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About Visual Studio

The Microsoft Visual Studio development system is a suite of development tools designed to aid software developers—whether they are novices or seasoned professionals—face complex challenges and create innovative solutions. Every day, software developers break through tough problems to create software that makes a difference in the lives of others. Visual Studio's role is to improve the process of development to make the work of achieving those breakthroughs easier and more satisfying.

How Visual Studio improves the process of development:

Productive

Visual Studio-branded tools continually deliver better ways for software developers to do more with less energy wasted on repetition and drudgery. From efficient code editors, IntelliSense, Wizards, and multiple coding languages in one integrated development environment (IDE) to high-end application life-cycle management (ALM) products in Microsoft® Visual Studio® Team System. New versions of Visual Studio keep bringing innovative tools to help developers focus on solving problems, not waste time on minutiae.

Integrated

With Visual Studio, software developers benefit from an integrated product experience that spans tools, servers, and services. Visual Studio products work well together—not just with one another, but also with other Microsoft software, such as Microsoft server products and the Microsoft Office system.

Comprehensive

Visual Studio offers a choice of tools for all phases of software development—development, testing, deployment, integration, and management—and for every kind of developer—from the novice to the skilled professional. Visual Studio is also engineered to support development across all types of devices—PCs, servers, the Web, and mobile devices.

Reliable

Visual Studio is engineered and tested to be consistently dependable, secure, interoperable, and compatible. Visual Studio offers an unmatched combination of security features, scalability, and interoperability. Although Visual Studio always incorporates forward-thinking features, it is designed to ensure backward-compatibility wherever possible.

 


What's New in 2008

  • Build applications that utilize the latest Web technologies with improved support for AJAX and Web Controls and the Microsoft AJAX Library
  • Create Web applications more easily with an improved design surface and standards support
  • Utilize data from any data source more smoothly with LINQ, a set of language extensions to Visual Basic and Visual C#
  • Manage and build applications that target multiple versions of the .NET Framework. For the first time, you can use one tool to work on applications that run on .NET Framework versions 2.0, 3.0, and 3.5
  • Ensure application correctness more easily with integrated unit testing in Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition
  • Discover the full power of the .NET Framework 3.5 with integrated tools which simplify building great user experiences and connected systems
  • Build stunning user experiences with integrated designers for Windows Presentation Foundation.  Experiences built with WPF can interoperate seamlessly with Windows Forms
  • Create connected applications using new visual designers for Windows Communications Foundation and Windows Workflow Foundation
  • Use Visual Studio’s professional development environment to build Microsoft Office-based solutions that are reliable, scalable, and easy to maintain (available in Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition only)
  • Enhance collaboration between developers and designers to create more compelling user experiences
     

Feature Highlights

  • Build applications for Windows, the Web, the Microsoft Office system, the .NET Framework, SQL Server, and Windows Mobile with integrated drag-and-drop designers
  • Visual Studio integrates Visual Basic, Visual C#, and Visual C++ to support a wide variety of development styles
  • Editor features such as Edit and Continue and Microsoft IntelliSense® simplify the cycle of designing, developing, and debugging an application
  • Deploy client applications easily with ClickOnce, which enables developers and IT Pros to deploy an application and its prerequisites and then ensure that the application remains up-to-date
  • Build applications which target the .NET Framework, shortening development time by reducing the need for infrastructure code and helping to enhance application security
  • Use ASP.NET to speed the creation of interactive, highly appealing Web applications and Web services. Master Pages allow developers to easily manage a consistent site layout in one place
  • A community of millions of developers ensures that developers can find partners and other community members addressing the same challenges