Microsoft eyes Visual Studio advancements
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Microsoft's Visual Studio software development system is getting a makeover.
Also planned for the 2010 release is a code-focused enhancement called "generate from usage," in which code recognizes what the developer is trying to do and writes code on the developer's behalf. Inferences are made from code. This feature already is included in the Community of Technology Preview of Visual Studio 2010 released last week.
Visual Studio 2010 will feature full support for the Silverlight 2 rich Internet application plug-in technology. "Effectively, that means for developers who want to use Visual Studio to take advantage of editing Silverlight 2 applications, this will be the environment that has rich drag-and-drop [capabilities] for building Silverlight applications," Mendlen said.