Visual Studio® 2010 and .NET 4, Six-in-one

INTRODUCTION

IN THE .NET DEVELOPMENT WORLD, we have seen massive improvements and enhancements to the framework over the last several years. Since 2006, we have seen releases of .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, and .NET 4. We have also seen the introduction of many new technologies such as Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Windows Workflow, and Silverlight that came as parts of the various releases.

Keeping up with all of this change can be difficult for all developers, both those new to the industry and those who have been using .NET since its inception almost ten years ago. To help keep up with this rapid change, this book serves as an "all-in-one reference" for the major changes and enhancements and provides a glimpse into the specifics of the new technologies.

WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR

This book was written with the experienced .NET developer in mind. Many of the chapters talk specifically about the enhancements or changes that have been introduced with the new versions of the .NET Framework. However, even those readers who are not fluent in .NET development should be able take a lot out of the detailed examples provided in this book.

For the experienced reader, a few "history" chapters have been added to help identify when various functionality has been added so that you can quickly identify the needed toolset to be able to adopt a specific feature.

WHAT THIS BOOK COVERS

This book focuses on enhancements that have been added to .NET and Visual Studio 2010 ...