14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft released the first beta for the next iteration of its development platform and tools in mid-May 2009. Almost two months after .NET Framework 4 Beta 1 and Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 became available to developers first, namely the MSDN developer community, and subsequently to the public, the Redmond company is introducing a survey designed to gather feedback from users. Specifically, the software giant is looking to assess the level of satisfaction of developers working with .NET Framework 4 Beta 1.
“Thank you for participating in this survey about Microsoft .NET 4 Beta1. This is an opportunity for you to provide us feedback on your level of satisfaction with .NET 4 Beta1. This survey will take about 20-25 minutes to complete. Your response to the survey will be anonymous. Please provide your contact information at the end of the survey if you would like us to get in touch with you to discuss any .Net Framework 4 issues reported in the survey,” reads the introduction of the survey.
The initiative was introduced by the Common Language Runtime (CLR) team, and in this regard it is meant to do more than measure the .NET Beta 1 level of satisfaction. Devs will be able to send Microsoft input on the process of upgrading existing .NET applications to CLR 4. Feedback is also welcomed when it comes down to software publishers just building new CLR 4 apps.
Developers that have already started working with the first beta of .NET Framework 4 can simply access the survey and then navigate from one page to another in order to browse through the feedback topics. Microsoft is interested in a variety of aspects related to .NET 4, including compatibility with previous releases of the framework, but also performance security, scalability, etc.
.NET Framework 4.0 Beta 1 is available for download here.
Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 is available for download here.