What's New in ASP.NET 4 3. May 2010 Galcho .NET Development, Web (0) Since VS 2010 is out with many new features and there aren’t many books out yet to cover them I am trying to collect resources where those goodies can be learned. Here is my compilation for ASP.NET 4 new features: Core Services Web.config File Refactoring Extensible Output Caching Auto-Start Web Applications Permanently Redirecting a Page Shrinking Session State Expanding the Range of Allowable URLs Extensible Request Validation Object Caching and Object Caching Extensibility Extensible HTML, URL, and HTTP Header Encoding Performance Monitoring for Individual Applications in a Single Worker Process Multi-Targeting Ajax jQuery Included with Web Forms and MVC Content Delivery Network Support ScriptManager Explicit Scripts Web Forms Setting Meta Tags with the Page.MetaKeywords and Page.MetaDescription Properties Enabling View State for Individual Controls Changes to Browser Capabilities Routing in ASP.NET 4 Setting Client IDs Persisting Row Selection in Data Controls ASP.NET Chart Control Filtering Data with the QueryExtender Control Html Encoded Code Expressions Project Template Changes CSS Improvements Hiding div Elements Around Hidden Fields Rendering an Outer Table for Templated Controls ListView Control Enhancements CheckBoxList and RadioButtonList Control Enhancements Menu Control Improvements Wizard and CreateUserWizard Controls 56 ASP.NET MVC Areas Support Data-Annotation Attribute Validation Support Templated Helpers Dynamic Data Enabling Dynamic Data for Existing Projects Declarative DynamicDataManager Control Syntax Entity Templates New Field Templates for URLs and E-mail Addresses Creating Links with the DynamicHyperLink Control Support for Inheritance in the Data Model Support for Many-to-Many Relationships (Entity Framework Only) New Attributes to Control Display and Support Enumerations Enhanced Support for Filters Visual Studio 2010 Web Development Improvements Improved CSS Compatibility HTML and JavaScript Snippets JavaScript IntelliSense Enhancements Web Application Deployment with Visual Studio 2010 Web Packaging Web.config Transformation Database Deployment One-Click Publish for Web Applications Download PDF version of this whitepaper [1.13 MB] What's New in ASP.NET 4 and Visual Web Developer on MSDN
Learn Visual Studio 2010 ALM Features 3. May 2010 Galcho .NET Development (0) Charles Sterling posted a nice compilation of resources for VS2010. I am reposting here: Videos: Watch the Visual Studio 2010 Launch Live How Do I: Step with The Debugger in Visual Studio? How Do I: Generate and Interact with UML Sequence Diagrams? How Do I: Get Started with Coded UI tests? How Do I: Get Started with Database Unit Test? How Do I: Use Generate from Usage in Visual Studio 2010? 10-4 Episode 41: Downloading and Installing the Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate 10-4 Episode 34: Debugger Enhancements and Improvements Episode 28: An Introduction to the Historical Debugger (now called Intellitrace) Labs: Authoring and Running Manual Tests using Microsoft Test Manager 2010 Branching and Merging Visualization with Team Foundation Server 2010 Code Discovery using the Architecture Tools in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Debugging with IntelliTrace using Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Introduction to Coded UI Tests with Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Introduction to Test Case Management with Microsoft Test Manager 2010 Planning your Projects with Team Foundation Server 2010 Understanding Class Coupling with Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Using the Architecture Explorer in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate to Analyze Your Code My best advice for running these labs is to check out Brian’s blog at: http://blogs.msdn.com/briankel/archive/2010/03/18/now-available-visual-studio-2010-release-candidate-virtual-machines-with-sample-data-and-hands-on-labs.aspx These labs can be found in the three VS2010 Virtual machines: Visual Studio 2010 RC (Hyper-V) Visual Studio 2010 RC (Windows [7] Virtual PC) Visual Studio 2010 RC (Virtual PC 2007 SP1) Also coming soon there will be an ALM course on Channel9 http://channel9.msdn.com/learn/courses/VS2010/ALM/ Papers/articles: Debugging Applications with IntelliTrace Better Coding with Visual Studio 2010 Add a Security Bug Bar to Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010 Team Foundation Installation Guide for Visual Studio 2010 Lab Management supplement for TFS RC to RTM Upgrade Guide. Compare the Visual Studio 2010 Versions Visual Studio 2010 Licensing White Paper The ALM Documentation Downloads Visual Studio Team System 2008 Service Pack 1 Forward Compatibility Update for Team Foundation Server 2010 Team Foundation Server Power Tools 2010 Release Candidate Visual Studio 2010 Test Case Import Utilities Getting started with Silverlight 4 Windows Phone 7 Development Lab Management VM Prep Tool