Microsoft has just announced the next version of its development tools suite and platform: Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0. Visual Studio 2010 will have the role to increase productivity and to reduce the product development cycles, therefore developers will enjoy the benefits of an advanced solution which enables them to create applications of high quality in less time and with minimum effort.

Regarding the main purpose and advantages of Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0, S. “Soma” Somasegar, senior vice president of the Developer Division at Microsoft stated: With Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0, we are focused on the core pillars of developer experience, support for the latest platforms spanning client, server, services and devices, targeted experiences for specific application types, and core architecture improvements. These pillars are designed specifically to meet the needs of developers, the teams that drive the application life cycle from idea to delivery, and the customers that demand the highest quality applications across multiple platforms.”

The new capabilities of Visual Studio 2010 will allow a better collaboration between software building team members during the product life cycles. VSTS 2010 also provides modeling tools and an improved efficiency throughout the test cycle. The entire list of new features is available on the product’s official website.

Visual Studio 2010 will give you access to unique web development tools, like a high-performance and standards-compliant JavaScript IntelliSense engine, one click deployment” that quickly publishes files and configuration settings from development machines to the final deployed site and full support for Silverlight for rich Internet applications.

According to a MSDN blog, Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 is available for the MSDN subscribers starting with Monday May 18th through MSDN Subscriber Downloads and to the general public on Wednesday, May 20th through Microsoft Downloads.

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