Shamil Salakhetdinov
shamil at smsconsulting.spb.ru
Wed Aug 12 12:21:53 CDT 2009
Hi Jim, Go for it (DevConnnections in Las Vegas in November this year) if you/your company have some bucks to invest in the near future mainstream of MS shops development (I'd go too but I'm leaving top far from Las Vegas :) Well, the main issue is absence of needed resources to invest...) I'd guess that: <<< ... complete rewrite of Visual Studio (VS 2010). >>> Is mainly about "The new WPF-based Editor in Visual Studio 2010" http://www.redmondpie.com/the-new-wpf-based-visual-studio-2010/ As a consequence (I guess) VS2010 gets a new customization/extension/add-ins development technology, which will allow to present different sources used in VS2010 projects, by using rich WPF features - here is one example how a list of Solar System planets can be presented graphically by using WPF transformations: "The Power of Styles and Templates" http://bea.stollnitz.com/blog/?p=40 <<< ... C# will get ... features of Visual Basic and vice versa >>> Yes - based on .NET 4.0 Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Language_Runtime )... "C# 4.0 Features" (some new ones ) http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/CSharp4_Features.aspx ...and DLR "...makes building a new language implementation ridiculously easy" http://listeningtoreason.blogspot.com/2008/02/net-dlr-makes-building-new-lan guage.html I'd also note that C# is getting more and more Ruby features (again thanks to DLR), and VS2010 will also hopefully get long awaited IronBuby 1.0 release: http://ironruby.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=27606 and a new version (2.x) of IronPython: http://www.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?ProjectName=IronPython (although I'm not sure I will have time to learn/use them in development) VS2010 will also get TPL(Task Parallel Library) and PLINQ: "Going Parallel with the Task Parallel Library and PLINQ" http://www.developer.com/net/print.php/3827326 "Samples for Parallel Programming with the .NET Framework 4" http://blogs.msdn.com/pfxteam/archive/2009/05/20/9633116.aspx (that is important feature - I have just recently programmed a multi-threaded app for my customer and PLING will makes such apps running much faster) Also "F# to ship as part of Visual Studio 2010" http://blogs.msdn.com/dsyme/archive/2008/12/10/fsharp-to-ship-as-part-of-vis ual-studio-2010.aspx ".NET Framework 4 Poster" The new features of .NET Framework 4.0 can be found in: http://blogs.msdn.com/brada/archive/2008/10/29/net-framework-4-poster.aspx Thank you. -- Shamil P.S. BTW, originally VB4.0, and then VBA (in MS Access 95/97) got dynamic language features (late binding) using rather different from DLR technology - you know it - that was/is called Common Object Model (COM), we use it every day - it still drives MS Windows Systems, and we all know rather well some of its negative consequences as, e.g. "DLL-Hell"... -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Hewson, Jim Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 7:45 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: [AccessD] DevConnections interesting notes I received a brochure on the upcoming DevConnnections in Las Vegas in November this year. There were a few things in the descriptions of the sessions that I thought interesting... ... complete rewrite of Visual Studio (VS 2010). ... C# will get ... features of Visual Basic and vice sersa ... optional and named parameters in C# and the end of continuation characters in Visual Basic ... MS outlines the future of C# ...to build great software ... you need more skills in C# or Visual Basic (emphasis mine) Interesting... Jim ############################################################################ #### If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender immediately and be aware that the use, copying, or dissemination of this information is prohibited. This email transmission contains information from NCI Information Systems, Inc. that may be considered privileged or confidential and is intended solely for the named recipient. ############################################################################ #### -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4329 (20090812) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.esetnod32.ru __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4329 (20090812) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.esetnod32.ru