This one day clinic will provide an overview of Visual Studio 2008 and highlight new features that can increase developer productivity.  You'll also be exposed to new C# and VB.NET language features as well as the new Language Integrated Query (LINQ) technology built into the .NET Framework 3.5.

Objectives

After completing this clinic, you will be able to:  
-Understand benefits that Visual Studio 2008 can bring to developers and enterprises  
-Describe how multi-targeting support can be used  
-Explain new language enhancements to C# and VB.NET  
Describe the overall purpose of Language Integrated Query (LINQ)

Audience

The target audience for this clinic includes the following:  
-.NET application developers and technology decision makers

Prerequisites
 
This clinic requires that you meet the following prerequisites:  
-Experience working with the .NET framework   
-Familiarity with either C# or VB.NET

Clinic Outline
 
a.  Visual Studio 2008 and Language Features Overview
b.  Building Web Applications with Visual Studio 2008
c.  Building WPF, WF and WCF Applications with Visual Studio 2008
d.  Visual Studio 2008 Office Development Features

Benefits of Visual Studio 2008

Visual Studio 2008 builds upon the productivity enhancements available in its predecessor by adding several new tools, features, designers and editors.  By using Visual Studio 2008 developers and enterprises can minimize the time it takes to develop robust applications that leverage the latest technologies while ensuring that the applications are properly tested from a code, security and scalability standpoint.
 
Key benefits of Visual Studio 2008 include:  
-Minimize development time  
-Simplify the process of testing applications  
-Manage the Application Life Cycle from initial requirements through application
roll-out and deployment  
-Provide robust toolsets that can integrate graphic designers into the overall
development process  
-Support multiple versions of the framework so that developers can leverage the tool without being forced to upgrade all of their applications to the latest version of the framework  
-Enhance data retrieval and data binding  
-Inspect code to locate sections that should be refactored  
-Robust support for Web, mobile, client, Vista and Office application development  
-Integration with the .NET 3.5 Framework