10-4 Episode 2: Welcome to Visual Studio 2010

Posted By: Jason Olson | Dec 24th, 2008 @ 10:04 AM | 407,439 Views | 34 Comments

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Happy Holidays, everybody! First of all, thanks to everybody who helped get the word out on the launch of this new show on Channel 9 by blogging, tweeting, or spreading the word using other ways. There is no doubt in our minds that the launch of this new show wouldn’t have been nearly as successful without all of you!

In this second episode of 10-4, we’ll take a very high-level look at Visual Studio 2010. We’ll discuss what types of features you can expect to see in Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 depending on what type of developer you are. And lastly we’ll go ahead and dive into a revised area of Visual Studio: the Start Page. The Start Page in Visual Studio 2010 has been revised to be XAML-based and allows full customization.

In future episodes we’ll dive more deeply into the technical underpinnings of Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0, but for this second episode we want to make sure everybody gains an understanding of what different areas are being focused in Visual Studio 2010. While an overview is given, there is only so much time and so many features we can talk about. So if you don't see something mentioned, don't worry as we have a lot more information to dive into in the coming weeks and months.

For more 10-4 episodes, be sure to visit:
http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/10-4/

Over and out!

Tags: .NET Framework, .NET Framework 4.0, Visual Studio

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Seshan

Thanks a lot. Within a short time, this episode helped me in understanding how to customize the Start page in VS2010. I am going to try this with the VS2010 CTP.

JasonOlson

In reply to Seshan

#Dec 24th, 2008 @ 3:02 PM

Great to hear Seshan! If you have any problems trying it out, feel free to let us know!

Seshan

In reply to JasonOlson

#Dec 24th, 2008 @ 9:08 PM

Thanks Jason.. I was able to add my custom section in Start Page and have even blogged about it here

maxt3r

Thank's for the video, Jason. Xaml-based start page is a great idea! It will be nice if you tell key topics of the next episode in the end of the current episode.

JasonOlson

In reply to maxt3r

#Dec 25th, 2008 @ 9:54 AM

Great suggestions! I'll let the guys know.

winlonghorn06

In reply to Seshan

#Dec 24th, 2008 @ 3:02 PM

Cool deal! I am looking forward to the next CTP where we can actually install it via iso though lol. Smiley

That would be far better than having to use a virtual machine with a predetermined operating system. Wink

Other than that, I am really pleased with what I see in VS2010.

erictn

I thought this was a very good video; I'm looking forward to lots more.

NotLarryEllison
Yikes!!!

This is an attempt at constructive criticism, so please take it that way. If I'm way off base, please, community at large, flame away. But I think the audience on this web site can be heard saying, "Shut the hell up and run Visual Studio already!!!" during these types of videos.

I'm very interested in the 2010 product, but in spite of that, the first two videos have both put me right to sleep. Too much "high level overview" stuff. Specifically, too much talking about what you had in the PPT slides. You could have just put the slides up and paused for about 5-10 seconds to let me read them. Your talking about them provided literally zero additional information than my reading would have given me.

I found myself clicking every 1/4 inch on the timeline looking for something other than bullet points with your head in the corner (which covered up text on several slides, btw). When you finally got to the XAML start page stuff, that was relatively interesting. I did stop long enough to look at the bullet points when the slides changed, but other than that, it was SKIP AHEAD time.

...but maybe it's just that my attention span is that of an ADHD 10-year old.

JasonOlson

In reply to NotLarryEllison

#Dec 27th, 2008 @ 9:22 PM

Great feedback! Thanks a bunch for watching.

Yeah, my worry when I had the slides was the issue you brought up exactly. These first two videos have intentially been really high level to "set the stage" for the rest of the videos (we will be doing these all the way until launch). I'll make sure to pass this feedback on to the other guys as well.

Ideally, in our perfect world, we want very little times on slides (I would like my future videos to have only a single slide that simply says what will be shown). 99% content FTW Smiley

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Thanks again!