Difference between .net2008 and 2010

First of all its not .net2008 and 2010. Its Visual studio 2008 and VS2010.VS2008 supports .net 3.5 framework and VS2010 supports .net framework 4.0. The IDE shell has been rewritten using WPF.
VS 2010 supports DB2, Oracle along with SQL server, but Vs2008 supports SQL server only.
VS2010 also includes F#.
Improved intellisense

Hi,

Main difference is


NET framework 3.0:

Also called WinFX,includes a new set of managed code APIs that are an integral part of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 operating systems and provides

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), formerly called Indigo; a service-oriented messaging system which allows programs to interoperate locally or remotely similar to web services.
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), formerly called Avalon; a new user interface subsystem and API based on XML and vector graphics, which uses 3D computer graphics hardware and Direct3D technologies.
Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) allows for building of task automation and integrated transactions using workflows.
Windows CardSpace, formerly called InfoCard; a software component which securely stores a person's digital identities and provides a unified interface for choosing the identity for a particular transaction, such as logging in to a website


.NET framework 3.5:

It implement Linq evolution in language. So we have the folowing evolution in class:

Linq for SQL, XML, Dataset, Object
Addin system
p2p base class
Active directory
ASP.NET Ajax
Anonymous types with static type inference
Paging support for ADO.NET
ADO.NET synchronization API to synchronize local caches and server side datastores
Asynchronous network I/O API
Support for HTTP pipelining and syndication feeds.
New System.CodeDom namespace.

http://faisalmb.com/blog/post/2008/09/Difference-between-NET-203035.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/dd409230%28VS.100%29.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/bb386063%28VS.100%29.aspx





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