Module 2 Introduction to Visual Studio 2010 and WPF Version 4

Module Overview What's New in Visual Studio 2010? What's New in WPF Version 4?

Lesson 1: What's New in Visual Studio 2010? Understanding New Features in the Visual Studio 2010 IDE Understanding New Features in Managed Languages

Understanding New Features in the Visual Studio 2010 IDE New IDE features: Appearance and behavior Exploring code Debugging Project capabilities Test-driven development Start Page Extension manager New Project dialog box Help Viewer

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Understanding New Features in Managed Languages Visual C#: Named and optional arguments Dynamic support Indexed properties and optional ref modifiers Type equivalence support for simplified deployment Visual Basic: Auto-implemented properties Implicit line continuation Collection initializers Single-statement and multi-statement lambda expressions Type equivalence support for simplified deployment Visual F#: New functional programming language

Lesson 2: What's New in WPF Version 4? Introducing the WPF Designer Understanding the New Visual Features in WPF Version 4 Understanding the New Additional Features in WPF Version 4

Introducing the WPF Designer Zoom control Design viewXAML view Toolbox

Understanding the New Visual Features in WPF Version 4 New Controls Visual State Manager Graphics and AnimationText

Understanding the New Additional Features in WPF Version 4 New WPF version 4 features: Touch and manipulation UIElement, UIElement3D, and ContentElement now accept touch input Binding: Bind to commands on the InputBinding interface Bind to dynamic objects Bind to the Run.Text property XAML browser applications Introduces HTML-XBAP script interop and full-trust deployment WPF and Windows New types in the System.Windows.Shell namespace for Windows 7 features WPF Designer Several new features and improvements in the WPF Designer

Lab: Guided Walkthrough of Visual Studio 2010 and XAML Exercise 1: Guided Walkthrough of Visual Studio 2010 Exercise 2: Guided Walkthrough of the XAML Editor Logon information Estimated time: 45 minutes

Lab Scenario You have just received and installed your new copy of Visual Studio 2010, and you have been asked to familiarize yourself with the new IDE, including the new windows and features that the IDE provides.

Lab Review Review Questions Which Visual Studio 2010 feature enables you to add, remove, enable, and disable Visual Studio extensions? Which feature of the XAML editor enables you to view the XAML design surface and the XAML code at the same time?

Module Review and Takeaways Review Questions