Presentation at Microsoft Architect Council in November 2007 - by Mickey Williams, Neudesic

1. Mickey Williams
Technical Director
Neudesic, LLC
Microsoft C# MVP

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

3. 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

4. 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

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

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

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

8. 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

9. 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);
}
}

10. 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

11. Futures

12. 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

13. 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-*

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

15. 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

16. Demo
 Visual Studio
 AJAX
 C# 3.0
var
Extension methods
Initializers
Anonymous types
 LINQ

17. Resources
 http://msdn.microsoft.com/vcsharp
 http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu
 http://www.asp.net
 http://blogs.neudesic.com
 mickey.williams@neudesic.com