Microsoft Pre-release Software Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" - March 2007 Community Technology Preview (CTP)
In case you hadn’t heard. We have just released the March CTP for “Orcas” and the .NET Framework 3.5. Check out the VPC with the installed bits from here. As with all CTP’s it is important to provide any feedback. The .NET Framework 3.5 brings no breaking changes. New technology is being added including LINQ, AJAX, WF, WCF and WPF Developer Tools and BCL enhancements.
With the excitement around the .NET Framework 3.5 just beginning. I wanted to take this opportunity to provide some of the new features..
.NET Framework 3.5 New Features
Faster .NET Framework execution |
Base Class Library – New Class Additions |
Language Integrated Query (LINQ) |
1. Faster garbage collection 2. Smarter, faster NGen requiring smaller working set RAM 3. 64 bit client improvements 4. ThreadPool performance improvements 5. Security check caching during NGen |
6. BigInteger, HashSet and DateTime2 types 7. NSA Suite ”B” and FIPs compliant cryptography 8. Lightweight Reader/Writer Lock Classes 9. Anonymous and Named Pipes IO Classes 10. Integration with Event Tracing for Windows 11. New Addin hosting model for extensibility |
Deep integration of LINQ data-awareness into the programming languages and framework. |
Workflow Enabled Services – Process and Messaging together |
Web 2.0 Friendly and AJAX Enabled WCF Services |
Visual Studio Developer Tools for WF, WCF and in Visual Studio “Orcas” |
Using workflow to provide for durable and long-running services. New Tools, WF activities and new programming model classes have been added to simplify building workflow-enabled services using WF and WCF. This allows a .NET Framework developer to build business logic for a service using WF and expose messaging from that service using WCF. These improvements not only provide tools for this scenario but they reduce the amount of glue code that was previously required. |
Ajax is a web development technique for making asynchronous exchanges of small amounts of data between browser and web service calls from the browser client script to the web server. A programming model is provided for building Ajax style web applications using WCF services. An HTTP programming model is also provided allowing for REST style web services. |
Visual Studio”Orcas” has built in tools for web service authoring with WCF and for building workflow enabled software with WF. There are new project templates for WCF services, WF business logic, workflow enabled services, and AJAX services. The templates are conveniently set up to compile and run even before any custom code is added enabling .NET developers to get going quickly. There are also numerous other tools for developing with WF, WCF and WPF. |
More WS-* Standards Support |
RSS and ATOM Syndication API |
Partial Trust Support for WCF Hosting |
Implementation in WCF of the latest OASIS specifications Web Services Atomic Transaction (WS-AtomicTransaction) 1.1, WS-ReliableMessaging 1.1, WS-SecureCOnversation and Web Services Coordination (WS-Coordination) 1.1. |
Applications built using WCF will be able to easily expose syndicated data which can be consumed by an RSS or ATOM reader. |
Partial trust on the vlient is provided for ASMX parity focussing mainly on partially trusted WCF applications deployed through click-once. Support is provided for basic HTTP binding provided that the application runs in the Internet zone permissions and have granted the apropriate WebPermission. Secure communication is possible through transport security only. All other features are not available to partially trusted applications including hosting services, duplex communications, non-HTTP transports, WS-* protocols and any WF use. |
Rules Data Improvements |
Built-in WPF tools for Visual Studio “Orcas” |
Additional WPF Features and Improved Performance |
The rules engine in WF is improved to add support for C# 3.0 extension metods, and for operator overloading . Also the ”new” operator is added to compete the base set of expression types. |
The Visual Studio designer for WPF was previously released as a CTP. It is not integrated into the development environment and is significantly improved. |
WPF has smoother animations, faster startup and better overall performance. There are also new data types available for data binding with LINQ. Better integration support is now provided for with codename “WPF/E”. |
Comments
Anonymous
February 28, 2007
The wheels of evangelism never stop rolling. Just a few months ago I was blogging that .NET 3.0 was released.Anonymous
February 28, 2007
"It is not integrated into the development..." Should that be "now"?Anonymous
March 01, 2007
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=B533619A-0008-4DD6-9ED1-47D482683C78&displaylang=enAnonymous
March 01, 2007
I think you mean TimeZone2 (not DateTime2) :)Anonymous
March 01, 2007
Some .NET Framework 3.5 featuresAnonymous
March 01, 2007
Can you talk more about "Faster GC"? I'm very interested in that.Anonymous
March 03, 2007
Da pochi giorni è disponibile la March CTP di Visual Studio codename Orcas. Si parla molto e per lo piùAnonymous
March 04, 2007
Take a look at the list of proposed features for .NET 3.5. Nice table that gives an overview of what's...Anonymous
March 05, 2007
Nice organized table - great view of goodies in Orcas. Thanks!Anonymous
March 05, 2007
teaseAnonymous
March 09, 2007
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January 01, 2008
I'm downloading SharpDevelop v.3.0.0.2774 as I write this, and I can't wait to give it a try. Even though I have VS2005 installed on my laptop at home I still find myself using #D more frequently when I'm messing around with some code. It's like a supAnonymous
June 25, 2008
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