MSDN Events Presents: Visual Studio 2010, .NET Framework 4.0 and SharePoint Development

Event Overview
Join your local MSDN Events team for a lively tour our latest version of Visual Studio and the .NET Framework. We’ll start with an overview the IDE and explore how you can use the latest features to develop great applications in a flash. Next, we’ll look at the newest changes to the .NET Framework and how you can leverage them today. Finally, we end the day by looking at the new tools in Visual Studio that will supercharge your SharePoint development. Register today!

Session 1: What’s New in Visual Studio 2010

You’ve heard about it and now you want to see it for yourself: Visual Studio 2010. Take a ride with us as we learn about new features like Highlighting References and Generate From Usage. Marvel at the new multi-line editing features! Help make your apps faster with the Parallel windows. Generate a database from your conceptual model by using the Create Database Wizard. Check out the new VB.NET Auto-Implemented Properties and C# Call Hierarchy features. And, of course, see our new support for F# in the IDE. This is a session you don’t want to miss!

Session 2: What’s New in the .NET Framework 4.0

We can help you understand the mystery and wonder of new features in the latest .NET Framework. Come with us on a thrilling odyssey as we plumb the depths of updates to the CLR, the Base Class Libraries, Networking, Web, and many more! Come find out what PLINQ is and why you should care. Learn why you want to use the Task Parallel Library. Catch up on enhancements to the Entity Framework. Hear about In-Process Side-by-Side Execution and Background Garbage Collection. Plus more great features!

Session 3: SharePoint Development using Visual Studio 2010

Our latest edition of Visual Studio now includes support for SharePoint development. Take a tour of the new integrated features that make SharePoint development faster than ever before! See how to use the SharePoint project templates to get your project started quickly: Visual Web Part, Business Data Connectivity Model, and more. Discuss the Windows SharePoint Package (WSP) standardization in Visual Studio. Discover SharePoint package reuse features and be blown away by the new SharePoint Connections in Server Explorer!

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