Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION. PART I: VISUAL STUDIO. CHAPTER 1: HISTORY OF VISUAL STUDIO. CHAPTER 2: VISUAL STUDIO UI ENHANCEMENTS. CHAPTER 3: VISUAL STUDIO CODE SNIPPETS. CHAPTER 4: VISUAL STUDIO TEMPLATES. CHAPTER 5: GETTING THE MOST OUT OF THE IDE. CHAPTER 6: VISUAL STUDIO EXTENSIBILITY. PART II: .NET 4. CHAPTER 7: .NET FRAMEWORK VERSION HISTORY. CHAPTER 8: MODERN UI FRAMEWORKS (WPF AND SILVERLIGHT). CHAPTER 9: WINDOWS COMMUNICATION FOUNDATION (WCF). CHAPTER 10: ENHANCEMENTS TO THE .NET CORE FRAMEWORK. CHAPTER 11: ENHANCEMENTS TO THE .NET WORKFLOW FRAMEWORK. CHAPTER 12: ENHANCEMENTS TO THE .NET DATA FRAMEWORK. CHAPTER 13: ENHANCEMENTS TO THE .NET COMMUNICATION FRAMEWORK. CHAPTER 14: .NET CHARTING COMPONENTS. PART III: ASP.NET 4.0. CHAPTER 15: ASP.NET VERSION HISTORY. CHAPTER 16: ASP.NET CHARTING CONTROLS. CHAPTER 17: ASP.NET DYNAMIC DATA. CHAPTER 18: ASP.NET MODEL VIEW CONTROLLER (MVC). CHAPTER 19: ASP.NET AJAX IMPROVEMENTS. CHAPTER 20: ASP.NET AJAX CONTROL TOOLKIT AND JQUERY. PART IV: VB.NET CHAPTER 21: HISTORY OF VISUAL BASIC. CHAPTER 22: VISUAL BASIC 10.0 LANGUAGE IMPROVEMENTS. PART V: C# CHAPTER 23: HISTORY OF C#. CHAPTER 24: C# 4.0 LANGUAGE IMPROVEMENTS. PART VI: F# CHAPTER 25: VISUAL F# AND THE OTHER .NET LANGUAGES. INDEX.

About the Author

Istvan Novak is a Microsoft MVP in Visual C# and an associate of Grepton, a Hungarian IT services company. Andras Velvart is a Silverlight MVP, regular speaker at conferences, and the owner of Response Ltd., a consulting and WPF/Silverlight development company in Hungary. Adam Granicz is the CEO of IntelliFactory, a leading provider of F# training, development, and consulting services. He is the coauthor of two F# books and a regular speaker at conferences.