A Lap Around Visual Studio 2010 for the Visual Basic DeveloperLisa FeigenbaumProgram ManagerMicrosoft Corporationhttp://blogs.msdn.com/lisa

A Lap Around VS 2010 for the VB Dev> Session Objectives

> Discover what’s available> See how to take advantage of new

features> Agenda

> New Editor & Shell> VB IDE> VB Language> VS 2010 & .NET 4 Highlights

New Editor & Shell> WPF User Interface

> New Look, Rich Experience> Start Page

> Remove or pin projects, View directory, Customize

> Editor> Zoom, Multi-Monitor, Block selection,

Outlining> Extensibility

> Visual Studio Gallery, Extension Manager

Code-Focused VB IDE> Understanding

> Highlight References> Type Colorization

> Navigating> Navigate To: Files & Members, Ctrl+,

> Writing & Testing> IntelliSense: Non-aggressive,

Substring,PascalCase> Generate From Usage: Type, Method,

Property

VB Language> Syntax Enhancements

> Multiline Statement Lambdas> Auto-implemented Properties> Collection Initializers> Array Literals> Implicit Line Continuation> Co/contravariance

> Office Deployment: No PIA> Dynamic Language Interop on the DLR

Dynamic Versus Static

DynamicLanguages

Simple and succinct

Implicitly typed

Meta-programming

No compilation

StaticLanguages

Robust

Performant

Intelligent tools

Better scaling

Open Source versus Commercial

PythonBinder

RubyBinder

COMBinder

JavaScript

BinderObjectBinder

Dynamic Languages On .NET

Dynamic Language RuntimeExpression Trees Dynamic

Dispatch Call Site Caching

IronPython IronRuby C# VB.NET Others…

ScriptObject calc = GetCalculator();object res = calc.Invoke("Add", 10, 20);int sum = Convert.ToInt32(res);

Dim calc As ScriptObject = GetCalculator()Dim res As Object = calc.Invoke("Add", 10, 20)Dim sum As Integer = Convert.ToInt32(res)

VB 10, C# 4.0 And DynamicCalculator calc = GetCalculator();int sum = calc.Add(10, 20);object calc = GetCalculator();Type calcType = calc.GetType();object res = calcType.InvokeMember("Add", BindingFlags.InvokeMethod, null, new object[] { 10, 20 });int sum = Convert.ToInt32(res);

dynamic calc = GetCalculator();int sum = calc.Add(10, 20);Dynamic

method invocation

Dynamic conversio

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Dim calc As Calculator = GetCalculator()Dim sum As Integer = calc.Add(10, 20)

Dim calc As Object = GetCalculator()Dim sum As Integer = calc.Add(10, 20)

Dim calc As Object = GetCalculator()Dim sum As Integer = calc.Add(10, 20)

Visual C# Visual Basic

Static binding

Dynamic binding

(pre-VS 2010)

Binding to ScriptObjects (JavaScript)

Statically typed to be dynamic

Dynamic method

invocation

Dynamic conversio

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VB & C# 2010 LanguageFeature VB C#Auto-implemented PropertiesCollection InitializersArray LiteralsStatement LambdasImplicit Line Continuation N/ANamed/Optional ParametersLatebinding support (dynamic)Omit ref on COM callsIndexed PropertiesInterop with Dynamic LanguagesCo/contravariancePIA deployment not needed

New in VS 2010Already exists in VS 2008

VB & C# 2010 IDEFeature VB C#Generate From Usage: Generate MethodType colorizationBackground Squiggles: Top Level AnalysisIntelliSense: Builder UIIntelliSense: Prefix Filtering Completion ListGenerate From Usage: Generate Type, Constructor, Property, FieldIntelliSense: Consume First ModeIntelliSense: Substring & Camel-Case MatchNavigate ToHighlight ReferencesCall Hierarchy

New in VS 2010Already exists in VS 2008

VS 2010 / .NET 4 Highlights> DGML Graphs> WPF Drag & Drop > IntelliTrace> Parallel Extensions> New Editor & Shell

Summary

> What We’ve Seen> New Editor & Shell> VB IDE> VB Language> VS 2010 & .NET 4 Highlights

> Call to Action> Download Beta2> Use the resources and try it out> Tell us your feedback

ResourcesVisual Basic Developer Centerhttp://msdn.com/vbasic

VB 2010 Resourceshttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/dd819153.aspx

Blogshttp://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam (VB Team)http://blogs.msdn.com/lisa (Lisa)

Visual Basic Forumshttp://forums.msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/tag/visualbasic/forums/

Connecthttps://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio

VB 2010 Resources

question & answer

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