Highlights of the Windows Live Writer Beta 3 Release:
Download here.
C# 3.0 includes a new language feature called object initializers.
Object initializers enable you to initialize the state of an object with a single expression that does not require use of parameterized constructors.
Basically, this feature allows you to initialize an object by both creating the object instance (i.e. a new expression) as well as assign values to one or more properties in a single sentence, or to initialize a collection with a set of values to add to it in a single expression.
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Customer cus1 = new Customer() { Name = "Maor", City = "Herzliya" };
Customer cus2 = new Customer() { Name = "Guy", City = "Ramat Hasharon" };
List<Customer> customers = new List<Customer>() { cus1, cus2 };
}
}
class Customer
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public string City { get; set; }
}
The first & the second lines initialize a Customer object with the default constructor (though you could call a constructor with parameters here), and assigns explicit values to the Name and City properties.
The third line initializes a collection of type List<Customer> with the objects cus1 and cus2.
Samples for Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) and Windows CardSpace is available for download here. These samples are based on the .Net Framework 3.5 and were recently updated to work with Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2.
Power Tools that extend the functionality of Visual Studio Team Edition for Data Professionals is now available.
The tool includes:
Read Gert's post for a more detailed explanation.
Download the tool from here.
Beta 2 release of VS 2008 and .NET 3.5 Beta2 is now available for download. You can download the Visual Studio 2008 product here.
VS 2008 can be installed side-by-side with VS 2005. .NET 3.5 Beta2 also includes a go-live license which allows you to build and deploy applications into production.
Have fun!
Brian Harry just posted that Rosario CTP8 will be available for a first view in a week or so.
The primary features in this CTP include new tools for the manual tester and work item linking and hierarchy support.
Be also aware of the fact that Orcas Beta2 is also ready to go and will be released in the near future.
Have fun!
