14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has updated not only the actual bits for its next iteration of development platform and tools, but also the resources offered for Visual Studio Beta 2 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 2. Just one day after the second Beta Build of Visual Studio 2010 and .Net Framework 4 went to MSDN subscribers, the Redmond company started offering the October 2009 Preview for Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit via the Microsoft Download Center. Developers looking to leverage VS2010 and .Net 4 can now access the Beta 2 version of DPE’s Visual Studio 2010 Training Kit free of charge, according to Jason Olson, Microsoft software engineer.
“A training kit includes presentations, hands-on labs, and demos. This content is designed to help you learn how to utilize a variety of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 technologies,” Olson stated. “The Beta 2 release of the Training Kit contains 15 presentations, 19 hands-on labs, and 13 demos. Many technologies are covered in this release, including: C# 4, VB 10, F#, Parallel Extensions, Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Workflow, Windows Presentation Foundation, ASP.NET 4, Entity Framework, ADO.NET Data Services, Managed Extensibility Framework, and Visual Studio Ultimate.”
Today, October 21st, 2009, Microsoft will open up the Beta 2 testing program for the successors of Visual Studio 2008 and .Net Framework 3.5. In this regard, all developers, not just those with an MSDN subscription will be able to grab the Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 4 bits and start testing. Microsoft underlined the fact that devs would be able to integrate VS2010 and .Net 4 into production projects along the predecessor versions of the two products, as they are designed to run side-by-side. The final versions of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 will be offered to customers on March 22nd, 2009.
Olson noted that, along with Hands-On Labs and demos, the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit - October Preview contains the following “presentations:
•What’s New in .NET Framework 4 •What’s New in Visual Studio 2010 •Introduction to ASP.NET MVC •Introduction to Managed Extensibility Framework •Introduction to .NET RIA Services •Introduction to “Velocity” •Parallel Computing for Managed Developers •Web Deployment with Visual Studio 2010 •What’s New in ASP.NET AJAX 4 •What’s New in ASP.NET Web Forms 4 •What’s New in C# and VB •What’s New in ADO.NET Data Services •What’s New in Entity Framework 4 •What’s New in Windows Presentation Foundation 4 •What’s New in Windows Workflow 4.”