio Professional Edition, with a view to Visual Studio Team System (vsts) 2008 team based server (TFS) and the team Suite unit, and with Visual Studio on the 2008 version. Tooling Visual Studio, 2008 is expected to be ready by early next year off.

"We Vitamin E actually have always driving toward the November ship date "Scott said Gasirui, General Motors, Microsoft for the development of the division, previously The article, Microsoft development news. ", , In fact the timetable has been at least nine or 10 months. ", And in this connection, unlike other major server for the period will be announced in the February 27 launch Biming - and W indowsS erver2 008 - this final deadline was hit. Other major server SQL Server 2008, and is expected Availability released in June next year.

New integrated IDE increase or die, based on the Windows Vista (. Net 3.0), Office 2007, asp.net Ajax, language integrated query (linq) and the Web. Vsts cross-border transport and also provides a number of new features, including: continuous integration, supporting larger team and performance improvements. . Net asp.net 3.5 integrates Ajax, linq, and support for Web 2.0 Protocol - was *, rest, J SON, R SS and A tom Announcements in the Public Interest.

"The whole concept of Web 2.0 is not just more composed of a wide range of user interface, it # 39 more information on the composition of the application functions, "said Director of dinosaur chiesa. NET platform, the Internet Systems Division at Microsoft. "Things, like making Web programming and architectural applications, and using this programmable How can we re-evolution. Net 3.5 using this type of capability. " Linq appearance of Visual Studio 2008 and. Net 3.5. It allows developers related enquiries, or XML. NET object data from the internal VB or C #.

"We re-planning vs2008 kinds of updates, when the last of the SQL Server 2008 ship, we ] to identify fully with it all, because it is still in the development stage, there are some features in the there, kidney t finalized "Gasirui said. "If you use SQL Server 2005 features, apparently all works. " Vs2008 final release will be followed in the same week by the update to a few±È·Ömachine, Gasirui said.

Microsoft is preparing to release a new beta version of the framework and linq ado.net entity to entity mold, which dropped from Visual Studio, in 2008 shortly after the first beta release. Entity framework is expected to ship early next year, once this happens, it will offer the service pack and to vs2008. NET 3.5.

The company also introduced a tool silverlight vs2008 upgrade to the add-in Beta 2. "Update, the end of this month we will only have the same characteristics, " explained Gasirui. ", Then you 11 to see the next major update to add support silverlight die all new Operation support equipment, data binding, layout management, modeling template - a string of exciting features. "This tooling will be in a testing phase until silverlight 1.1 release, expected next year, although Gasirui declined to comment on a release date.

MSDN users here than in 2008. 90-day trial version download here. . NET Framework 3.5 can be found here.

With additional reporting by Keith Ward.