If you have installed Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 and wondering where to start on learning Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4, you may want to check out the free Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Course on Channel 9.
Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Course
The Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Course includes videos and hands-on-labs designed to help you learn how to utilize the Visual Studio 2010 features and a variety of framework technologies including: C# 4.0, Visual Basic 10, F#, Parallel Computing Platform, WCF, WF, WPF, ASP.NET AJAX 4.0, ASP.NET MVC Dynamic Data.
There are several units in the course:
- Overview - In this introductory unit, the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 evangelism team welcomes you to the training course and goes over the significant changes to Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4. We'll also cover what you'll see in the course and how to follow along with the labs.
- Managed Languages - There are same great enhancements to the set of managed languages in Visual Studio 2010. Not only do C# and Visual Basic continue to evolve together as premier languages in Visual Studio, but we also added a new functional programming language called F#.
- ASP.NET 4 - In this unit, we'll cover the enhancements to ASP.NET in the .NET Framework 4. You'll learn about changes to WebForms, AJAX and Dynamic Data and you'll get introduced to ASP.NET MVC, now included in the framework.
- Data Platform - Almost every application needs to interact with data. In this unit, you'll learn about the enhancements to the .NET Framework's data access technologies including ADO.NET Data Service, ADO.NET Entity Framework and Project "Velocity".
- Windows Communication Foundation and Workflow - Windows Communication Foundation and Workflow are significantly improved in the .NET Framework 4. In this unit, you'll learn about the improvements to both as well as the integration of the two which make it easy to expose Workflows as services.
- Parallel Computing - Parallel computing is an important focus in the .NET Framework 4 as developers create applications that can take full advantage of multi-core processors. In this unit, you'll learn about the new additions to the .NET Framework to make developing parallel code easier.
- Application Lifecycle Management - Visual Studio 2010 includes a first-class set of Application Lifecycle Management tools. In this unit, we'll cover several of the new ALM features in Visual Studio 2010. Over time, we'll add additional videos and labs to this unit to cover the complete set of ALM features. Check back often!
- Summary - Now that you've learned about some the great technologies in Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4, look at the content in this unit to get pointers on how to continue learning about these new technologies.
Don't forget to also take advantage of the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit.
Check out the free training course on Channel 9 here.
Those in Florida should make sure they attend the Tampa Code Camp for more free training this week.
David Hayden