Some new functions of the next version vs. net

. Net 3.0 and Vista have just been released, but Microsoft's pace has not slowed down. In order to enable more developers to use a better ide to develop software for new systems and frameworks, microsoft is stepping up the next version. net, codenamed orcas. Here are some new features of orcas, the first of which I think is the most useful.

News via: http://fredrik.nsquared2.com/viewpost.aspx? Postid = 386

Here is a list of some of the new feature we will see in the next version of Visual Studio with the code name "orcas ":

• Multiversioning, we can create project target different version of the framework, for example 2.0, 3.0 or 3.5. The IDE and controls etc will be limited to the kind of feature we select.
• Edit & continue in web projects
• Much better WYSIWYG
  • Better manipulation of CSS
  • In design view we can see anchoring lines like in Windows Forms today based on the styles on controls etc.
  • Make editing of server controls
    • Rendering and styles for controls will be more transparent (make it easier to control the markup)
  • New Design surface called "sapphire"
  • CSS Property Window
  • Nested masterpage support in the design view
  • Splitview, to both see the code and design in different windows at the same time.
• New listview control (is a new datalist with better markup Support)
• Linqtosqldatasource (the name is not set yet), will make it easy for developer to use LINQ to get data and bind the data to a data-source control.

 

~ Crazy ~

Update: Here is an official message from Microsoft.

Http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa700830.aspx