In this presentation I will show you most of the new features in Visual Studio 2010. Some of the topics included are: IDE enhancements, what's new for architects, testers? How to extend Visual Studio 2010 and improvements in debugging (historical debugging)

1. Exploring Visual Studio 2010 Sven Vanoirbeek | mshelp.be 1

2. Overview Visual Studio 2010 IDE changes Architecture possibilities New debugging experience What’s new for testers? Extending Visual Studio Other new features 2

3. 3 Visual Studio IDE Changes

4. Visual Studio IDE changes WPF Powered UI Pin your project Zooming Multi screen development Improved multi targeting Quicker add reference Highlight references Improved Intellisense Improved toolbox Faster searching: Navigate to Box selection / entry More code generation Consumefirst SSMS inside VS2010 CallHierarchy 4

5. WPF Powered UI Chrome is handled by WPF Completelynewtexteditor Easier to createextensions (adornments) More possibilities 5

6. Pin your project Pin a project in recent projectson start page 6

7. Zooming Zooming in the texteditor CRTL + Scroller Adjustsizemanually in code file 7

8. Multi screen developement Easier to dock windows Put your windows wherever you want Everything is floatable Even outside of Visual Studio 8

9. Improved multi targeting Previousframeworks back to .NET 2.0 Filtered project list basedon target framework Filtered toolbox basedon target framework 9

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11. Quickeraddreference Add project bydefault Other thread loads .NET and COM libraries 11

12. Highlight references Highlights types/variables/methods/.. used in code Navigate to eachreference via CTRL + SHIFT UP/DOWN 12

13. ImprovedIntellisense Partialstringmatching BuildlocatesStringBuilderclass Pascal case searching SB locatesStringBuilderclass 2 to 5 timesfaster 13

14. Improved toolbox Search forcontrolswhiletyping Tab to navigate to next search result Filtered toolbox wouldbenice 14

15. Faster searching: Navigate to Easier and fastersearching Searcheseverything: classes, functions, different file types, controls, everything.. Edit -> Navigate to || CTRL + , 15

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17. Box selection / entry Add something on multiple lines Click ALT and select your region Not so useful 17

18. More code generation VS2008: Generatemethods VS2010: Generate more (classes, structs,interfaces,enums, methods) Greatfor TDD 18

19. Consumefirst Stop auto complete fromIntelliSense CTRL + ALT + SPACE 19

20. SSMS inside VS2010 SQL Management studio inside VS2010 Run T-SQL straight from VS2010 IncludingIntellisense 20

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22. CallHierarchy View calls to member View callfrommember Drill down 22

23. Architecturepossibilities 23

24. Architecturepossibilities DGML Architectureexplorer New diagrams Dependencygraph 24

25. DGML Direct GraphMarkupLanguage All graphs in VS2010 are built using DGML New way of visualizingthings Easy to do ityourself, it’s XML 25

26. Architectureexplorer Explore the complete architecture Assemblies, files, types, members, calls Creategraphsfromselection 26

27. New diagrams Class diagram Sequence diagram Use case diagram Activity diagram Component diagram Layer diagram Direct Graph Document 27

28. Dependencygraph View dependencies, calls Betterunderstand complex architecture Dependencygraphbyassembly, namespace, class, custom (filtered view) 28

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30. New debuggingexperience 30

31. New debugging experience Collaborative debugging Breakpoint enhancements Datatips Historical debugging aka IntelliTrace CLR4 crash dump debugging 31

32. Collaborative debugging Share debugging state amongst developers Easier to reproduce bugs Easier to explain where the problem resides 32

33. Breakpoint enhancements Label breakpoints Easier to track breakpoints Reuse labels Filter breakpoints Import/Export breakpoints 33

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35. Datatips Floatinglocals,watches Pin expressions Import/Export datatips 35

36. Historical debugging aka IntelliTrace Collecting historical data dynamically Events and call information Start to exit Stored in .tdlog files Go back in time Easier to reproduce bugs Better relationship between tester and developer Integration with Test and Lab manager and TFS What about application performance? 36

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38. CLR4 crash dump debugging Load dump files of CLR4 application Performdebuggingon dump file 38

39. What’snewfor testers? 39

40. What’s new for testers? Microsoft Test/Lab manager Defining Testing Effort Create and Run Manual Tests Record Test Steps for Playback Create and Run Automated UI Tests Collect and Add Diagnostic Data to Bugs Impact analysis Find Tests to Rerun based on Code Changes Testing Progress Reporting Performance and Stress Testing Not covered in this presentation 40

41. Extending Visual Studio 41

42. Extending Visual Studio New extension manager VSIX extension package Different extension projects Customizing the start page MP3 player for VS2010 42

43. New extension manager Supports MEF components, VSPackages, project templates and item template Download extensions from Visual Studio Gallery 43

44. VSIX extension package Container model forextensions Based on Open PackagingConvention (OPC), a a ZIP package Replacement for .VSI (Visual Studio Installer) VS2010 scans extension folder at startup 44

45. Customizing the start page Addcustom WPF user controls to the start page Integrate Company design guidelines, RSS, branding, etc.. 45

46. Different extensionprojects 46

47. MP3 player for VS2010 47 Demo

48. Othernew features 48

49. Other new features Support for parallel programming Better support for WPF development Better and more code analysis Better performance tuning, profiling Better support forthreading Betterintegrationwith TFS … Not covered in this presentation 49

50. Questions? 50