14 DAY TRIAL // Hot on the heels of the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 and Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1, which dropped on August 11, 2008, Microsoft is also offering the .NET Framework 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit. Packed with a wide range of resources, the Kit will offer a comprehensive collection of hands-on labs, demonstrations and various additional event materials including PPTs, according to Microsoft. The end purpose of the .NET Framework 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit is to enable developers to leverage the evolution of the Service Pack 1 releases of .NET Framework 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008.
"The Visual Studio & .NET Framework evangelism team has released a revision of the .NET 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit, updated to work with Visual Studio 2008 SP1 & .NET 3.5 SP1 RTM! The release includes updated hands-on-labs as well as new presentations, demo scripts, and miscellaneous event materials," revealed Jonathan Carter, technical evangelist for the .NET framework and Visual Studio at Microsoft.
.NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1 bring to the table not only the inherent bug fixes, but also new features, taking the service packs well beyond simple updates, and making them feel more like actual upgrades. In this context, the Enhancements Training Kit is set up to offer content that will streamline the application development process when it will come down to taking advantage of features such as ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Dynamic Data, ASP.NET AJAX History, ASP.NET Routing, ADO.NET Data Services, ADO.NET Entity Framework, WCF 3.5 SP1, and the .NET Framework Client Profile.
Microsoft "shipped the final release of the .NET 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit, updated to work with Visual Studio 2008 SP1 & .NET 3.5 SP1 RTM," revealed Neil Hutson, Microsoft Evangelist. "This is also great content for community event such as (i.e. code camps, user groups) that focused around .NET 3.5 Enhancements as well as content for any developer wanting to understand SP1 and the enhancements in more detail."
.NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Enhancements Training Kit is available for download here.