Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1

New release date for Visual Studio 2010 is April 12, 2010

Visual Studio 2010 and NET 4 Visual Studio 2010 is the latest version of Microsoft’s IDE which has a new improved UI build using WPF, tools for Windows 7 and SharePoint 2010, drag and drop bindings for Silverlight and WPF, parallel programming support and the inclusion of Dynamic Language Runtime for programming with scripting languages. The release of Visual Studio 2010 was delayed (originally 22nd March) due to some performance issues but now the new launch date is April 12, 2010 according to Mary Jo Foley who picked it up from Developer Division’s Marketing and Communications Manager Rob Caron’s blog.  Read more...

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 expected next week

Mary Jo Foley has gotten information that Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 and .NET 4 might be rolled out next week, possibly around 18th May. VS 2010 will ship with F# now where as Iron Python will ship out of band, like F# does for VS 2008. Microsoft already pushed out a Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 CTP in October 2008 at PDC which was in the form of an image for Virtual PC.

Here’s what you should expect from VS 2010 Beta 1:

  • Clear UI Organization
  • Reduced clutter and complexity
  • Improved editor
  • Better support for floating documents and windows
  • Enhanced document targeting
  • Focused animations for action feedback

    • A lot of work is being done on the looks of the editor to improve the usability and provide a newer and modernized WPF UI throughout VS 2010. This is what it will look like:  Read more...