Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 Beta
Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 continues Microsoft's investment in market-leading development tools and platform. Service Pack 1 addresses issues that were found through a combination of customer and partner feedback, as well as internal testing. Overall, Service Pack 1 offers customers many new features and improvements in responsiveness, stability and performance for Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5.
Overview
With Service Pack 1, Visual Studio 2008 introduces a large assortment of new features for targeting Windows, Office, and the Web. Developers building .NET-based applications will enjoy improved performance in the WPF designer, new components for Visual Basic and Visual C++, as well as an MFC-based Office 2007 Ribbon. Web developers will see continued improvement in the client-side script tooling including JavaScript IntelliSense. Additionally, full support for SQL Server 2008, the ADO.NET Entity Framework and performance improvements for the IDE make Service Pack 1 a great release across the board.
Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 includes:
- Improved designers for building WPF applications
- Full support for SQL Server 2008
- The introduction of the ADO.NET Entity Designer
- Visual Basic and Visual C++ components and tools (including an MFC-based Office 2007 style 'Ribbon')
- Improvements to Team Foundation Server to respond to customer feedback on version control usability and performance, improved e-mail integration with work item tracking and full support for hosting on SQL Server 2008
- Improvements for Web development including richer JavaScript support, enhanced AJAX and data tools, and Web site deployment
The .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 includes:
- Performance increases between 20-45% for WPF-based applications - without having to change any code
- WCF improvements that give developers more control over the way they access data and services
- Streamlined installation experience for client applications
- Improvements in the area of data platform, such as the ADO.NET Entity Framework, ADO.NET Data Services and support for SQL Server 2008's new features.
Instructions
- Click the Download button on above pages to start the download
- To save the download to your computer for installation at a later time, click Save.
- To cancel the installation, click Cancel.
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