[AccessD] Visual Studio Express Orcas CTP is released April 21

MartyConnelly martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Mon Apr 23 19:58:44 CDT 2007


Visual Studio Express Orcas CTP is released April 21.
Community Technology Preview Beta

The Orcas version of VB.NET Express is available and will run on WinXP
and Vista
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/future/default.aspx

What is new?

LINQ, Windows Presentation Foundation, improvements in the CLR,
Windows Communication Foundation and Windows Workflow Foundation
May need Net Framework 3.5

Will LINQ replace XQuery or is it an enhancement?

LINQ aims to reduce complexity for developers through a set
of extensions to the C# and Visual Basic programming languages
as well as the Microsoft .NET Framework which provide integrated
querying for objects, databases and XML data.
 Using LINQ, developers will be able to write queries natively in C# or 
Visual Basic
without having to use specialized languages, such as Structured Query 
Language (SQL) and XPath.


An Overview of Microsoft Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" White Paper
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=17319EB4-299C-43B8-A360-A1C2BD6A421B&displaylang=en


The Beta 1 download for Visual Studio codename "Orcas"
is available immediately for MSDN subscribers and
the public download will be available soon. And yes, it will install on 
Vista
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa700831.aspx

Here is download could be 5 Gig

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=36B6609E-6F3D-40F4-8C7D-AD111679D8DC&displaylang=en

-- 
Marty Connelly
Victoria, B.C.
Canada




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