On the MVC 2 side, we've got Areas, Strongly-typed helpers, Templated Helpers, field validation in models, and more. ViewState is way smaller and can be turned on and off with greater granularity. WebForms now lets you create clean markup (no more tables) that's semantically correct and CSS-friendly, even for 'legacy' controls and clientids that you control.

ASP.NET 4 and ASP.NET MVC 2 are included in the box.

That means you can work on existing applications and get all the new IDE features while also working on new.

Multi-Targeting Support - You can use VS2010 to create (target).

Code-First Intellisense - You can hit Ctrl+Alt+Spacebar to tell toggle intellisense between regular Intellisense and a more TDD-friendly style that lets you create new classes and methods without getting hassled by the editor.

Navigate To - Hit 'ctrl+comma' to navigate around your files, code, variables or methods much faster than Ctrl-F.

The editor has been totally rewritten using WPF.

Zoom - You can 'ctrl+scroll' (press the Ctrl key while scrolling your mouse wheel) to zoom in editors or diagrams.

Multimonitor support - You can drag documents or toolboxes out of the IDE and onto other monitors.

There's hundreds of new things that I can't fit here, although some favorite IDE features of mine are: I've got it installed side-by-side with by existing VS2008 with no problems.

What's new in Visual Studio 2010 - The IDE and Editor has really shaped up nicely.

There's an excellent page on MSDN that's cherry-picked and categorized the best VS2010 content, but I've included my own list below. You can install ASP.NET 4, ASP.NET MVC 2, and Visual Web Developer 2010 Express really quickly with the Web Platform Installer.

I'm running the free Visual Web Developer 2010 Express on my netbook. Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server.Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional.If not, you can download a free trial or one of the free Express editions. If you're an MSDN Subscriber or WebSiteSpark/ BizSpark member, you can download the final release now. Download Visual Studio 2010įirst, if you want it, go download Visual Studio 2010 now. There's a lot going on with this release and I thought I'd do a big rollup post with lots of details and context to help you find your way to the information and downloads you're looking for. It's a big day at Microsoft today as Visual Studio 2010 officially releases.

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